UG Buildings: the Jantina Tammes Building

The University of Groningen as we know it now is more than the Academy Building alone. In this series, based on the podwalk and the booklet In het spoor van de Academie (in Dutch only), we are putting a spotlight on various buildings—and a work of art—of the UG and their histories. In this episode: the Jantina Tammes Building.

The Jantina Tammes House is located at Nieuwe Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat 68-70, on the corner of Grote Rozenstraat. It was named after the UG’s first female professor and the second one in the Netherlands. Tine Tammes was a botanist and became Professor of Genetics in 1919. This daughter of a chocolate manufacturer in Groningen was a botanist who primarily authored works on flax, an important agricultural crop in the province of Groningen.

The building that was named after her is the oldest building of the Faculty—and the University—and dates back to the seventeenth century. In addition to this, a chair for gender studies was also named after Tammes, as well as the UG’s interdisciplinary School of Digital Society, Technology and Artificial Intelligence.

Want to find out more?

Check our overview page for the editions on the Academy Building, the Ubbo Emmius monument, the University Library, the Röling Building, the former Laboratory for Hygiene, the former Astronomy Laboratory, the Institute of Archaeology, the House with the 13 Temples, the Old Courthouse, the Main Administrative Building and the Faculty of Philosophy.

Are you interested in the buildings and history of the UG? You can download the podwalk ‘In the footsteps of the Academy’ for free. Go to the App Store (Apple) or Google Play (Android) and search for ‘Op stap met Aletta’. At the I-shop (University Shop), the walking guide In het spoor van de Academie (Dutch only) is available for €9.95: www.rug.nl/winkel.