Hoher List Observatory

Build at the beginning of the 20th century, till 2012 the Hoher List Observatorium was owned and operated by University Bonn.

The brightness of the night sky had increased, the weather conditions and quality of instruments were inferior to those of the excellent observing sites in Chile or in the USA.

Therefore, the observatory started to serve for the practical part of student education and provided a laboratory for the development of astronomical instrumentation that could be implemented in telescopes e.g. in Spain or Chile.

In February 2012, the Argelander Institute for Astronomy ceased any scientific education and observing completely, and the University of Bonn shut down the observatory in July 2012.

In September 2013, the observatory was put under monument protection by the Landesdenkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz, in order to prevent its full dismantling.

One month earlier, the former observatory's friends' association was renamed as Astronomische Vereinigung Vulkaneifel am Hoher List e.V.

D = 30 cm f = 5,1 m Guides for visitors, which include a talk on astronomical themes are taking place on Saturdays between April 1 and October 31, starting at 3 p.m. From November 1 through March 31, starting at 8 p.m., observations with telescopes of Hoher List Observatory are offered to visitors as weather conditions allow.