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Nurnberg Planetarium



GERMANY , BAYERN , NURNBERG
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Nurnberg Planetarium
Nurnberg Planetarium
Nurnberg Planetarium
Nurnberg Planetarium
Nurnberg Planetarium


Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1927
Closed in 1933
Address: Rathenauplatz 1a - Nurnberg
Country: GERMANY
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Website: https://www.agn-ev.org/erstes-planetarium.php
Website 2: https://www.astronomieweg-nuernberg.de/index.php?category=stationen&page=01


Team
Hans Gehne (1927-1929)
Wilhelm Hartmann (1929-1934)







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Dome of  25.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-II
Dome: Linen and concrete
Seat: Removable seats

Facilities

Operation

History
- February 12, 1925: purchase (150,000 Reichsmark)
- April 10, 1927: inauguration
- December 1, 1933: closed (not enough visitors)
- February 1934: vote the destruction (by order of Gauleiter Julius Streicher, it looks too much like a synagogue)
- mid 1934: destroyed (projector was dismantled and stored in Kunstbunker under Kaiserburg)


Comments


Latitude: 49°27'21" N  -  Longitude: 11°05'19" E  -  Altitude: 315m
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