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opened on an adjacent site in 1967. Prof. Dr. Andreas Quirrenbach is the observatory's director since 2005.
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The observatory ceased to be run by the German federal government in 2005 when it was joined with the
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but degradation of observational conditions there resulted in a relocation to the Königstuhl in 1898.
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conditions worsened. In subsequent years, three other locations were considered, with Heidelberg-
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On 20 June 1898, the "Großherzogliche Bergsternwarte" was ceremonially inaugurated by
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The main field of activity of the observatory was the investigation of
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for the acquisition of a powerful new dual 16 in (41 cm)
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While the new observatory complex was still under construction
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obtained a grant of $ 10,000 from the American philanthropist
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The instrumentation of the observatory originated from the
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Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research
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Historic astronomical observatory in Heidelberg, Germany
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Behavioural Sciences and Empirical Cultural Sciences
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Location of Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
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Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl

Heidelberg University
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Observatory code
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Heidelberg
Karlsruhe
Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates
49°23′55″N 8°43′15″E / 49.3986°N 8.7208°E / 49.3986; 8.7208
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www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de
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Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory is located in Germany

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Königstuhl
Heidelberg
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Mannheim
Center of Astronomy
University of Heidelberg
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Mannheim Observatory
Karlsruhe

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