Röntgen-Denkmal

A monument erected in honor of the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in the Theaterpark. The metal rods that penetrate a stone represent the X-rays named after the scientist. The monument was erected in 1962 in honor of the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in the Theaterpark near the southern facility. It was created by the artist Erich Fritz Reuter. The renowned physicist Röntgen was a full professor at the University of Giessen from 1879 to 1888, where he worked after his habilitation in Strasbourg and dealt primarily with experiments on heat and electricity. However, his greatest scientific discovery was made in Würzburg, where he discovered the so-called X-rays in 1895. Against his express wish, these were later named after him in the German-speaking world. In 1901, Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics. He passed away in 1923 in Munich. However, he was buried in Giessen at the Old Cemetery, in the family grave next to his parents and his wife.

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