The Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie is a research institute of the Max Planck Society. It is located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany near the top of the Königstuhl, adjacent to the histor
View on the MPIA building
Managing director and APEx department director Laura Kreidberg (2020)
GC department director Hans-Walter Rix (2009)
Haus der Astronomie in early 2018
Königstuhl (Odenwald)
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The Königstuhl, is a 567.8 metres high hill in the Odenwald Mountains and in the city of Heidelberg, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The Königstuhl summit allows visitors views of the city o
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
…Astronomy, MPIA) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG). It is located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany near the top of the Königstuhl, adjacent to the historic Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl astronomical observatory. The institute primarily conducts basic research in the natural…
Old town of Heidelberg, Heidelberg Castle and Königstuhl
Approaching the Königstuhl funicular station
Heidelberg from the Königstuhl