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Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-Denkmal

Philipp Matthäus Hahn Monument

Scharnhausen 1739 - Echterdingen 1790
German priest and inventor
designed the first functional mechanical calculator (1773)
(Wikipedia)

Otto Heim
1956

Stuttgart / Philipp-Matthäus-Hahn-Denkmal

Description

Bronze celestial globe on a marble "table" with portrait of Hahn with his name, his dates, the first strophe of the poem Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur by Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715-1769) (full text: Wikipedia), and on the fourth side a drawing of one of Hahn's inventions.

Inscription(s)

philipp matthäus hahn
geboren 25 nov 1739
| in scharnhausen |
onstmettingen 1764 69
kornwestheim 1770 80
echterdingen 1781 90
gestorben 2 mai 1790
| in echterdingen |

die himmel rühmen
des ewigen ehre
ihr schall pflanzt
seinen namen fort
ihn rühmt der erdkreis
ihn preisen die meere
vernimm o mensch
ihr göttlich wort

Annotation

Inaugurated 14 December 1956.

Sculptor

Peter Otto Heim (1896-1966), German sculptor.

Sources & Information

Stadtarchiv Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Gedenktagekalender.
Wikipedia, Liste von Denkmälern von Mathematikern, Naturwissenschaftlern, Medizinern und Technikern.

Locatie (N 48°46'42" - E 9°10'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: debw106; Photograph: 18 April 2012
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