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| 2861 | Lambrecht | Named in memory of Hermann Lambrecht (1908–1983), professor at the University of Jena and director o |
| 3181 | Ahnert | Named in honor of Paul Ahnert {1897–1989}, author since 1949 of the annual Kalender für Sternfreunde |
| 3245 | Jensch | Named in honor of Alfred Jensch, internationally renowned for his creative genius in the advancement |
| 3338 | Richter | Named in memory of Nikolaus B. Richter (1910–1980), first director of the Tautenburg Observatory (19 |
| 3499 | Hoppe | Named in honor of Johannes Hoppe (1907–1987), appointed professor of astronomy at the University of |
| 4076 | Dorffel | Named in memory of Georg Samuel Dörffel (1643–1688), whose computations on the orbit of the great co |
| 4098 | Thraen | Named in memory of Anton Karl Thraen (1843–1902), an astronomer and catholic priest in the German di |
| 4117 | Wilke | Named in memory of Alfred Wilke (1893–1972), an optician of the highest rank, who constructed a work |
| 4347 | Reger | Named in memory of Max Reger (1873–1916), chief conductor and general music director of the renowned |
| 4872 | Grieg | Named for the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843–1907). In Grieg’s work, the precipitous, harsh b |
| 5224 | Abbe | Named in memory of Ernst Karl Abbe (1840–1905), director of the Jena Observatory from 1877 to 1900, |
| 5312 | Schott | Named in memory of Friedrich Otto Schott (1851–1935), analytical chemist and glass engineer. In 1882 |
| 5375 | Siedentopf | Named in memory of Heinrich Siedentopf (1906–1963), professor of astronomy and director of the obser |
| 5509 | Rennsteig | Named for a narrow forest road, 168 km in length, that crosses the ridge-like hill of the chain of m |
| 6120 | Anhalt | Named for the former principality of Anhalt, at the northern border of the Harz mountains. About 177 |
| 6157 | Prey | Named in memory of Adalbert Prey (1873-1949), professor of astronomy in Innsbruck, Prague and, event |
| 6305 | Helgoland | Named for a small island in the North Sea, 45 km distant from the German coast, commanding the mouth |
| 6488 | Drebach | Named for the German village in the Erzgebirge mountains, 20 km south of the Saxon town of Chemnitz. |
| 6653 | Feininger | Named for the American painter and graphic artist Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956). Descended from a fam |
| 6717 | Antal | Named in honor of the Slovak astronomer Milan Antal {1935–1999}, on the staff of the observatories a |
| 6718 | Beiglböck | Named in honor of Wolf D. Beiglböck (b. 1939), German mathematician and professor at the University |
| 6776 | Dix | Named for the painter and graphic artist Otto Dix (1891–1969), born in the Thuringian town of Gera-U |
| 6966 | Vietoris | Named in honor of Leopold Vietoris (b. 1891), professor emeritus of mathematics of the Leopold-Franz |
| 7054 | Brehm | Named in memory of the two Thuringian naturalists Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787-1864) and Alfred Edmu |
| 7127 | Stifter | Named for the most famous Austrian narrator Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868). After formative years spen |
| 7130 | Klepper | Named for the German novelist and lyric poet Jochen Klepper (1903–1942), with The Father an importan |
| 7256 | Bonhoeffer | Named in memory of the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945). Already the author of nume |
| 7583 | Rosegger | Named for the Styrian author Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), in his lifetime extremely popular in Austri |
| 7767 | Tomatic | Named in honor of A. U. Tomatic (b. 1997), collaborator at the Minor Planet Center. An ardent compu |
| 7873 | Böll | Named in honor of Heinrich Böll (1917-1985), outstanding German writer. In his work he described th |
| 7945 | Kreisau | Named in memory of an anti-Nazi resistance group formed in 1942 in Silesia at the Kreisau farm, the |
| 8089 | Yukar | Yurij Vasil'evich Karachkin (b. 1940) is a teacher of physics at the school of the Crimean Astrophys |
| 8108 | Wieland | Named for the author Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813), a representative of the Rococo period, as |
