The Construction site of the MPI at Askanischer Platz/Sandtorstraße in 1999

2000 - 2009

History and development of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg

Planning and Construction of the Institute Building, Appointments to the MPI, Establishment of Research Groups, of the Board of Trustees, and of the International Max Planck Research School

July 2000: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Reichl appointed Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg
September 19th, 2000: Roofing ceremony for the institute’s new building
July 2001: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Sundmacher appointed Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg
2001: After only a two year period of construction the institute’s new building was delivered with a total of 5700 m² effective area; total investment by the Max Planck Society was 29 Million Euros
February 2002: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Raisch appointed External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg
March 2002: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern appointed Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and Director of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg
May 2002: Ceremonial inauguration of the institute’s new building
June 2003: First meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the institute
March 2004: Kunst am Bau (Project with local artist) - Inauguration of the Pfahlobjekt
October 2004: Inauguration of the Guesthouse II on the institute's premises
May 2006: First public Science Night in Magdeburg
September 2006: Constituent meeting of the institute’s Board of Trustees
December 2006: Founding of the interdisciplinary research center Dynamic Systems: Systems Engineering
March 2007: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Achim Kienle appointed External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute Magdeburg
October 2007: Inauguration of the International Max Planck Research School Magdeburg (IMPRS)
May 2008: Ten year anniversary celebration of the Max Planck Institute in Magdeburg; Retirement of founding director Prof. Dr. Ernst Dieter Gilles
2008: Otto Hahn Research Group Portable Energy Systems established (Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Krewer, until 2011)
February 2009: Research Group Analysis and Redesign of Biological Networks established (Dr.-Ing. Steffen Klamt)

October 19, 1999: Laying of the foundation stone for the new institute building on Askanischer Platz, attended by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Dieter Gilles and the then mayor Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Polte, among others.

September 19, 2000: Topping-out ceremony for the new institute building in the future pilot scale hall

23 July 2000: Webcam recording of the body shell construction in the Sandtorstraße

The staff in front of the new institute building in 2001.

May 23, 2002: Inauguration ceremony of the new building, from left: MPG President Hubert Markl, Mayor Lutz Trümper, Minister President Wolfgang Böhmer, Magnificent Klaus Erich Pollmann, Director Ernst Dieter Gilles, Zdenka Gilles

Directors and Heads of Research Groups in 2003, from left: Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, Jörg Raisch, Achim Kienle, Kai Sundmacher, Ernst Dieter Gilles, Udo Reichl, Dietrich Flockerzi