Telegrafenberg

The title of this article is ambiguous. Telegraphenberg is also the name of a survey in the urban area of Troisdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Telegrafenberg
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height	94  m
location	Potsdam ( Brandenburg , Germany )
Coordinates	52 ° 22 '53 "  N , 13 ° 3' 52"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 22 '53 "  N , 13 ° 3' 52"  E
Type	glacial terminal moraine
rock	Attachments from the Saarmunder stop of the Brandenburg stage of the Vistula glaciation
Age of the rock	19,200 years

The Telegrafenberg (older spelling Telegraphenberg ) is a 94 meter high elevation in the south-west of Potsdam , which belongs to the Saarmunder terminal moraine arch. Several observatories were built on the mountain in the 19th century ; today the Albert Einstein Science Park and other research facilities are located there . According to Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , the former director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research located there , it is "the most beautiful science campus on the continent".

history

Reconstruction of the telegraph pole, 2003

The Telegrafenberg, which was previously called Hinterer Brauhausberg, was given its name in 1832 because of the optical telegraph station that was built there at the time (a 6 m high mast that passed on combinations of characters by means of pairs of wings). Friedrich Wilhelm III. had the Prussian state telegram line set up between Berlin and Koblenz that year in order to be able to exchange messages as quickly as possible between the Rhine Province and the Prussian heartland . The 4th mast of 62 stations on the almost 550 km long route was on the Telegrafenberg. In 1849 the line was discontinued after the introduction of electric telegraphy .

science

Since then, numerous scientific institutes and facilities have been founded, which together form the Albert Einstein Science Park , named after Albert Einstein , who also conducted research there in the 1920s.

Movie

• The Potsdam Telegrafenberg. A history of science. Documentary, Germany, 2013, 43:30 min., Script and direction: Felix Krüger, production: rbb , first broadcast: December 2, 2013 rbb, Der Potsdamer Telegrafenberg - A History of Science ( Memento from May 10, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) by rbb.

Web links

Commons : Telegrafenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Wiki about the history of the Telegrafenberg
• On the history of the observatories and research facilities on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam by Joachim Höpfner, May 6, 2004
• The observatories on Telegrafenberg ( Memento from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
• optical telegraph 4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jana Haase: Interesting ignitions . PNN . October 1, 2011. Accessed March 8, 2019.
2. ↑ The mountain and its name Telegrafenberg. By Joachim Höpfner, May 6, 2004.