Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig | |
Abbreviation: | SAW |
Established: | 1846 |
Status: | treaty |
Headquarters: | Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße 1 |
Location: | Leipzig, Germany |
Coords: | 51.3347°N 12.3694°W |
Language: | German |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Hans Wiesmeth |
Parent Organization: | Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities |
Website: | https://www.saw-leipzig.de/en/welcome?set_language=en |
The Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig (German: Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig) is an institute which was founded in 1846 under the name Royal Saxon Society for the Sciences (German: Königlich Sächsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften).[1]