Uraniborg
Uraniborg ( German "Uranienburg" ) was the observatory of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe . It was built from 1576 to 1580 on Ven , an island in the Øresund .
Tycho wrote on August 8, 1576 that they had laid the foundation stone . The building was dedicated to Urania , the muse of astronomy , and named after her Uraniborg, the castle of Urania . Significant artists of the time were involved in the construction: the builder Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder , the sculptor Johan Gregor van der Schardt was responsible for the iconography and the large fountain in the house was the work of Georg Labenwolf from Nuremberg .
Uraniborg became something of an early research center that attracted students from many regions. The palace housed equipment for alchemical research. The gardens were made up of herbs and flowers arranged in a geometric pattern. Nearby was Tychos Stjerneborg observatory, which he had built when he noticed that Uraniborg was not stable enough for his precise instruments.
With the loss of support from the new King Christian IV , Tycho Ven left in 1597, and both Uraniborg and Stjerneborg were destroyed shortly after his death. Stjerneborg was archaeologically rediscovered and restored in the 1950s and is now home to a multimedia show.
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Individual evidence
- ^ John Robert Christianson: Tycho Brahe. In: Carsten Bach-Nielsen (Red.): Danmark og renæssancen. 1500-1650. Gad, Copenhagen 2006, ISBN 87-12-04227-7 , pp. 174-185.
Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′ 28.2 " N , 12 ° 41 ′ 46.4" E