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Stargazer

The astronomical traditions of Görlitz go back to the times of the Renaissance. This is documented not only by the clocks at the Untermarkt but also by the life and works of Bartholomaeus Scultetus, scholar and once the Lord Mayor of Görlitz, who kept academic correspondences with famous astronomers of his time like Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe and worked as a teacher at the local Gymnasium Augustum at Klosterplatz. The new building for this school – including a tower used as an observatory – was delivered on 15th Octobre 1856.