| 8158 | Herder | Named for Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803), German philosopher, theologian, writer, translator, p |
| 8268 | Goerdeler | Named in memory of Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884-1945), mayor of the towns of Königsberg and Leipzi |
| 8282 | Delp | Named in memory of the German theologian Alfred Delp (1907-1945). Beginning in 1942, he was a member |
| 8284 | Cranach | Named in honor of the German painter, draftsman and copper engraver Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-15 |
| 8382 | Mann | Named in memory of Heinrich (1871-1950) and Thomas Mann (1875-1955), born in the Hanseatic town of L |
| 8501 | Wachholz | Burkhard Wachholz (1940-2000), a dear friend of the first discoverer, was longstanding senior chief |
| 8502 | Bauhaus | Named for the school of design founded in 1919 by the German architect W. Gropius (1883-1969) in We |
| 8667 | Fontane | Named for Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death. He bro |
| 8684 | Reichwein | Named for the German reform pedagogue Adolf Reichwein (1898–1944), who ran the Adult Education Cours |
| 8831 | Brändström | Named in memory of the uncommon Swede Elsa Brändström (1888-1948). Born in St. Petersburg , she was |
| 8847 | Huch | Named in honor of the German novelist and poet Ricarda Huch (1864-1947). Born into a prosperous com |
| 8860 | Rohloff | Ralf-Rainer Rohloff (b. 1960) is a design engineer on the staff of the Max-Planck-Institut für Astro |
| 9052 | Uhland | Named for the German poet Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862), best known for lyric poetry and ballads |
| 9204 | Mörike | Named for the Swabian poet Eduard Mörike (1804-1875), one of the great German lyric poets. The wond |
| 9315 | Weigel | Named for the German mathematician and astronomer Erhard Weigel (1625-1699) on the occasion of the 3 |
| 9322 | Lindenau | Named for the German scientist, statesman and promotor of the arts Bernhard August von Lindenau (177 |
| 9336 | Altenburg | Named for the town of Altenburg, noted for its outstanding buildings (e.g. the theater and Lindenau |
| 9344 | Klopstock | Named for Friedrich Gottfried Klopstock (1724-1803), one of the most famous German poets between th |
| 9577 | Gropius | Named for the German architect Walter Gropius (1883-1969), born in Berlin and one of the most fascin |
| 9610 | Vischer | Named for Peter Vischer the Elder (c. 1460-1529), the greatest German brass-caster master in the Mid |
| 9742 | Worpswede | Named for the German colony of artists near the city of Bremen. Beginning in 1889, many painters set |
| 9833 | Rilke | Named for the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), husband of the sculptor Clara Westhoff. |
| 9861 | Jahreiss | Hartmut Jahreiß (b. 1942) is a staff astronomer at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. As a success |
| 9863 | Reichardt | Named in memory of the German composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), who for 20 years was |
| 9872 | Solf | Named in honor of Josef K. M. Solf (b. 1934), professor of astronomy at Heidelberg and Jena, and sin |
| 9956 | Castellaz | German physicist Peter Castellaz (b. 1965) works in the Department of Science and Arts of the state |
| 9962 | Pfau | Werner Pfau (b. 1936), director of the Jena University Observatory from 1990 to 2000 and a former ch |
| 10067 | Bertuch | Named for the German author, bookseller and successful liberal employer Friedrich Justin Bertuch (17 |
| 10100 | Bürgel | As detailed in his autobiography, Vom Arbeiter zum Astronomen, Bruno H. Bürgel (1875-1948), f |
| 10114 | Greifswald | Greifswald, the old German Hanse city on the Baltic Sea, is a scientific, economic and cultural cent |
| 10340 | Jostjahn | Jost Jahn (b. 1959), a dental surgeon, has been editor of the German Astro-Fax-Circulars for |
| 10348 | Poelchau | As a chaplain at the penitentiaries of Tegel, Plötzensee and Brandenburg-Görden in Berlin during 193 |
| 10543 | Klee | One of the most self-willed of the expressionists, Swiss painter and graphic artist Paul Klee (1879- |
| 10746 | Mühlhausen | In Carolinian times the Thuringian town of Mühlhausen was the haunt of emperors and kings. It becam |
