X-ray monument (Giessen)
The X-ray monument is a memorial by the Berlin artist Erich Fritz Reuter in Giessen . It was built in 1962 in honor of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen . It consists of metal rods that penetrate a natural stone and thus stylizes the X-rays , Röntgen's greatest discovery.
The X-ray monument is located in the Giessener Südanlage in the theater park next to the city theater .
Röntgen was a full professor at the University of Giessen from 1879 to 1888 . In addition to the memorial, there are other memories of Röntgen in Gießen:
- The grave of Röntgen in the old cemetery ,
- a memorial plaque on his former home (south section 17),
- the award of the Röntgen Prize by the Justus Liebig University since 1960.
Further X-ray monuments can be found in Berlin and Lennep , Röntgen's birthplace.
Web links
Commons : X-ray monument - collection of images, videos and audio files
- State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse (Ed.): Südanlage In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
- Municipality of Giessen: Roentgen monument
Individual evidence
- ↑ Embarrassing mistake on the information board on the X-ray monument. In: Gießener Anzeiger. February 15, 2010, archived from the original on February 18, 2010 ; accessed on March 14, 2013 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ′ 0.8 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 36.85" E