Cenotaph

Otto von Guericke

Birth: 30 Nov 1602
Magdeburg, Stadtkreis Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Death: 21 May 1686 (aged 83)
Hamburg, Germany
Cenotaph: Johanniskirche

Magdeburg, Stadtkreis Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Add to Map
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Memorial ID: 101019147 View Source

Politician, lawyer, inventor. His major scientific achievement was the establishment of the physics of vacuums by the Magdeburg hemispheres. The remains were removed during napoleonic times and reburied outside the gates.

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