| 10749 | Musäus | Johann Carl August Musäus (1735-1787), a private tutor at the court of Weimar, was the satiric autho |
| 10761 | Lyubimets | Lyubimets, the Russian word for ‘darling’, seems to be an appropriate name for Grigorij (b. 2000), g |
| 10762 | von Laue | Max von Laue (1879-1960), student of Planck, discovered the diffraction of x-rays in crystals, there |
| 10763 | Hlawka | Edmund Hlawka (b. 1916) is the most famous living Austrian mathematician and a prominent university |
| 10775 | Leipzig | The Saxon city of Leipzig has a great number of splendid sights. J. S. Bach worked as cantor in the |
| 10778 | Marcks | Sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks (1889-1981) was master of the potter's shop in Dornburg, |
| 10781 | Ritter | As the result of numerous physical experiments he conducted during the decade he lived in Jena, the |
| 10782 | Hittmair | Otto Hittmair (b. 1924) is a well-known Austrian theoretical physicist. He was president of the Aust |
| 10835 | Fröbel | The Thuringian pedagogue Friedrich Fröbel (1782-1852) was committed to the education of young childr |
| 10856 | Bechstein | Carl Bechstein (1826-1900), born in the Thuringian town of Gotha, founded a piano factory in Berlin |
| 11037 | Distler | Hugo Distler (1908-1942), a composer, organist and director of renowned choirs, served in Lübeck, St |
| 11043 | Pepping | Ernst Pepping (1901-1981) was an organist and professor of music in Berlin and one of the leading Ge |
| 11075 | Dönhoff | Marion Gräfin Dönhoff (b. 1909) is a highly esteemed critical German journalist, engaged in problems |
| 11313 | Kügelgen | Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772-1820) and his son Wilhelm (1802-1867) were prominent German painters. Th |
| 11485 | Zinzendorf | Nikolaus Ludwig Graf von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) was counsellor at the court of his native town of Dr |
| 11496 | Grass | Günter Grass (b. 1927), German writer, sculptor and graphic artist, is a critic of both the immediat |
| 11508 | Stolte | Dieter Stolte (b. 1934) served for 20 years as director general of ZDF, the public German TV net and |
| 11853 | Runge | The German painter and graphic artist Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) was a famous master of north Ge |
| 11855 | Preller | Friedrich Preller the Elder (1804-1878), German painter and etcher, was court painter in Weimar and, |
| 11886 | Kraske | Konrad Kraske (b. 1926) served as a member of the supervisory board of the public German TV net ZDF |
| 11916 | Wiesloch | The city of Wiesloch celebrates the 1200th anniversary of its first documented mention in mid-2001. |
| 12241 | Lefort | Gertrud Freiin von le Fort (1876-1971), German poet, deals with historical and religious topics in h |
| 12244 | Werfel | Austrian author Franz Werfel (1890-1945) was a playwright who achieved international success as a no |
| 12298 | Brecht | Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), German author, songwriter, producer and social critic, was born in Augsb |
| 12318 | Kästner | German writer and journalist Erich Kästner (1899-1974) wrote witty, sociocritical and satiric poems, |
| 12327 | Terbrüggen | Dietrich Terbrüggen (b. 1941) is a well-known German surgeon who served as a lecturer at the univers |
| 12329 | Liebermann | The painter Max Liebermann (1847-1935) is one of the greatest masters of German impressionism. He p |
| 12659 | Schlegel | The brothers August Wilhelm (1767-1845) and Friedrich (1772-1829) Schlegel, both famous writers, phi |
| 12661 | Schelling | Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775-1854) studied at the Stift in Tübingen and was professo |
| 12729 | Berger | The German medical doctor Hans Berger (1873-1941) was professor of neurology and psychiatry in Jena. |
| 13055 | Kreppein | Wolfgang Kreppein (b. 1948) is a German physician and dermatologist. He is a well-known expert on al |
| 13084 | Virchow | German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) was the founder of cellular pathology and a pioneer in |
| 13086 | Sauerbruch | German surgeon Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951) devised many improvements in surgical procedur |
