FRENCH POLYNESIA
OBSERV/ASTRO
5.5m Quim Guixa
Capacity 25, portable
RSA Cosmos Cosmodyssee IV
Custom Fisheye, installed 2018
Barco F22, 1.2k
SpaceCrafter 2023 Pro
Regis Plichart, Chair, Proscience
GERMANY
Opened 1989
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
10m Zeiss, installed 1988
Capacity 70, epicentric; attendance: 40,000 (2023)
Sky-Skan Definiti 4K HC Laser
School and preschool shows.
Opened 2007
PRIVATE/COMMLPUBLIC SHOWS
12m Custom, installed 2007
portable
Sky-Skan SkyVision 8k, installed/planned 2024
The world's first and largest dome theatre within a spa facility. It is a
multi-purpose theatre used as relaxation dome with ambient films, immersive
cinema, planetarium, for immersive yoga classes and as a party and event
venue. A project by LivinGlobe in cooperation with Sky-Skan.
Harald Singer, Director
Opened 1965
OBSERV/ASTROPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
20m Astro-Tec, installed 2003
Capacity 291, unidirectl; attendance: 85,000 (2019)
Zeiss Vb, installed 1965
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2010
VELVET
Uniview, Digistar 6
Observatory with 15- and 30-cm refractor, computer controlled
75cm ZEISS-RC-Mirror Telescope. Live and automated shows.
Zeiss Grossplanetarium
Stiftung Planetarium Berlin
Prenzlauer Allee 80
10405 Berlin
GERMANY
+49 30 421845 0
+49 30 421845 99 fax
www.planetarium.berlin
Opened 1987
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
23m Spitz NanoSeam, installed 2016
Capacity 307, unidirectl; attendance: 258,043 (2020)
Zeiss Universarium IX, installed 2016
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 6, installed 2016
ZEISS VELVET projectors
Uniview
Live and automated shows.
Tim Florian Horn, Director
+49 30 421845 25 and President of the Stiftung Planetarium Berlin
Dr. Juergen Rienow, Production Direction
+49 30 421845 50
Joerg Wuerster, Administration Direction
+49 30 421845 30
Karsten Jaekel, Technical Direction
+49 30 421845 60
Ghazal Weber, Marketing & Communication
+49 30 421845 40
Opened 2014
PRIVATE/COMML
3m geodesic, installed 2014
Capacity 10
Custom Mirror, installed 2014
Opened 1959
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
8m Zeiss, installed 1982
Capacity 38, concentric; attendance: 19,000 (2019)
Zeiss ZKP 2, installed 1982
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed/planned 2024
Anna Green, INTENSE & Exhibits Direction
+49 173 152 1918
Stefan Gotthold, Responsible, Education Direct.
+49 30 5360637 17
Opened 1964
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
Astronomy Education, Art Gallery.
Dr. Susanne Huettemeister, Director
Tobias Wiethoff, Deputy Planetarium Director
www.planetariumproducer.net/
Manfred Huenerbein, Chief Technician
Helmut Schuettemeier, Technical Director
Dipl-Phys. Joachim Proels
Renate Heinrichs
Werner Meuer
SCHOOL/DIST
5.0m
Capacity 20, movable
Custom Fisheye
Florian Riemer, Teacher
Thorsten Thomas
Opened 2022
OBSERV/ASTRO
9.0m, installed 2022
Capacity 20
Zeiss Model I, installed 2023
2.0m, installed 2023
Custom Fisheye, installed 2023
Raumflugplanetarium "Yuri
Gagarin", Stadtverwaltung
Cottbus, Lindenplatz 21
03042 Cottbus
GERMANY
+49 355 713109
+49 355 7295822 fax
www.planetarium-cottbus.de
Opened 1974
GOVT/MUNICIPALPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
12.5m Zeiss, installed 1974
Capacity 130, concentric; attendance: 11,732 (2005)
GOTO INC PANDIA, installed 2013
RSA Cosmos InSpace System, installed 2013
Helmut Lehnigk, Techniker
Gerd Thiele
Opened 2015
OBSERV/ASTRO
6.0m , installed 2014
Capacity 35, concentric
Custom Polaris, installed 2014
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2014
Solo fisheye
Opened 1986
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
11m, installed 2001
Capacity 70
Zeiss ZKP 3, installed 2001
Zeiss powerdome
VELVET
Karl-Heinz Mueller, Director
Planetarium, Sternwarte
Neanderhoehe Hochdahl e.V.
