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The Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte is the Astronomical Institute of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Our Institute is located in the City of Bamberg.

The Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte was founded in 1889 as a private foundation.

In 1962 it became affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as its Astronomical Institute in the Faculty of Science I for Mathematics & Physics.

The scientists working at the Remeis-Sternwarte are teaching astrophysics at the University in Erlangen and are working in several astrophysical research projects.

Astronomy / Astrophysics is an integral part of modern physics, and a university degree can only be obtained in the frame of full physics studies. More educational details can be found under the menu item Astronomy Studies
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