Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory

The Sternwarte Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf-Bilk was a private observatory founded in 1843 by Johann Friedrich Benzenberg. The observatory's main feature was a refracting telescope with 1800mm focal length.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: private observatory founded in 1843 by Johann Friedrich Benzenberg
  • Also known as: “Bilk Observatory”, “Sternwarte”, “Sternwarte Bilk”, “Sternwarte Charlottenruhe”, and “Sternwarte Düsseldorf”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alt St. Martin and Karl-Arnold-Haus.

Church
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is a church.

Public building
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is a public building, which is situated 530 metres northeast of Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 450 metres south of Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Unterbilk and Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt.

Suburb
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is an urban quarter in Borough 3 of the state capital . It is the seat of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Rheinturm tower and, together with the is the centre of the media industry in Düsseldorf.

Suburb
Friedrichstadt is an urban quarter of , part of Borough 3. It is south of the city centre of Düsseldorf, north of Bilk, west of Oberbilk, and east of Unterbilk.

Suburb
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Bilk is a quarter of . Together with Oberbilk, Unterbilk, , Flehe and it constitutes Borough 3, which is the most populous borough of Düsseldorf.

Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory

Latitude
51.20746° or 51° 12′ 27″ north
Longitude
6.76463° or 6° 45′ 53″ east
Open location code
9F386Q47+XV
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Wiki­data ID
Q552312
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դյուսելդորֆ-Բիլկ աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Bilk”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Charlottenruhe”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu de Düsseldorf-Bilk”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Düsseldorf-Bilk”
  • Czech: “Düsseldorfská observatoř”
  • Dutch: “Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد دوسلدورف بيلك”
  • French: “observatoire de Düsseldorf”
  • French: “Observatoire de Düsseldorf”
  • German: “Düsseldorfer Sternwarte”
  • German: “Sternwarte Bilk”
  • German: “Sternwarte Charlottenruhe”
  • German: “Sternwarte Düsseldorf”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה דיסלדורף-בילק”
  • Italian: “Düsseldorf-Bilk”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Düsseldorf”
  • Japanese: “デュッセルドルフ＝ビルク天文台”
  • Luxembourgish: “Observatoire Düsseldorf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sternwarte Bilk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sternwarte Düsseldorf”
  • Norwegian: “Sternwarte Bilk”
  • Polish: “Sternwarte Düsseldorf”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul din Düsseldorf”
  • Russian: “Дюссельдорфская обсерватория”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Charlottenruhe”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Bilk”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Düsseldorf-Bilk”
  • Spanish: “Sternwarte Bilk”
  • Swedish: “Sternwarte Düsseldorf”
  • Ukrainian: “Дюсельдорфська обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Дюссельдорф-Більк”
  • Ukrainian: “Дюссельдорфська обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Дюссельдорф”
  • Urdu: “ڈسلڈورف بلک رصدگاہ”

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