Heidelberg, Germany

German virologist who discovered the link between human papilloma viruses and cervical cancer, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008

German experimental physicist who developed the coincidence method, earning him a shared Nobel Prize in Physics in 1954

German chemist and mathematician known for the Wittig reaction, which earned him the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for its importance in organic synthesis

German philosopher of the continental tradition best known for his magnum opus on hermeneutics, Truth and Method

German biochemist and physiologist who won the 1910 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work on the chemical composition of nucleic acids and proteins

German astronomer and astrophotography pioneer who revolutionized celestial observation and led the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory