Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany — Central Europe

Alois Alzheimer

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2022

1. Alois Alzheimer Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Hier wohnte

Alois Alzheimer

*1864 +1915
in den Jahren 1886/87 als
Student. Die nach ihm
benannte Erkrankung
stellte er erstmals 1906
an der hiesigen
Psychiatrischen
Universitätsklinik
der Öffentlichkeit
vor.

(English translation:)

Here lived Alois Alzheimer (born 1864, died 1914) in the years 1886-87 as a student. He first presented his findings to the public on the disease named after him at the University's psychiatric clinic in 1906.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is November 3, 1906.

Location. 48° 31.263′ N, 9° 3.372′ E. Marker is in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg. Marker is on Hafengasse, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Hafengasse 6, Tübingen BW 72070, Germany. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Viktor von Bruns (a few steps from this marker); Gottlob Himmel (within shouting distance of this marker); Christof Martin Wieland (within shouting distance of this marker); Hermann Hesse

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Josef Eberle (Sebastian Blau) (within shouting distance of this marker); Buchhandlung Gastl / Gastl Bookstore (within shouting distance of this marker); Prof. Martin Crusius (within shouting distance of this marker); An Example of "Aryanization": The Oppenheim and Schäfer Families Clothing Store (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tübingen.

Also see . . . Alois Alzheimer (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: "Alois Alzheimer (14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease....Alzheimer discussed his findings on the brain pathology and symptoms of presenile dementia publicly on 3 November 1906, at the Tübingen meeting of the Southwest German Psychiatrists. The attendees at this lecture seemed uninterested in what he had to say. The lecturer that followed Alzheimer was to speak on the topic of "compulsive masturbation",
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2022

2. Alois Alzheimer Marker - wide view
which the audience of 88 individuals was so eagerly awaiting that they sent Alzheimer away without any questions or comments on his discovery of the pathology of a type of senile dementia."

(Submitted on September 7, 2022.)

Alois Alzheimer Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2022

3. Alois Alzheimer Marker - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 80 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 7, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.