The Albert Einstein Science Park is located on the

Telegrafenberg The Einstein Tower (German: ''Einsteinturm'') is an Astrophysics, astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany. The Tower was built by architect Erich Mendelsohn, Erich Mendelsohn in 1924. It was built on th ...

hill in

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

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. The park was named after the physicist

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein (14 March 187918 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence f ...

. The best known buildings in the park are the Einstein Tower, an astrophysical

observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysics, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. Th ...

that was built to perform checks of Einstein's theory of

General Relativity General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the differential geometry, geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of grav ...

; and the Great Refractor of Potsdam,Great Refractor telescope
at Telegrafenberg which today belong to the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam. These buildings, along with various astronomical, meteorological, and geophysical

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were integrated into an English-style country garden. The park was named after Albert Einstein in 1992. The park had already been designed by the middle 19th century according to plans by the architect Paul Emanuel Spieker on

Since 1992 the following newly founded institutes have properties situated on the grounds: * German Research Centre for GeosciencesGFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
/ref> * Astrophysical Institute Potsdam *

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (German: ''Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung'') is located in Bremerhaven, Germany, and a member of the Helmholtz Association ...

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK, ) is a German government-funded research institute addressing crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts, and sustainable development. Ranked among the to ...

In the 1990s the historical buildings were extensively restored and numerous new buildings were erected. The Einstein Tower and the observatory of the Great Refractor of Potsdam also host exhibits. Buildings are interspersed with an English country garden style landscaping and also

vegetable garden The traditional kitchen garden, vegetable garden, also known as a potager (from the French ) or in Scotland a kailyaird, is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas. It is used for grow ...

areas until the 1980s.

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