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14-660: LSW may stand for: Places [ edit ] Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl , a historic astronomical observatory operated by the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg in Germany Leasowe railway station , a railway station in England Lee's Summit West High School , a high school in Lee's Summit, Missouri Lincoln Southwest High School ,

28-701: A Game Boy Color game and style used in sprite editing Lego Star Wars , a Lego theme which incorporates the Star Wars saga Light Support Weapon , a type of assault rifle Land Slide Warning , an alert type in the United States Emergency Alert System Licensed Social Worker LSW Vision-Smalltalk, a commercial implementation of the Smalltalk language and development environment for Windows LSW, "Los Super Weones"

42-536: A ex-Chilean rocket league professional team LSW, "Little Sim World" new upcoming 2D life simulation game Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title LSW . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LSW&oldid=1136004317 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

56-850: A high school in Lincoln, Nebraska Labrador Sea Water , part of the North Atlantic Deep Water water mass Malikus Saleh Airport IATA code Organizations [ edit ] Liberty Seguros-Würth team , a cycling team active in Tour de France Logistics Support Wing , one of three support wings of the Australian Air Force Cadets London and South Western Railway , a railway company operating in England from 1838 to 1922 Other [ edit ] Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors ,

70-475: A pivotal role in the history of Zionism . In 1896 he met Theodor Herzl (the founder of political Zionism ) via their mutual acquaintance the reverend William Hechler , and helped Herzl in obtaining an audience with his nephew Wilhelm II, German Emperor . After some persuasion on the part of the grand duke, the emperor accepted the appeal for an audience. It took place in Palestine on 2 November 1898, during

84-529: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Landessternwarte Heidelberg-K%C3%B6nigstuhl The observatory forms part of the Center of Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg . The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy opened on an adjacent site in 1967. Prof. Dr. Andreas Quirrenbach is the observatory's director since 2005. The instrumentation of

98-554: The Center of Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg . Between 1912 and 1957, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth discovered almost 400 asteroids from the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden Frederick I ( German : Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig ; 9 September 1826 – 28 September 1907) was the Grand Duke of Baden from 1858 to 1907. Frederick

112-519: The American philanthropist Catherine Wolfe Bruce for the acquisition of a powerful new dual 16 in (41 cm) refractor telescope , the Bruce double astrograph . For many years this telescope was the observatory's main research instrument. He later obtained a grant to build the observatory's a 28 in (71 cm) reflector telescope , the observatory's first. The main field of activity of

126-455: The astrophysical, led by Max Wolf , and the astrometrical led by Karl Wilhelm Valentiner . Valentiner was director of the Mannheim observatory and initiated the move to Karlsruhe. After Valentiner's retirement in 1909, both departments were placed under the administration of Max Wolf. While the new observatory complex was still under construction Max Wolf obtained a grant of $ 10,000 from

140-612: The emperor's visit to inaugurate the Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem . Frederick I was present at the proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles in 1871, as he was the only son-in-law of Prussian King Wilhelm I and one of the reigning sovereigns of Germany. He loudly shouted, "His Majesty, Emperor Wilhelm!" He died at his summer residence at the island of Mainau in southern Germany on 28 September 1907. Today, Mainau

154-583: The observatory originated from the Mannheim Observatory , founded in 1774. In 1880, the observatory was provisionally moved to Karlsruhe because the astronomical/atmospherical seeing conditions worsened. In subsequent years, three other locations were considered, with Heidelberg- Königstuhl finally being chosen. On 20 June 1898, the "Großherzogliche Bergsternwarte" was ceremonially inaugurated by Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden . The astronomical institute comprised two complementary departments,

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168-511: The observatory was the investigation of nebulae and the search for asteroids . Wolf, his staff and his successors discovered over 800 asteroids, including the first trojan asteroid Achilles in 1906. The observatory ceased to be run by the German federal government in 2005 when it was joined with the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics and Astronomical Calculation Institute to make up

182-521: Was born in Karlsruhe , Baden , on 9 September 1826. He was the third son of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden and Princess Sophie of Sweden . He became the heir presumptive to the grand duchy upon the death of his father in 1852 and the accession of his brother as Grand Duke Louis II . Due to his brother's mental ill-health, he was regent ad interim of Baden in 1852–1855, and took the title of grand duke in 1856. His brother, Louis II, died in 1858. He

196-591: Was considered a relatively liberal supporter of a constitutional monarchy . During his reign the option of civil marriages was introduced in Baden as well as direct elections to the Lower House of the Parliament of Baden in 1904. In 1856, Frederick married Princess Louise , daughter of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach . The couple had three children. Frederick I had

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