| 13478 | Fraunhofer | Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826), a German autodidact, glassmaker, optician and scientist, had an |
| 13531 | Weizsäcker | Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker (b. 1912), German physicist and philosopher, was involved in |
| 13559 | Werth | Hildegard Werth (b. 1950) is an experienced TV journalist with the large German TV system ZDF. Besi |
| 13610 | Lilienthal | The German engineer Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) explored the aerodynamics of the flight of birds. B |
| 13954 | Born | German physicist Max Born (1882-1970), a pioneer in modern theoretical physics, formulated a theory |
| 13977 | Frisch | Austrian zoologist Karl Ritter von Frisch (1886-1982) did fundamental investigations on fish and ho |
| 14025 | Fallada | German author Hans Fallada (Rudolph Ditzen, 1893-1947) wrote sociocritical novels. He described the |
| 14413 | Geiger | German physicist Hans Geiger (1882-1945) studied radioactivity and scattering of α-particles. Toget |
| 14871 | Pyramus | In classic literature, Pyramus and Thisbe are two lovers whose union is prevented by their opposing |
| 15264 | Delbrück | German-born biophysicist Max Delbrück (1906-1981), who moved to the U.S. in 1937, was a cofounder of |
| 15265 | Ernsting | German science fiction writer Walter Ernsting (b. 1920; pen name Clark Darlton) founded the German S |
| 15301 | Marutesser | Marianne Ute Esser (b. 1943) has been a member of the scientific staff of the Astronomisches Rechen- |
| 15342 | Assisi | Assisi is the birthplace of St. Franciscus (1181?-1226; St. Francis, originally Giovanni Bernardone) |
| 15346 | Bonifatius | Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk Bonifatius (674?-754; Boniface, originally Wynfrieth) was sent as a mi |
| 15710 | Böcklin | Swiss painter Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901) created landscapes and figures in a richly colored monument |
| 15724 | Zille | Graphic artist and photographer Heinrich Zille (1858-1929) portrayed the milieu of ordinary Berliner |
| 15761 | Schumi | German ace Michael (“Schumi”) Schumacher (b. 1969) is recognized as being among the world's best rac |
| 15762 | Rühmann | Heinz Rühmann (1902-1994), German actor, inspired comic, brilliant character performer, stage direct |
| 16355 | Buber | Martin Buber (1878-1965), Austrian-born Jewish philosopher and author, was a teacher of religious sc |
| 16398 | Hummel | Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), famous Austrian pianist and versatile composer, Mozart's pupil an |
| 16418 | Lortzing | Albert Lortzing (1801-1851), who was born and died in Berlin, was a singer, an actor and later a con |
| 16459 | Barth | The Swiss Protestant Reformed theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968), ousted from his post in Germany, wa |
| 16505 | Sulzer | Robert Sulzer-Forrer (1873-1953), a socially minded Swiss industrialist at Winterthur, was an outsta |
| 16522 | Tell | Wilhelm Tell, legendary hero of the well-known Swiss saga, distinguished himself in the fight for in |
| 16714 | Arndt | German patriotic writer and poet Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), born on the island of Rügen, was a |
| 17458 | Dick | German astronomer and geodesist Wolfgang R. Dick (b. 1959) works at the Frankfurt IERS Central Burea |
| 17460 | Mang | Herbert Mang (b. 1942) is professor of material sciences at the Vienna University of Technology. He |
| 17484 | Ganghofer | German author Ludwig Ganghofer (1855-1920), son of a forester, studied philosophy, was a dramatic ad |
| 17486 | Hodler | Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) founded modern Swiss painting with his use of allegorical themes, histo |
| 17488 | Mantl | Wolfgang Mantl (b. 1939) is professor of jurisprudence and constitutional law at the University of G |
| 17489 | Trenker | Luis Trenker (1892-1990), initially a herdsman, mountain guide and ski instructor in his South Tyrol |
| 17496 | Augustinus | Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), born in North Africa, converted to Christianity in Milan and was bish |
