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Unter den Linden 6
(Humboldt Universität)

Max Planck

Kiel 1858 - Göttingen 1947
German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918
(Wikipedia)

Bernhard Heiliger
Noack (Leipzig)
1948/49

Description

Bronze statue of Planck standing at a catheder.
In 2006 the statue is placed in the court of the university. From 1949 until then it stood near the Academy of Science in Zeuthen.

Inscription(s)

MAX PLANCK

Signature

b. heiliger
guss: h. noack | berlin-friedenau

Information Sign

Bernhard Heiliger: Max Planck

1948/49
Leihgabe der
Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Court of Honour of the Humboldt University

In the front court or "court of honour" (Ehrenhof) of the Humboldt University are several memorial statues dedicated to some key figures in the history of arts, sciences, and the university: Hermann Helmholtz, Lise Meitner, Max Planck, and Theodor Mommsen.

Wilhelm von Humboldt by Paul Otto, 1882.
Alexander von Humboldt by Reinhold Begas & Paul Otto, 1883.
Hermann Helmholtz by Ernst Herter, 1899,
Theodor Mommsen by Adolf Brütt, 1909.
Max Planck by Bernhard Heiliger, 1948/49,
Lise Meitner by Anna Franziska Schwarzbach, 2014,

Sculptor

Bernhard Heiliger (Stettin 1915 - Berlin 1995), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Humboldt Universität, Denkmäler.
Bildhauerei in Berlin, Skulpturen in Mitte.
Wikipedia, Liste von Denkmälern von Mathematikern, Naturwissenschaftlern, Medizinern und Technikern.

Locatie (N 52°31'3" - E 13°23'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debe004; Photograph: 9 August 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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