Article ID: CBB024888310

Die alte Jesuiten-Sternwarte in GrazDie alte Jesuiten-Sternwarte in GrazThe old Jesuit observatory in Graz. (2011)

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We give a brief overview of the development of astronomical research at the University of Graz from the 16th to the 18th century. This period is intimately connected to the activities of the Jesuit Order and to the counter-reformation in Inner Austria (a territory roughly corresponding to today's Styria, Carinthia, Slovenia and the County of Görz in Italy). Since the opening of the University in 1585, several Jesuits achieved distinction as mathematicians, physicists and astronomers in Graz. Among them are Paul Guldin, who corresponded with Johannes Kepler and died in Graz in 1643, as well as Leopold Biwald and Karl Tirnberger. Between 1745 and 1774, the Jesuit University of Graz also had a chair of astronomy and an observatory. The chair and the observatory were well endowed at the beginning, but later on neglected by their former funders and closed down after less than 30 years. Efforts to re-establish an observatory at Graz at the beginning of the 19th century failed. They were successful only towards the end of the 19th century, which is however a period beyond the scope of the present paper.

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Authors & Contributors
Grendler, Paul F.
Elman, Benjamin A.
Schloesser, Stephen
Ursus, Nicholas Reimers
Udías, Agustín
Stasiewicz-Jasiukowa, Irena
Concepts
Astronomy
Science and religion
Universities and colleges
Mathematics
Science education and teaching
Philosophy
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
Renaissance
20th century
Places
Italy
Europe
China
Lisbon (Portugal)
Lithuania
East Asia
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Universität Graz
Universität Innsbruck
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