| 18286 | Kneipp | German priest Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897), skilled in the art of healing, introduced manifold appli |
| 18360 | Sachs | Hans Sachs (1494-1576), master of the shoemaker guild in Nuremberg from 1520, is the most important |
| 18398 | Bregenz | Bregenz, capital of the Austrian province of Vorarlberg, is situated on the east shore of the Lake C |
| 19126 | Ottohahn | Otto Hahn (1879-1968), chemistry Nobel Laureate in 1944, participated in the discovery of numerous r |
| 19139 | Apian | German mathematician and cartographer Peter Apian (1495-1552) made astronomical instruments. His ma |
| 19162 | Wambsganss | Joachim Wambsganss (b. 1961) is a German astronomer and since 2004 has been the seventh director in |
| 19182 | Pitz | Eckhart Pitz (b. 1940) is a German physicist at the Heidelberg Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie. H |
| 19183 | Amati | The Amati family of violin makers worked in Cremona in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, esta |
| 19185 | Guarneri | The Guarneri family of violin makers was active in Cremona for several generations. Giuseppe Antoni |
| 19189 | Stradivari | Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) of Cremona is considered the master of all violin makers, and he was |
| 19208 | Starrfield | Sumner Starrfield (b. 1940) is an American astronomer. Regents' professor at the Arizona State Unive |
| 19263 | Lavater | Swiss writer, clergyman and religious philosopher Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801), friendly with H |
| 20012 | Ranke | Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886) was a professor of history in Berlin from 1825 to 1871. Treading new |
| 21010 | Kishon | Israeli author, journalist and satirist Ephraim Kishon (b. 1924) became known for his satiric storie |
| 21050 | Beck | Hans G. Beck (b. 1930) studied astronomy and served for decades as head of the department for astron |
| 21074 | Rügen | Rügen is the largest German island in the Baltic. Off the Pomeranian coast, it is characterized by |
| 21076 | Kokoschka | Austrian expressionist painter, graphic artist and writer Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) was known for |
| 21109 | Sünkel | Hans Sünkel (b. 1948) is professor of mathematical geodesy and geoinformatics at the Technical Unive |
| 22291 | Heitifer | Heinrich (b. 1998), Tibère (b. 1999) and Ferdinand (b. 2000) are the three grandsons of the discover |
| 22322 | Bodensee | Bodensee, Constance Lake, or Swabian Sea, is a border sea of the Alps, adjoining Germany, Switzerlan |
| 22369 | Klinger | German sculptor, painter and etcher Max Klinger (1857-1920) worked in Leipzig, partly in Rome. His |
| 23473 | Voss | Philologist and poet Johann Heinrich Voss (1751-1826) wrote idyllic scenes of civil life, partly in |
| 23490 | Monikohl | Monika Kohl (b. 1944) served as secretary of the documentation department of the Astronomisches Rech |
| 23578 | Baedeker | This German family of printers and booksellers dates back to Dietrich Baedeker (1680-1716). In 1827, |
| 24711 | Chamisso | German-French poet Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838), a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, |
| 24713 | Ekrutt | Joachim Ekrutt (b. 1948) is an enthusiastic German amateur astronomer. A lawyer and tax consultant |
| 24748 | Nernst | German Walther Hermann Nernst (1864-1941) is one of the founders of physical chemistry. He discover |
| 24749 | Grebel | Eva K. Grebel (b. 1966) is a German astronomer, professor at the Heidelberg University and since 200 |
| 24750 | Ohm | German physicist Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854) discovered the fundamental law of electrical circuits i |
| 24751 | Kroemer | German-born Herbert Kroemer (b. 1928), who has lived in the United States since 1954, is one of the |
| 26119 | Duden | Philologist Konrad Duden (1829-1911), for a time a schoolmaster in Thuringia, was renowned for his t |
| 26821 | Baehr | George Baehr (1666-1738) was a famous architect of the Baroque period. His masterpiece, the Frauenki |
