University of Giessen
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University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen, is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the
Main building
Interdisciplinary Research Center (IFZ) with the physics buildings in the background
Zeughaus, a historic building in Giessen used by the agriculture departments and the university library
Surgery building of the university hospital
Wilhelm Röntgen
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a German experimental physicist who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays. In 1901, Röntgen became the first recipient of the
University of Giessen
…antiquarian Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker, the lawyer Rudolf von Jhering, the theologian Adolf von Harnack, the mathematician Moritz Pasch and the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. At the turn of the 20th century, the Ludoviciana began to expand into a modern university. During this period, new clinics in human and veterinary…
Röntgen in 1900
The house in Remscheid-Lennep, Germany, where Röntgen was born.
Grave of Wilhelm Röntgen (and relatives) in Alter Friedhof in Giessen.
X-ray by Röntgen of Albert von Kölliker's hand.