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Röntgen Monument in Gießen

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Röntgen Monument in Gießen

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  • Location: Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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    August 10, 2020

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    The memorial commemorates Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, the first Nobel Prize winner for physics to teach at the University of Gießene. Ten steel rods run through a bronze body, which are supposed to symbolize the X-rays discovered by Röntgen.
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6ntgendkmal_(Gie%C3%9Fen)
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    September 3, 2019

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    The X-ray monument is a monument of the Berlin artist Erich Fritz Reuter in casting. It was built in 1962 in honor of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. It consists of metal rods that penetrate a natural stone and thus stylized the X-rays, X-ray's greatest discovery.

    de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6ntgendenkmal_(Gie%C3%9Fen)
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    November 30, 2020

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    Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was buried in the grave of his parents in the old cemetery in Gießen, although he died in Munich.
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