| 26842 | Hefele | Herbert Hefele (b. 1942) is a retired staff astronomer at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. He se |
| 27710 | Henseling | German teacher and author Robert Henseling (1883-1964) wrote numerous popular astronomical books and |
| 27712 | Coudray | Clemens Wenzeslaus Coudray (1775-1845), court architect in Fulda, was chief director of the building |
| 27765 | Brockhaus | In 1805, German publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772-1823) founded the F. A. Brockhaus publish |
| 29185 | Reich | Ludwig Reich (b. 1940) is professor of mathematics at the University of Graz and editor of internati |
| 29197 | Gleim | Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719-1803) was secretary of the cathedral chapter at Halberstadt. He w |
| 29204 | Ladegast | Friedrich Ladegast (1818-1905), a German organ builder of European repute, followed Romantic trends |
| 29208 | Halorentz | The Dutch physicist Hendrick Antoon Lorentz (1853-1928) formulated the classic electron theory and p |
| 29212 | Zeeman | Dutch physicist Pieter Zeeman (1865-1943) discovered the splitting of spectral lines in the magnetic |
| 29214 | Apitzsch | Rolf Apitzsch (b. 1943) is a German amateur astronomer who started serious astronomical work after h |
| 29246 | Clausius | German physicist Rudolf Clausius (1822-1888) elaborated the kinetic theory of gases. He is one of t |
| 30719 | Isserstedt | Isserstedt is a part of Jena, situated high above the town and near the scene of the 1806 battle of |
| 30778 | Döblin | German narrative writer Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) originated from a Jewish merchant family. A docto |
| 30798 | Graubünden | Graubünden, also known as Grisons (French), Grigioni (Italian) and Grishun (Romansh), is the largest |
| 30826 | Coulomb | Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806) was one of the most famous physicists of his time. Best kno |
| 30828 | Bethe | Hans Albrecht Bethe (b. 1906) is a pioneering theoretician in quantum physics, atomic and nuclear pr |
| 30830 | Jahn | Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852) was an educator, writer and the “father of gymnastics”. He opened |
| 30836 | Schnittke | Alfred Garriyevich Schnittke (1934-1998) was a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory during 1962-1972. |
| 30837 | Steinheil | Carl August von Steinheil (1801-1870) was a professor in Munich, where he established an optical wor |
| 30847 | Lampert | Klaus Lampert (b. 1943) is a very experienced amateur radio operator whose call sign DK6IP is well k |
| 30850 | Vonsiemens | German inventor Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) played an important role in the development of telegr |
| 30852 | Debye | Dutch-American physical chemist Peter Debye (1884-1966), recipient of the 1936 Nobel prize in chemis |
| 30883 | de Broglie | French physicist Louis-Victor de Broglie (1892-1987), late in deciding on his career, chose for his |
| 32808 | Bischoff | Werner Bischoff (1902-1993), a researcher at Carl Zeiss, Jena was engaged in designing the large Ham |
| 32809 | Sommerfeld | Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951), a longtime professor in Munich, taught many renowned physicists. He |
| 32821 | Posch | Manfred Posch (b. 1943) was chief editor of an Austrian newspaper and he is still editing the popula |
| 32853 | Döbereiner | Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780-1849), professor of chemistry at Jena and creator of the first chem |
| 32855 | Zollitsch | Robert Zollitsch (b. 1938) is the archbishop of Freiburg and, since 2008, chairman of the German Rom |
| 32899 | Knigge | Adolph Freiherr von Knigge (1752-1796) wrote novels, satires, dramas and autographic works, and he t |
| 35229 | Benckert | Johann Peter Benckert (1709-1765) created stone, stucco and wooden sculptures for the court of the p |
| 37584 | Schleiden | The German botanist Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804-1881), a professor at Jena during 1846-1863, util |
| 37608 | Löns | Herman Löns (1866-1914) was closely attached to North German people and landscape, especially Lünebu |
| 39536 | Lenhof | Helmut Lenhof (b. 1924) is a retired professor of physics. He was one of the founders of the Carinth |
