Mannheim Planetarium
The Mannheim Planetarium is the successor to the one built in 1927 as one of the world's first planetariums .
The projection dome has a height of 20 meters and seats 220 spectators. The planetarium has had the modern "Universarium" projection device from Carl Zeiss since 2002 .
history
The first planetarium was opened in 1927 in the lower Luisenpark . It had a 24.5 meter high dome and had 514 seats. It was badly damaged in a bombing raid during World War II in 1943 and demolished in 1953. It was not until the Federal Horticultural Show in 1975 that there were serious plans to build a new planetarium. A citizens' initiative led by physicist Heinz Haber was particularly strong in favor of the new building.
After the local council was convinced and the state of Baden-Württemberg promised a grant of two million DM, the new planetarium was opened on December 2, 1984 at the eastern entrance to the city on the previously undeveloped Europaplatz between the lanes of the autobahn to Heidelberg , today Bundesstrasse 37 , to be opened. The architect was Wilfried Beck-Erlang . The "Model VI" from Zeiss (Oberkochen), at that time the world's most powerful planetarium projector, served as the projection device. After that, many technical improvements were made, such as a show laser system or large-screen video projectors. In 2002 the new Zeiss “Universarium IX” projection device was purchased for three million euros.
There is space for around 280 spectators under the 20-meter projection dome. In 2019 the planetarium had 119,000 visitors.
Model of the planetarium
Model VI
Universarium IX
See also: List of planetariums in Germany
literature
- Otto Klauser in: Badische Heimat - Mannheim, annual issue 1927 . Karlsruhe 1927, p. 239ff
- Freundeskreis Mannheimer Planetarium (ed.): Planetarium Mannheim . Mannheim 1997, ISBN 3-932527-00-3
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mannheim: Planetarium records record number of visitors. Accessed February 5, 2020
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 38.7 " N , 8 ° 29 ′ 34.9" E