Technische Hochschule Leuna-Merseburg

Technische Hochschule „Carl Schorlemmer“ Leuna-Merseburg, abbreviated: THLM was an institution of tertiary education in the city of Merseburg in today's Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Technische Hochschule für Chemie Leuna-Merseburg was founded in a ceremony held in Halle (Saale) on 1 September 1954.

The first 207 students were registered on 19 October 1954 in the club house of Leuna chemical works, the mathematician Herbert Dallmann (1909–1996) was appointed as the first rector on this occasion, and the foundation stone of the Merseburg campus was laid.

The institution was founded with the aim of creating a Technische Hochschule (TH) that offered an application-oriented education in chemistry-related sciences and technology and supported the chemical industry in Central Germany.

It can be regarded as a late consequence of the World Wars in the 20th century, and of the economical and political situation of the GDR that required an accelerated development of the industry.

Originally intended to be located in Leipzig, the new TH was finally established in the smaller and quieter city of Merseburg, situated between two major chemical plants (Leunawerke with ca.

The library of THLM was the first in the new states of Germany after German Reunification that joined the data network Deutsches Wissenschaftsnetz founded in May 1990.

It was the predecessor of the later Faculty for Process Engineering and Fundamental Sciences which was formed in September 1958 and was awarded full promotion and habilitation rights in August 1959.

Main building of TH Leuna-Merseburg which housed the departments of chemistry and Marxism–Leninism, the main library, and lecture halls. Now used by Hochschule Merseburg.
Students' dormitories on the campus (2014)
Building of former Specialist Classes for Chemistry