Landessternwarte
Heidelberg

At the Landessternwarte (state observatory) on top of the Königstuhl in Heidelberg, which was opened in 1898, still modern research is performed. The first director of the observatory, Max Wolf, was a pionier of Astrophotography, detected many comets, nebulae and asteroids. Nearly 1000 asteroids detections the Landessternwarte is on the top ranks. Apart from a short historical overview mainly the insight into modern research shows, that the Landessternwarte Heidelberg is one of the top Astronomical institutes in Europe.