The Mannheim Observatory owes its founding to the scientific interests of Elector Karl Theodor, who established a Physics Institute at Heidelberg in 1751 under the direction of Christian Mayer, Professor of Experimental Physics and Mathematics. A temporary observatory was established at Schwetzingen in 1761, to observe the transit of Venus; it was replaced by the Mannheim Observatory, constructed between 1772 and 1774.
Mannheim Observatory, engraving, London, eighteenth century
- Mozart Relevance
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Mozart visited the Mannheim Observatory on 16 November 1778.
Mozart's entry in the Mannheim Observatory visitor's book, Mannheim, 16 November 1778
- Category/Role
- Observatory
- Location
- Mannheim
- Date (Mozart)
- 1778-11-16
- Location (Mozart)
- Mannheim
- Bibliographic Reference
- Budde, 2006