Observatory

With the florishing of observational astronomy at the end of the 18th century, many new observatories were founded at the universities. After a first starting period using mobile equipment, in 1841 Christian Ludwig Gerling at Marburg University put into operation his new observatory, built on top of a tower of Marburg’s old city wall.

The Gerling Observatory nowadays is a museum. The Marburg astronomy group is using an extemporaneous setup for observations at the Physics department and has access to local observatories nearby.