Leibniz Monument (Hanover)
The Leibniz Monument in Hanover is a monument to honor the universal scholar Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and his scientific work, especially the binary number system . The monument designed by the artist Stefan Schwerdtfeger in the style of a silhouette is a gift to the citizens of the state capital of Lower Saxony . In 2008 the sculpture and the associated information boards were set up in the center of the city on Georgstrasse , at the southern tip of Opernplatz in the Mitte district .
History and description
After the Leibniz Temple, which was set up opposite the Leineschloss at the end of the 18th century, was moved by the National Socialists to the Georgengarten far from the center of Hanover in 1935, the journalists Friedrich Oehler and Hartmuth Schultz took the initiative at the beginning of the 21st century for an additional Leibniz Monument. With a new “ naturalization ” from Leibniz, who lived and worked in Hanover for around forty years and was also buried there in the Neustadt church , the scientist and inventor should be brought closer to the citizens again.
The architect and artist Stefan Schwertfeger then designed a 2.5 meter high bronze head standing on a granite base, which was cast with a weight of 750 kg by the Noak art foundry in Berlin . The memorial and its information blocks, on which important information about Leibniz, his binary system and the infinitesimal calculus can be read, was financed by a sponsoring association and well-known donors.
For the 300-year celebration of the personal union between Britain and Hanover informed a specially erected Litfaßsäule the State Exhibition as the Royals came from Hanover , among other things Leibniz research Guelph History
Leibniz illustration of calculating with 0 and 1 , the basis of today's computers . The polymath also invented a mechanical binary calculating machine
Reference to the differential and integral calculus found by Leibniz as a "[...] basis of mathematics "
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literature
- Friedrich Oehler, Hartmut Schulz: The Leibniz Memorial at Georgsplatz "Leibniz - think about it, Hanover!" / A monument in the spirit of the universal scholar: for the general public [o. D.], downloadable as a PDF document , last accessed on August 27, 2014
- Friedrich Oehler: The Leibniz monument on Hanover's opera triangle. In: Walter Lobenstein (Ed.): Wegwarten. Literary magazine for individuals , issue 195, 52nd year, Hanover: 2012, p. 5ff.
- same title in issue 211, 56th year, Hanover: 2016, p. 12ff.
Web links
- NN : Leibniz in Hanover / map of the city center in the Leibniz brochure of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover
- Olaf Pytalhost: Leibniz Monument , commented photo gallery on the page olaf.pytalhost.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Annette von Boetticher (Red.): Opernplatz. In: Leibniz and Hannover , brochure (long-DIN, 98 pages and overview maps), ed. from the Presidium of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover , Hannover, 2009, p. 48
- ↑ Helmut Knocke , Hugo Thielen : Georgengarten. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , pp. 115-118; here: p. 117.
- ↑ a b Friedrich Oehler: The Leibniz Monument at Hanover's Operndreieck (see literature)
- ↑ Gerd van den Heuvel: LEIBNIZ, Gottfried Wilhelm. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 227ff .; Preview over google books
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 16.8 ″ N , 9 ° 44 ′ 29.6 ″ E