Einstein Tower
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Key facts
- Named after
- Albert Einstein
- Organization
- Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
- Observatory code
- 042
- Location
- Telegrafenberg , Teltower Vorstadt, Potsdam-Süd, Germany
- Website
- www .aip .de /de /forschung /forschungsschwerpunkt-kmf /cosmic-magnetic-fields /sonnenphysik /optische-sonnenphysik /einsteinturm,%20https: //www .aip .de /en /institute /locations /einstein-tower /
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- astronomical observatory
- Part of
- Albert Einstein Science Park
- Named after
- Albert Einstein
- Country
- Germany
- Official website
- www.aip.de/en/institute/locations/einstein-tower
- Image
- Potsdam Telegrafenberg asv2023-09 img4.jpg
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- inception
- 1920-00-00
- Commons category
- Einsteinturm
- architectural style
- expressionist architecture
- heritage designation
- architectural heritage monument
- architect
- Erich Mendelsohn
- date of official opening
- 1924-00-00
- native label
- Einsteinturm
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Encyclopedic overview
The Einstein Tower (German: Einsteinturm) is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany. The Tower was built by architect Erich Mendelsohn in 1924.
It was built on the summit of the Potsdam Telegraphenberg to house a solar telescope designed by the astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich. The telescope supports experiments and observations to validate (or disprove) Albert Einstein's relativity theory.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Einstein Tower” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.