Karlsruhe, Germany

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Karlsruhe, Germany

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.karlsruhe.de/

Population:
282,595 (2003)

Founding Date:
1715

SCHOOLS

School Founded

University of Karlsruhe 1825

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Friedrich Hund Physicist 4-Feb-1896 31-Mar-1997 Quantum tunneling

Walther von Reichenau Military 16-Aug-1884 17-Jan-1942 Nazi general, encouraged atrocities

Richard Willstätter Chemist 13-Aug-1872 3-Aug-1942 Plant pigments

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Friedrich Hund Physicist 4-Feb-1896 31-Mar-1997 Quantum tunneling

Otto Wilhelm Struve Astronomer 7-May-1819 14-Apr-1905 Studied double stars

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