Welcome to Physikzentrum Bad Honnef! 479 ... - Physics at LHCb
Welcome to Physikzentrum Bad Honnef! 479 ... - Physics at LHCb
Welcome to Physikzentrum Bad Honnef! 479 ... - Physics at LHCb
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Brief his<strong>to</strong>ry of the building of the<br />
<strong>Physikzentrum</strong> <strong>Bad</strong> <strong>Honnef</strong><br />
1897: Merchant Ot<strong>to</strong> Hölterhoff don<strong>at</strong>ed his entire fortune <strong>to</strong> Bonn University with the<br />
Duty “Elly-Hölterhoff-Böcking-Found<strong>at</strong>ion” <strong>to</strong> run a home for unmarried ladies of<br />
higher decent who are supposed <strong>to</strong> run a household school.<br />
1906: Building was finished and school started<br />
1940: Occupied by german armed force, after the war home for refugees<br />
1947: Used again by Bonn University for Research and Educ<strong>at</strong>ion and as home for<br />
widows of professors of the university<br />
1976: <strong>Bad</strong> <strong>Honnef</strong> Physikszentrum was founded as center for physics schools and<br />
workshops, supported by DPG (german physics associ<strong>at</strong>ion), Bonn University<br />
& federal st<strong>at</strong>e Nordrhein-Westfalen<br />
since 2010: remodelling of the building<br />
Current main destin<strong>at</strong>ion:<br />
- DPG summer schools on advanced <strong>to</strong>pics of modern physics<br />
- Training of high school teachers in physics<br />
- Research seminars on special fields of physics - main loc<strong>at</strong>ion for Heraeus seminars<br />
- Contact seminars on professional problems of specific groups of physicists
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