Natural Science Association Karlsruhe
The Natural Science Association Karlsruhe e. V. is a natural science association in Karlsruhe that deals with natural history and has existed since it was founded by Alexander Braun in 1840.
history
The association is one of the oldest of its kind in Germany. Braun brought together well-known geologists, biologists, physicians, physicists, chemists and meteorologists who presented and discussed their research results on a monthly basis as part of the Association for Scientific Communications . In 1862 the association appeared with a new statute as a natural science association and subsequently experienced its first heyday, in which the number of members soon rose to over 100. In the 1880s, Heinrich Hertz presented his groundbreaking experiments on the existence and propagation of electromagnetic waves to the public for the first time at a meeting of the association.
Modern times
Today, as then, the Natural Science Association is closely linked to the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe and promotes the fields of geosciences, botany and zoology as well as all areas of nature conservation. The association cultivates the subject areas in its working groups, through lecture events, excursions and publications.
Together with the Natural History Museum and the Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Department at the Karlsruhe Regional Council, the association publishes the magazine Carolinea - Articles on Natural History Research in Southwest Germany . Through its work, the association aims to deepen the public's knowledge of natural relationships and phenomena.
Honorary member
- Ernst Wagner , 1908
- Volkmar Wirth , 2012
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.nwv-karlsruhe.de/Verein/verein.html official website
- ↑ http://www.nwv-karlsruhe.de/Verein/verein.html official website
- ↑ http://www.nwv-karlsruhe.de/Verein/verein.html official website