Johannes Müller von Königsberg, better known as Regiomontanus, was a mathematician, astrologer and astronomer of the German Renaissance, active in Vienna, Buda and Nuremberg. His contributions were instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the decades following his death.
18th-century portrait (Iohannes de Regio Monte dictus alias Müllerus)
Plaque at Regiomontanus' birthplace
Regiomontanus
Comet of 1472
Nuremberg is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 545,000 inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany.
Image: Nürnberger Burg im Herbst 2013
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