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Astrophysical Institute Potsdam
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam.
Reunification and the founding of the AIP
On the basis of the prescriptions of the Unification Agreement for the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, the Central Institute of Astrophysics was dissolved on 31 December 1991. On the recommendation of the Science Council on 1 January 1992 the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, with a greatly reduced staff, was founded. It occupies the former Babelsberg Observatory site in Potsdam-Babelsberg.