Heinrich Christian Schumacher - Hamburg, Deutschland
N 53° 32.827 E 009° 56.549
32U E 562447 N 5933548
Gedenktafel für den Geodäten Heinrich Christian Schumacher am S-Bahnhof Königstraße in Hamburg
Waymark Code: WMWD4A
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Posted: 08/17/2017
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On the outer wall of the S-Bahn station Königstraße is this memorial plaque on the geodesists Heinrich Christian Schumacher.
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (September 3, 1780 – December 28, 1850) was a German-Danish astronomer.
From 1817 he directed the triangulation of Holstein, to which a few years later was added a complete geodetic survey of Denmark (finished after his death) and he founded the Observatory Altona and the first scientific journal "Astronomical News".
Source: Wikipedia
Original text ext on plaque:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
3.9.1780 bis 28.12.1850
Königl. dänischer Konferenzrat
und Professor der Astronomie
an der Universität Kopenhagen.
Ab 1815 unternahm er die
Gradmessung und Triangulation
des dänischen Gesamtstaates
und die topographische Aufnahme
von Holstein, Hamburg
und Lauenburg.
1821, Gründung der Sternwarte
zu Altona in der Palmaille,
wo er auch lebte und starb.
Google tranlated:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
3.9.1780 to 28.12.1850
Royal. Danish Conference Council
And professor of astronomy
At the University of Copenhagen.
From 1815 he undertook the
Degree measurement and triangulation
Of the Danish state as a whole
And the topographic image
Of Holstein, Hamburg
And Lauenburg.
1821, foundation of the Sternwarte
To Altona in the Palmaille,
Where he also lived and died.
Group that erected the marker: Unbekannt
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Behnstraße / Ecke Struenseestraße
Hamburg, Deutschland
22767
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