Sedentaler Strasse 150
40699 Erkrath
GERMANY
+49 2104 947666
+49 2104 947667 fax
www.snh.nrw
Opened 1980
OBSERV/ASTROPUBLIC SHOWS
9.6m 10° Spitz, installed 1980
Capacity 65, concentric; attendance: 22,942 (2005)
Spitz 512, installed 1980
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2009
Dr. Matthias Kolb
+49 2104 947 666
Opened 1974
SCHOOL/DISTPUBLIC SHOWS
8m, installed 1983
Capacity 30, concentric
Zeiss ZKP 2, installed 1983
Custom
Vioso 2K
Opened 1991
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
6m, installed 1989
Capacity 38, concentric
Zeiss ZKP 2, installed 1989
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2006
Twin
14 slide projectors, 1 RoHa-Disc projector (zoom, turntable), 1 RoHa effect
projector, 3 Zeiss special effects, Dataton automation.
Gerhard Habersack, Teacher
Opened 1984
SCHOOL/DIST
4m, installed 1988
Capacity 25, concentric
Custom, installed 1988
Custom Fisheye
Part of a school-observatory, various portable small projectors.
Gerd Habersack, Teacher
ESO Supernova Planetarium
European Southern Observatory
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
85748 Garching bei Muenchen
GERMANY
+49 89 32006 0
http://supernova.eso.org
Opened 2017
OBSERV/ASTRO
14m 23° Astro-Tec Ultimate Seam, installed 2016
Capacity 109, unidirectl; attendance: 60,000 (2024)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar, installed 2017
ZEISS Velvet LED projectors
The full name of the place is ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre.
Lars Lindbergh Christensen, Head, Public Outreach
+49 89 3200 6761
Tania Johnston, Head
Alvaro Caseiro de Almeida, Technical Coordinator
Opened 2017
PRIVATE/COMML
4.0m, installed 2017
Capacity 23
Custom, installed 2017
Vioso, 5ch
Ronny Elsner, Planetarian
Menke-Planetarium, Uni. of
Appl. Sciences Flensburg
Foerdestrasse 35
24960 Gluecksburg
GERMANY
+49 461 805 1273
+49 461 805 1300 fax
www.planetarium-gluecksburg.de
Opened 1969
UNIV/COLLEGEPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
6m, installed 1968
Capacity 55, concentric; attendance: 8,000 (2011)
Zeiss ZKP 1
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2021
Dipl. Ing. Rainer Christiansen, Director
+49 461 805 1277
Planetarium
AMJ-Studios
Katharinenberg 6-8
91350 Gremsdorf
GERMANY
+49 9193 7096
+49 9193 7773 fax
PRIVATE/COMML
5m STARLAB
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB Digital Starlab
Opened 2021
GOVT/MUNICIPAL
12.0m
Capacity 110
Zeiss ZKP 4
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2023
6x VELVET
Zeiss Uniview
Dirk Schlesier, Director
+49 5361 890255 22
Peter Dorman, Education and Media Management
+49 345 221 3681
Opened 1930
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
Currently closed for renovation. Planned re-opening is January 2017
Dr. Bjoern Voss, Director
+49 251 951 6026
Simon Boettcher, Chief Technician
Dipl.Phys. Rahlf Hansen, Astronomer
Haus der Astronomie, Max
Planck Institut, MPIA Campus
Koenigstuhl 17
69117 Heidelberg
GERMANY
+49 6221 528 261
+49 6221 528 256 fax
www.haus-der-astronomie.de/en
UNIV/COLLEGE
Science Dome
Experimenta Science Center
Kranenstrasse 14
74072 Heilbronn BW
GERMANY
+49 7131 887950
www.experimenta.science/
Opened 2019
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
21.0m 20°, installed 2019
Capacity 150, unidirectl
Zeiss Universarium, installed 2019
Barco , installed 2019
8K, 60fps
Uniview, Digistar
Dipl. Ing. Kenan Bromann, Head Technics and Science Dome
+49 7137 88 795 336
Dipl. Ing. Ralph Heinsohn, Head Production Science Dome
+49 7131 88795 341
Johan Gysenbergs, Manager, Science Dome
Zeiss-Planetarium der
Ernst-Abbe-Stiftung
Am Planetarium 5
07743 Jena
GERMANY
+49 3641 885488
+49 3641 885420 fax
www.planetarium-jena.de
Opened 1926
GOVT/MUNICIPALPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
23m Zeiss, installed 1996
Capacity 290, epicentric; attendance: 130,909 (2012)
Zeiss VIII, installed 1996
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2018
6ch, Sony Laser
Stefan Harnisch, Director
Juergen Hellwig, Retired
Joerg Huehn
PRIVATE/COMML
23m, installed 1986
8m, installed 1986
Zeiss SKYMASTER ZKP 4, installed 2005
12.5m, installed 1986
14m, installed 2001
Zeiss powerdome VELVET, installed 2019
Uniview
Planetarium manufacturer: SKYMASTER ZKP 4, STARMASTER ZMP, UNIVERSARIUM
Mark IX, and Uniview/powerdome fulldome systems.
