Quadrate in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany — Central Europe

Nobelpreis für Medizin / Nobel Prize for Medicine

Photographed By James Hulse, February 20, 2024

1. Nobelpreis für Medizin / Nobel Prize for Medicine Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

German:
Aus unserer Region erhielten den Nobelpreis fur Medizin:
• Otto F. Meyerhof für seine Forschungen über den Stoffwechsel in Muskeln (1922).
• Bert Sakmann für den Nachweis von lonenkanälen in Zellmembranen und Erforschung der Signalübertragung innerhalb von Zellen und zwischen Zellen (1991).
• Harald zur Hausen für den Nachweis, dass humane Papillomviren Gebärmutterhalskrebs verursachen (2008).

English Translation:
From our region received the Nobel Prize for Medicine:
• Otto F. Meyerhof for his research on metabolism in muscles (1922).
• Bert Sakmann for the detection of ion channels in cell membranes and research into signal transmission within and between cells (1991).
• Harald zur Hausen for demonstrating that human papilloma viruses cause cervical cancer (2008).

Erected 2019 by Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar and Jorg Oswald Brain Appeal GmbH.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine.

Location. 49° 29.046′

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N, 8° 27.807′ E. Marker is in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is in Quadrate. Marker is on Bismarckstraße just east of Kurpfalzstraße, on the right when traveling east. The marker is located along the sidewalk in front of the University of Mannheim. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: B37 20-40, Mannheim BW 68161, Germany. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Bulldog (here, next to this marker); Nobelpreis Chemie / Nobel Prize in Chemistry (here, next to this marker); Ludwig Roebel (a few steps from this marker); Hugo Stotz (a few steps from this marker); Luftschiff Schütte-Lanz (a few steps from this marker); Prosper L'Orange (a few steps from this marker); Julius Hatry (a few steps from this marker); Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl Friedrich Marguerre (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mannheim.

More about this marker. The bronze plaque is one of 42 plaques set up along the “Electoral Palatinate Mile of Innovations” in front of Mannheim Palace.

Also see . . . Nobel laureate in medicine - Otto F. Meyerhof, Bert Sakamann, Harald zur Hausen. Kurpfälzer Mile of Innovations

The Nobel Prize has been awarded since 1901. It is considered the world's highest award for scientists in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, as well as
Photographed By James Hulse, February 20, 2024

2. The Nobel Prize for Medicine Marker is located on the sidewalk
for literature and peace. The founder of the prize is the Swede Alfred Nobel. Having achieved great wealth with the invention of dynamite, Nobel decreed in his will in 1895 that almost all of his fortune go into a fund "the interest of which is to be distributed annually as a prize to those who have been of the greatest benefit to mankind during the past year." Nobel goes on to state that it was his express will that the most worthy receive the prize, regardless of nationality.

(Submitted on February 23, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 38 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 23, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.