Hermann Oberth
1894 to 1989
9 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Hermann Oberth across 8 places, from 1915 to 1989. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Hermann Julius Oberth (25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Hermann Oberth was documented, and when
1915year
Austria-Hungaryattested
“In 1915, Oberth was moved into a medical unit at a hospital in Segesvár (German: Schäßburg; Romanian: Sighișoara), Transylvania, in Austria-Hungary (today Romania).”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1915year
Sighișoaraattested
“In 1915, Oberth was moved into a medical unit at a hospital in Segesvár (German: Schäßburg; Romanian: Sighișoara), Transylvania, in Austria-Hungary (today Romania).”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1919year
Munichattested
“In 1919, Oberth once again moved to Germany, this time to study physics, initially in Munich and later at the University of Göttingen.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1919year
German Empireattested
“In 1919, Oberth once again moved to Germany, this time to study physics, initially in Munich and later at the University of Göttingen.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1919year
University of Göttingenattested
“In 1919, Oberth once again moved to Germany, this time to study physics, initially in Munich and later at the University of Göttingen.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
May 1941month
Transylvaniaattested
“When he wanted to return to Transylvania in May 1941, he received German citizenship and was conscripted in August 1941 under the alias "Friedrich Hann" to the Army Research Institute Peenemünde, where the V-2 rocket was developed under…”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
April 1945month
Nurembergattested
“He fled there in April 1945, had to go to two different US internment camps, was released in August 1945 as a "person unaffected by the Nazi era", and came to live with his family near Nuremberg in Feucht, where his family had moved in 1…”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
April 1945month
Feuchtattested
“He fled there in April 1945, had to go to two different US internment camps, was released in August 1945 as a "person unaffected by the Nazi era", and came to live with his family near Nuremberg in Feucht, where his family had moved in 1…”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
28 December 1989exact date
Nurembergattested
“Oberth died in Nuremberg, West Germany, on 28 December 1989, shortly after the fall of the Iron Curtain.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
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Places Hermann Oberth is documented in
Nuremberg2 presences · 1945 to 1989Austria-Hungary1 presence · 1915German Empire1 presence · 1919Munich1 presence · 1919University of Göttingen1 presence · 1919
Feucht1 presence · 1945
Sighișoara1 presence · 1915
Transylvania1 presence · 1941
Other places tied to Hermann Oberth in the record
In each of these, a source puts Hermann Oberth and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Hermann Oberth was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1912year
Munichmentioned
“In 1912, Oberth began studying medicine in Munich, Germany, but after World War I broke out, he was drafted into the Imperial German Army, assigned to an infantry battalion, and sent to the Eastern Front against Russia.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1923 to 1938period
Romaniamentioned
“Quote: "My proposal concerns an electric spaceship that does not emit ions and electrons, but rather nebula droplets that are 1,000 to 100,000 times larger in size depending on the project and to form an ion or electron as a condensation…”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1924 to 1938period
Mediașmentioned
“Therefore, from 1924 through 1938, Oberth supported himself and his family by teaching physics and mathematics at the Stephan Ludwig Roth High School in Mediaș, Romania.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1928year
Moonmentioned
“During portions of 1928 and 1929, Oberth served as a scientific advisor in Berlin for the film Woman in the Moon, which was written by Thea von Harbou and directed and produced by Fritz Lang, in collaboration with the Universum Film AG c…”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1928year
Berlinmentioned
“During portions of 1928 and 1929, Oberth served as a scientific advisor in Berlin for the film Woman in the Moon, which was written by Thea von Harbou and directed and produced by Fritz Lang, in collaboration with the Universum Film AG c…”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
June 1938month
Vienna Universitymentioned
“Therefore, from June 1938 he was given a two-year research contract with the German Research Institute for Aviation (DVL) at the Vienna University of Technology and then from July 1940 at the University of Technology Dresden.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
December 1943month
Wittenbergmentioned
“In December 1943 Oberth asked for his transfer to WASAG in Reinsdorf near Wittenberg/FRG to develop the anti-aircraft solid missile recommended by him.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1948year
German Empirementioned
“For Oberth there was no employment in Germany, either as a teacher of physics or mathematics or as a scientist, so he went to Switzerland in 1948 and worked there as a scientific consultant and an author for the specialist journal Intera…”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1948year
Switzerlandmentioned
“For Oberth there was no employment in Germany, either as a teacher of physics or mathematics or as a scientist, so he went to Switzerland in 1948 and worked there as a scientific consultant and an author for the specialist journal Intera…”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1953year
Feuchtmentioned
“In 1953, Oberth returned to Feucht, Germany, to publish his book Menschen im Weltraum (Man into Space), in which he described his ideas for space-based reflecting telescopes, space stations, electric-powered spaceships, and space suits.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1955year
Huntsvillementioned
“Oberth worked from 1955 for his former assistant Wernher von Braun, who was developing space rockets for NASA in Huntsville, Alabama.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1958year
Feuchtmentioned
“In 1958, Oberth returned to Feucht, Germany, where he published his ideas for a lunar exploration vehicle, a "moon catapult", and "damped" helicopters and airplanes.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
1961year
United Statesmentioned
“In 1961, Oberth returned to the United States, where he worked for the Convair Corporation as a technical consultant for the Atlas missile program.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
September 1963month
Hamburgmentioned
“Oberth also presented at the 12th Rocket and Space Conference of the Deutsche Raketen-Gesellschaft (DRG) (German Rocket Society) in September 1963 in Hamburg, FRG a new idea for the electric spaceship.”
source: Wikipedia: Hermann Oberth
July 1969month
July 1969month
July 1969month
July 1969month
30 October 1985exact date
Documented at the same place, the same year
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and GothaMunich · 1919Karl August WittfogelMunich · 1919Erich von MansteinNuremberg · 1945Albert SpeerNuremberg · 1945Miklós HorthyNuremberg · 1945Max ErnstMunich · 1919Karl GebhardtMunich · 1919Douglas SirkMunich · 1919Ernst CassirerHumboldt University of Berlin · 1919Max von LaueHumboldt University of Berlin · 1919Roland FreislerHumboldt University of Berlin · 1919Alfred DöblinHumboldt University of Berlin · 1919
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