Costruzione Ambiente e Territorio

Einstein Tower

The Einsteinturm or Einstein Tower is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park. It is located on the summit of the Potsdam telegraphenberg. It was built from 1919 to 1921 and became operational in 1924. The telescope supports esperiments and observations to study and research Albert Einstein's relativity theory. He supported the construction and operation of the telescope but never worked in the tower. It is still a working solar observatory today and part of the Potsdam Astrophysical Institute. Light from the telescope is directed down through the shaft to the basement where the instruments and laboratory are located. The Einsteinturm is the first important building designed by the architect Erich Mendelsohn and it became his best-known building.