Gauss-Weber Telegraph Memorial
It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.

📜 Commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs, developed in 1833 by Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber.

Why Go

💡 Learn about early electromagnetic communication
🏛️ See a working replica at the original locations
🆓 Free to visit
🌌 Experience the laser telegraph sending encoded messages nightly

Tips

📍 Located outside the Göttingen Royal University Observatory.
⏰ Laser telegraph operates nightly for two hours, starting on the first full hour after sunset. Start times vary by month.

Cost

💰 Free to visit.

Hours

🕒 Always open for the memorial itself.

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