Martin Kraus, Head Planetariums
Dr. Christian Dick, Head Software/IT Development
Nico Presser, Head of Hardware Development
Dr. Andreas Schmidt, Marketing Manager
Sophia Dannberg, Project Manager
Ann Lakey, Project Manager
Planetarium, Astronomy and
Physics Kabinett, Orangerie
An der Karlsaue 20
34131 Kassel
GERMANY
+49 561 31680 0
+49 561 31680 111 fax
www.museum-kassel.de
Opened 1991
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
10m Zeiss, installed 1991
Capacity 60; attendance: 20,000 (2015)
Zeiss ZKP 4, installed 2016
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2016
VELVET
Dr. Karsten Gaulke
+49 561 31680 313
Opened 1969
UNIV/COLLEGEPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
9m Astro-Tec, installed 2003
Capacity 65, concentric; attendance: 24,100 (2005)
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed/planned 2024 3D
6x F32
Cross-fading allsky projection, three dissolve slide projector sets,
self-made automation, Dolby 5.1 surround sound.
Opened 1990
OBSERV/ASTROPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
10m Zeiss, installed 1990
Capacity 60, unidirectl; attendance: 40,029 (2005)
Zeiss ZKP 4, installed 2012
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2012
VELVET Duo
Geschaeftsstelle: Leibnizstrasse 35, D-88471 Laupheim
Sebastian Ruchti, Chairman
Michael Bischof, Program Producer
Robert Clausen, Organisation/Verwaltung
Dr. Andreas Payer, Finanzen
Werner Kiesle, Geschaeftsfuehrung
Opened 1984
GOVT/MUNICIPALPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
20m Zeiss, installed 2002
Capacity 230, movable; attendance: 115,000 (2017)
Zeiss Universarium IX, installed 2002
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2015
VELVET, 9 channels
Video projector, live concerts.
Dr. Christian Theis, Director
Dr. Michael Sarcander, Assistant Director
Hans-Georg Wellhausen, Chief Engineer
Gottfried Grothe, Supervisor
Ruthild Troegler, Secretary
Schulplanetarium
Ernstbergstrasse 14
34212 Melsungen
GERMANY
+49 5661 9199 661
+49 5661 9199 6619 fax
www.schulplanetarium.de
Opened 2010
UNCLASSIFIED
7m
Capacity 60, portable
Lhoumeau SkySystem
Matthias Rode
+49 173 902 5010
Opened 1925
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP
15m, installed 1988
Capacity 156, concentric; annual attendance: 125,000
Zeiss ZKP 4, installed 2015
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2015
VELVET 6ch
First institution in which a planetarium was installed. Show times: 10am,
12, 2 and 4 pm. Exhibit on astronomy and astrophysics (1000 sq. meters).
Dipl.Ing. Gerhard Hartl, Leader planetarium
Opened 1981
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
20m Spitz Nanoseam, installed 2022
Capacity 280, concentric; attendance: 65,500 (2005)
GOTO INC Orpheus, installed 2022
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 7, installed 2022
Planetarium show subjects often related to exhibitions in Natural History
Museum.
Dr. W. Peterseim-Buescher, Wiss. Mitarbeiter
Dipl.Phys. Marietta Buescher, Wiss. Mitarbeiter
Opened 1961
GOVT/MUNICIPALPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
18m Zeiss, installed 1976
Capacity 236, V-chevron; attendance: 57,995 (2005)
Zeiss V, installed 1976
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2010
Dataton TRAX auotomation system.
