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| + | The '''Einstein Tower''' (German: ''Einsteinturm'') is an astrophysical [[observatory]] in the [[Albert Einstein Science Park]] in [[Potsdam]], [[Germany]] built by [[Erich Mendelsohn]]. It was built on the summit of the Potsdam ''[[Prussian semaphore system#Route|Telegraphenberg]]'' to house a [[solar telescope]] designed by the [[astronomer]] [[Erwin Finlay-Freundlich]]. The telescope supports experiments and observations to validate (or disprove) [[Albert Einstein]]'s [[relativity theory]]. The building was first conceived around 1917, built from 1919 to 1921 after a fund-raising drive, and became operational in 1924. Although Einstein never worked there, he supported the construction and operation of the telescope. It is still a working solar observatory today as part of the [[Astrophysical Institute Potsdam|Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam]]. Light from the telescope is directed down through the shaft to the basement where the instruments and laboratory are located. There were more than half a dozen telescopes in the laboratory. | ||
| - | Important events in expressionist architecture include; the [[Werkbund Exhibition (1914)]] in [[Cologne]], the completion and theatrical running of the [[Grosses Schauspielhaus]], [[Berlin]] in 1919, the [[Glass Chain]] letters, and the activities of the [[Amsterdam School]]. The major permanent extant landmark of Expressionism is [[Erich Mendelsohn]]'s [[Einstein Tower]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Babelsberg_Einsteinturm.jpg] in [[Potsdam]]. By 1925 most of the leading architects of Expressionism such as; Bruno Taut, Eric Mendelsohn, [[Walter Gropius]], [[Mies van der Rohe]] and [[Hans Poelzig]], along with other Expressionists in the visual arts, had turned toward the ''Neue Sachlichkeit'' ([[New Objectivity (architecture)|New Objectivity]]) movement, a more practical and matter-of-fact approach which rejected the emotional agitation of expressionism. A few, notably [[Hans Scharoun]], continued to work in an expressionist idiom. | ||
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The Einstein Tower (German: Einsteinturm) is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany built by Erich Mendelsohn. It was built on the summit of the Potsdam Telegraphenberg to house a solar telescope designed by the astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich. The telescope supports experiments and observations to validate (or disprove) Albert Einstein's relativity theory. The building was first conceived around 1917, built from 1919 to 1921 after a fund-raising drive, and became operational in 1924. Although Einstein never worked there, he supported the construction and operation of the telescope. It is still a working solar observatory today as part of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam. Light from the telescope is directed down through the shaft to the basement where the instruments and laboratory are located. There were more than half a dozen telescopes in the laboratory.
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