| 39540 | Borchert | Wolfgang Borchert (1921-1947) was one of the pioneers of German postwar literature. In poetry and p |
| 39549 | Casals | Spanish-born cellist, composer and conductor Pablo Casals (1876-1973) is known for his love of the w |
| 39571 | Pückler | German Herman Graf von Pückler (1785-1871), given the rank of prince in 1822, created great landsc |
| 42516 | Oistrach | World-renowned Russian violin virtuosi David Oistrach (1908-1974) and his son Igor (b. 1931), occasi |
| 43751 | Asam | The artistic Bavarian family Asam, father Hans Georg (1649-1711) and sons Cosmas Damian (1686-1739) |
| 43775 | Tiepolo | Italian Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) ranks with the great painters of all ages. His huge ce |
| 46563 | Oken | Lorenz Oken (1779-1851) was professor of medicine in Jena (1807-1819) and a leading Romantic natural |
| 48415 | Dehio | Art historian Georg Dehio (1850-1932) published the fundamental works The Church Architecture of |
| 48422 | Schrade | Engineer Hugo Schrade (1900-1974), employed by the firm Carl Zeiss Jena from 1929, became the highly |
| 48435 | Jaspers | Philosopher, physician and political thinker Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) is an important representative |
| 48447 | Hingley | Peter D. Hingley (1951-2012) worked for many years as the Librarian of the Royal Astronomical Societ |
| 48458 | Merian | Swiss engraver, etcher and book dealer Matthäus Merian (1593-1650) and his sons published more than |
| 48471 | Orchiston | New Zealander Wayne Orchistron (b. 1943) works as an astronomer at the National Astronomical Researc |
| 48492 | Utewielen | Ute Wielen (b. 1934) has worked in astronomy for more than 50 years. She was an assistant observer a |
| 48588 | Raschröder | German Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878-1962) was an architect, but he became known as a poet, essayi |
| 52291 | Mott | American John R. Mott (1865-1955) is one of the organizers of the modern ecumenical movement, ultima |
| 52293 | Mommsen | German classical historian and epigraphist Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) revolutionized the study of R |
| 52294 | Detlef | Detlef Ninnemann (b. 1944) is a German patent attorney and electrical engineer, who trained a genera |
| 52301 | Qumran | Qumran, situated on the shore of Dead Sea, is the region where numerous Scrolls, 2000 years old, wer |
| 52337 | Compton | American Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962) discovered the Compton effect, which confirms the particle |
| 55733 | Lepsius | German Karl Richard Lepsius (1810-1884) studied the monuments, pyramids and mastabas of the Old King |
| 55772 | Loder | German Justus Christian Loder (1753-1832) was one of the most distinguished anatomists of his time a |
| 58163 | Minnesang | The Minnesang is a poetic-musical form created by the German-speaking peoples of the twelfth and thi |
| 58186 | Langkavel | Arno Langkavel (b. 1938) is a former high school teacher and historian of astronomy. Over several de |
| 58191 | Dolomiten | The Dolomiten is a mountain group with characteristic rocks formed of dolomitic limestone found in t |
| 65685 | Behring | Emil von Behring (1854-1917) is considered the founder of the science of immunology. In 1901, he rec |
| 65692 | Trifu | Romanian-born Cezar I. Trifu (b. 1954) studies the physics of seismic sources and induced seismicity |
| 65708 | Ehrlich | Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) is known for his pioneering work in hematology, immunology and chemotherapy |
| 65769 | Mahalia | Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) had an extraordinary voice and became world-renowned as interpreter of s |
| 69264 | Nebra | The town Nebra on the Unstrut river, 35 km from Tautenburg, was first documented in 876 and became k |
| 69286 | von Liebig | Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), a full professor in 1826, made many important contributions to the fi |
| 69295 | Stecklum | Bringfried Stecklum (b. 1954) is a German astrophysicist working on star formation with emphasis on |