Katherina Leiter, Director
Oliver Erlwein, Technician
Opened 1986
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWS
8m Zeiss, installed 1986
Capacity 68, concentric; attendance: 20,013 (2005)
Zeiss ZKP 4, installed 2013
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2011
DLP 5 LED
Dataton system for slide projectors, video projector and self-made
automation of planetarium projector, all-sky system.
Dr. Andreas Haenel, Director
PRIVATE/COMML
4.9m STARLAB
Capacity 25, portable
STARLAB
Custom Mirror
Opened 1981
SCHOOL/DISTPUBLIC SHOWS
8m Zeiss
Capacity 46, concentric; attendance: 20,000 (2022)
Zeiss Asterion, installed 2022
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2022
VELVET
Simon Plate, Director
Benjamin Husheer, Planetariumsleiter
Ortrun Schwericke, Secretary
Planetarium
Meade Instruments Europe
Gutenbergstrasse 2
46414 Rhede
GERMANY
+49 2872 8074
PRIVATE/COMML
5.0m Custom Tecnodome
Digitalis Digitarium Zeta
Opened 1985
SCHOOL/DIST
PUBLIC SHOWS
GIFT SHOP
8m Zeiss, installed 1985
Capacity 60, epicentric; attendance: 19,000 (2005)
Zeiss ZKP 3, installed/planned 2024
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2016
2ch
WWT for powerdome
Jochen Engelmann
U. Reinhold
Planetarium
Kurt Huttinger GmbH & Co. KG
Mittlebuegweg 90-D
90571 Schwaig bei Nuernberg
GERMANY
PRIVATE/COMML
Opened 2000
PRIVATE/COMML
6m
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2006
Twin
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2012
LED
Suppliers of award winning Definiti® Fulldome Projection Systems and
turnkey theater installations. Specialist for unusual projection situations
as required for exhibitions, expos, special events and art projects.
Definiti® Gaiasphere Rear Projection Earth Exhibits.
Glenn Smith, Managing Director
Dieter Schwab, Visualization and Planning
Sascha Kriegel
,
Anja Drinhausen
Opened 2004
OBSERV/ASTRO
3m RSA Cosmos, installed 2004
Capacity 35, portable
RSA Cosmos Cosmodyssee III, installed 2004
5.0m, installed 2006
Capacity 30
Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2
Planetarium, Galileum Solingen
Walter-Horn-Gesellschaft e.V.
Sternstrasse 5
42697 Solingen
GERMANY
+49 212 232 425
www.galileum-solingen.de/
Opened 1927
OBSERV/ASTRO
12.0m, installed 2018
RSA Cosmos InSpace System, installed 2018
GOTO INC CHRONOS-II HYBRID, installed 2018
Opened 2018
Custom installed 2018
Custom Mirror, installed 2018
Opened 1977
MUSEUM/SCI.CTRPUBLIC SHOWSGIFT SHOP
20m Zarges, installed 2001
Capacity 277, concentric; attendance: 128,000 (2012)
Zeiss Universarium IX, installed 2001
Zeiss powerdome, installed 2015
VELVET 9-channel
Lobo Lacon 5 Laser system, Spice Automation, additional auditorium
166 seats, astronomy courses, space art exhibition
Public Observatory in Welzheim with 35 inch reflector
Dr. Uwe Lemmer, Director
,
+49 711 21689015
Ubbo Grassmann, Deputy Director
Peter Schoenamsgruber, Supervisor, Laserist
Mario Pfeiffer, Technician
Guenter Braeuninger, Electronic Engineer
Marten Thielges, A/V Technician
Arche Nebra Planetarium
Die Himmelsscheibe erleben
An der Steinkloebe 16
D-06642 Wangen
GERMANY
+49 34461 25750
+49 34461 25365 fax
www.himmelsscheibe-erleben.de/en
Opened 2007
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
7m 28°, installed 2007
unidirectl
Sky-Skan Definiti, installed 2007
Twin
Planetarium Wolfsburg
Planetarium Wolfsburg GmbH
Uhlandweg 2
38440 Wolfsburg
GERMANY
+49 5361 890255 10
+49 5361 890255 99 fax
www.planetarium-wolfsburg.de
Opened 1983
OTHER
Isabell Schaffer, Director
+49 5361 890255 23
Dennis Weilmann, Executive Director
Birgit Kalversberg, Public Relations / Media
+49 5361 890255 31
Planetarium
The Bible Museum
Bendahler Strasse 58-60
42285 Wuppertal
GERMANY
+49 202 3177 2737
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
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