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Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory

Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory

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Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory

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Location: Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Ralf

August 22, 2021

The Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory is the astronomical institute of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. It is located in the city of Bamberg. The Dr. Remeis Observatory was founded in 1889 as a private institution. In 1962 it was integrated into the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as an astronomical institute.

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Tho〽️aster ™️

December 12, 2022

The Bamberg lawyer Dr. In addition to his own villa (see komoot.de/highlight/325382), Karl Remeis also donated the then enormous sum of 400,000 marks to the city of Bamberg to build a private observatory on the Stephansberg.
In 1888 the observatory with the two domes and the administration building was built according to plans by Hermann Eggert, who was also the architect of the Frankfurt main station and the town hall of Hanover.
The observatory also owes its free location in the middle of the city to the early ban on building for the adjacent meadow. Only the adjoining cellar of the Spezial brewery, today a heart of Bamberg's cellar culture, brings lively hustle and bustle near the observatory, but hardly any of the light pollution feared by the astronomers of the time.
Source: Bamberg from the air, Wolfgang Rössler, Thomas Gunzelmann, Verlag Fränkischer Tag, Bamberg, 2006

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Jochen M.

May 17, 2025

Simple restaurant with smoked beer, regional dishes, a cozy dining room, and a terrace.
Please note the opening hours, otherwise the climb would be a waste of time.

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