| 73686 | Nussdorf | Named after the abundant walnut trees, Nussdorf is a village in south-western Germany's Palatinate. |
| 73692 | Gürtler | German astronomer Joachim Gürtler (b.1939) researched and lectured at the Astrophysical Institute of |
| 73693 | Dorschner | German astronomer Johann M. Dorschner (b. 1939) researched and lectured at the Astrophysical Institu |
| 73700 | von Kues | Nikolaus von Kues (Nicolaus Cusanus, 1401-1464), born near Trier, was a theologian, mathematician, s |
| 79087 | Scheidt | Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), whose birth and death occurred in Halle, which is also the native town o |
| 79138 | Mansfeld | Mansfeld is a German town, situated at the border of the Harz Mountains. Martin Luther spent his chi |
| 85190 | Birgitroth | Birgit Roth (b. 1974) is a German physician and well-known expert on hematology and oncology. |
| 85195 | von Helfta | Gertrud von Helfta (1256-1302), “the Great”, lived in the nunnery of Helfta near Eisleben. She is on |
| 85196 | Halle | Halle (Saale) in Saxony Anhalt is a large city containing the university of Halle-Wittenberg, the ac |
| 85197 | Ginkgo | The tree Ginkgo biloba, in German also named ‘Goethe Baum’, is a living fossil, unchanged sin |
| 85198 | Weltenburg | The famous Benedictine Abbey in Weltenburg on the Danube is the oldest monastery in Bavaria. It was |
| 85199 | Habsburg | Habsburg or Habichtsburg (“hawk's castle”) is a ruin in the Swiss canton of Aargau. It is the ancest |
| 85216 | Schein | Johann Herman Schein (1586-1630), born and died in Saxony, was cantor of Leipzig's Thomanerchor for |
| 85299 | Neander | Headmaster of a Latin school, Joachim Neander (1650-1680) wrote the words to the ecumenical hymn |
| 85317 | Lehár | Composer Franz Lehár (1870-1948) created a new style of Viennese operetta. In 1905, he achieved worl |
| 85320 | Bertram | Bertram von Minden (1340?--1414?) is a main representative of the late Gothic North German painting |
| 90709 | Wettin | Wettin is a castle near Halle and the ancestral seat of the dynasty of the Wettiner. The dynasty rei |
| 96205 | Ararat | The majestic Mt. Ararat, an extinct volcano with double cone-shaped peaks (altitudes 5165 and 3925 m |
| 96206 | Eschenberg | The Eschenberg Observatory, near Winterthur in Switzerland, was founded in 1979 and attracts 3000 vi |
| 100029 | Varnhagen | Rahel Varnhagen von Ense (née Levin, 1771-1833) and her husband Karl August (1785-1858) were |
| 100033 | Taizé | Taizé is a small French village in Burgundy. It is the home of an international overconfessional mo |
| 100046 | Worms | Worms is one of the oldest German towns and has a Romanesque cathedral and the oldest extant Jewish |
| 100047 | Leobaeck | Leo Baeck (1873-1956) was a leading liberal Jewish religious thinker. His The Essence of Judaism< |
| 118173 | Barmen | Incorporated into Wuppertal, Barmen was the meeting place of a Synod in 1934 that formulated the Bar |
| 118178 | Rinckart | The author, composer and theologian Martin Rinckart (1586-1649) underwent the horrors of the Thirty |
| 120460 | Hambach | The Hambach Festival in 1832 was a great meeting of about 30~000 liberals and democrats, among them |
| 134348 | Klemperer | Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), son of a rabbi, was a professor of philology in Dresden. Suspended, h |
| 150118 | Petersberg | The Petersberg is a 250-m hill near of Halle (Saale), Germany. On the hill is an Abbey with its chur |
| 162001 | Vulpius | Melchior Vulpius (1570-1615), from 1596 municipal Kantor in Weimar, was a composer and teacher. He |
| 162002 | Spalatin | Georg Spalatin (1484-1545) was a German theologian, humanist and historian. In 1502 he went to the U |
| 178294 | Wertheimer | Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer (1894-1957) was an Austrian lawyer, journalist and historian. For ten yea |
| 190283 | Schielicke | Reinhard E. Schielicke (b. 1940) is a German engineer who worked in astronomy as an associate of the |
| 279723 | Wittenberg | Wittenberg, situated in Saxony-Anhalt, was the centre of the Reformation. Its five-hundredth anniver |
| 350178 | Eisleben | Eisleben is a German town situated in Saxony-Anhalt, where Martin Luther was born and died. |