Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
	Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Organization	Heidelberg University ;
Observatory code	024
Location	Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coordinates	49°23′55″N 8°43′15″E
Altitude	560 m (1,840 ft)
Website	www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de
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Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory (German: Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl) is a historic astronomical observatory located near the summit of the Königstuhl hill in the city of Heidelberg in Germany. The predecessor of the current observatory was originally opened in 1774 in the nearby city of Mannheim but degradation of observational conditions there resulted in a relocation to the Königstuhl in 1898.

The observatory forms part of the Center of Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg. The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy opened on an adjacent site in 1967. Prof. Dr. Andreas Quirrenbach is the observatory's director since 2005.

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