Although noticing such things today is largely impossible, as recently as the 1950s, Tübingen was a very socioeconomically divided city, with poor local farmers and tradesmen living along the Stadtgraben (City Canal) and students and academics residing around the Alte Aula and the Burse, the old university buildings.
Aínda que é moi difícil notar este tipo de cousas hoxe en día, recentemente nos anos 1950 a cidade estaba totalmente dividida socioeconómicamente, cos granxeiros e comerciantes máis pobres vivinto ao longo Stadtgraben (canle da cidade) e estudantes e académicos vivindo ao redor da Alte Aula e a Burse, os antigos edificios universitarios.