Gedenktafel am Geburtshaus von Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel in Minden (Deutschland) /
Plaque at the birthplace of Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel in Minden (Germany)

Gedenktafel am Geburtshaus / Plaque at the birth place

deutsch An der Stelle, an der das Geburtshaus von Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel stand (heute Kampstraße 28), ist über der Tür eine Gedenktafel angebracht, die diesen Mathematiker und Astronomen würdigt.

Die Fotos wurden im Dezember 2004 aufgenommen; sie wurden von der Unteren Denkmalschutzbehörde der Stadt Minden zur Verwendung auf dieser Seite bereitgestellt.

english At the place of the house where Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was born a plaque for his memory can be found above the entrance. Today it's address is Kampstraße 28. The text may be translated as follows:

The house where FRIEDRICH WILHELM BESSEL
the founder of modern astronomy was born in 1784,
stood here at this location.
In 1810 Bessel, who was a friend of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia,
took over the direction of the observatory in Königsberg (Prussia).
There he was professor of the university and he died there in 1846.

(Nowadays Königsberg is called Kaliningrad and is located in Russia.)

The photograph was taken in december 2004. It has been provided by the department for protecting monuments of the city of Minden for publication on this site.


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Last correction on December 23rd, 2013

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