University of Hamburg

Fachbereich 11 - Mathematik (faculty of mathematics)

Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften,
Mathematik und Technik

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D-20146 Hamburg Fax: +49 40 42838-5260



Exkursion dänischer Studenten und Professoren nach Hamburg (3-tägig)

Programme of the Excursion to Hamburg


June 7th to 9th, 1999


Monday 7th June 1999

12.16 o'clock Arrival of the Copenhagen delegation at Hamburg central station (Hauptbahnhof);
(two HamburgCards for three days, each 42.-DM up to five persons)
G. Wolfschmidt will bring the group by metro to the IGN (with the luggage) - Metro stop Schlump
13.38 o'clock Departure by S-Bahn (S-Bahn Stop Sternschanze) - S 21 to Bergedorf -
accompanied by Dipl.-Phys. Wolfram and Dipl.-Ing. Gottschalk
to the Hamburg University Observatory (in Bergedorf Bus 135)

14.30 o'clock Hamburger Universitäts-Sternwarte in Hamburg-Bergedorf, built in 1906/12
D-21029 Hamburg-Bergedorf, Gojenbergsweg 112
(guided tour by Dr. Dieter Engels, especially instruments, in addition: Bernhard Schmidt Museum

17.00 o'clock IGN: Geological-Paleontological Museum of Hamburg University

18.00 o'clock Lecture: Prof. Dr. Walter Jansen (Universität Oldenburg, Fachbereich Chemie)
Die Batterie der Parther und das Vergolden der Bagdader Goldschmiede. - [Cf. Colloquim of the IGN]

19.30 o'clock Reception in the IGN



Tuesday 8th June 1999

9.30 o'clock Meeting point: S-Bahn stop (Königsstraße),
Walk through Hamburg-Altona (former Danish city) - guided tour by Dipl.-Phys. Koch
(Place of the workshop of Johann Georg Repsold, observatory of Schumacher, ...)

Visit of the Altonaer Museum in Hamburg - Norddeutsches Landesmuseum (Museumsstr. 23)

12.30 o'clock Electrum - HEW-Museum der Elektrizität (Klinikweg 23, Metro stop Hamburger Str.)

14.30 o'clock Hamburg Tour by Ship
(Historische Fleetfahrt, Metro stop Baumwall, 2 hours, 19.-DM)

17.00 o'clock Fachhochschule Hamburg (Maschinenbau, Labor für Physik, HS 328 Berliner Tor 21)
Foucault pendulum, and especially a collection of models of greek technology (Heron, ...)
presented by Prof. Willi Schmidt (Lübeck)

Evening free; possibility for a walk through Hamburg or a visit of theatre or concerts,
Cf. Events in Hamburg



Wednesday 9th June 1999

9.30 o'clock Luggage to the central station - Hauptbahnhof Hamburg.
participants from Århus bring the luggage to the IGN, Metro stop Schlump
10.00 o'clock Visit of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe - Museum of Decorative Arts, founded in 1877 (Steintorplatz 1): (scientific instruments, cabinet of curiosities, and ? art nouveau exhibition)

12.00 o'clock Planetarium Hamburg, astronomical exhibition, Aussichtsplattform
Hindenburgstr. Ö 1 (U3 Metro stop Borgweg);
collection of Aby Warburg (1866-1929) - ( Geschichte von Sternglaube und Sternkunde)

14.00 o'clock Library in the Warburg House
(Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, Heilwigstraße 116, Metro stop Kellinghusenstr.)

Schulmuseum Hamburg, Neustädter Straße 60 - closed due to renovation!

Walk through Hamburg
(Wissenschafts- und technikhistorischer Stadtrundgang:
Tower of Michaelis church, Seewarte - navigational school,
Repsold monument, place of the old astronomical observatory, ...)

Visit of the Museum für Hamburger Geschichte, (Holstenwall 24, Metro stop St. Pauli)
(history of the city of Hamburg, nautical instruments)


17.29 o'clock Departure from Hamburg - central station - Hauptbahnhof

Cf.
Museums in Hamburg
List of Museums of the City of Hamburg
List of further Museums in Hamburg
Art and galleries in Hamburg



List of participants from Danmark:



Gudrun Wolfschmidt Hamburg, 6. Juni 1999


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