Nobel-Prize Winners from Baden und Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is home of the automobile industry, the Black Forest and an abundance of talent. The German Southwest can boast of rearing numerous Nobel-Prize winners who then became famous in other countries for their discoveries and talents. For instance the latest winner is Harald zur Hausen in 2008!

Here are just a few examples:

Richard Willstätter, 1915 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (* Karlsruhe)

Albert Einstein, 1921 Nobel-Prize for Physics (* Ulm)

H.O. Wieland, 1927 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (* Pforzheim)

Otto H. Warburg, 1931 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (* Freiburg)

Hans Spemann, 1935 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (* Stuttgart)

Hermann Hesse, 1946 Nobel-Prize for Literature (* Calw)

Ernst A. Ruska, 1986 Nobel-Prize for Physics (* Heidelberg)

Hartmut Michel, 1989 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (* Ludwigsburg)

Bert Sakman, 1991 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (* Stuttgart)

Wolfgang Ketterle, 2001 Nobel-Prize for Physics (* Heidelberg)

Gerhard Ertl, 2007 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (*Stuttgart)


Here is a list of Nobel-Prize winners who do not originate from the German Southwest but who attended or worked at universities here for a long period of time:

W.C. Röntgen, 1901 Nobel-Prize for Physics (Professor at Hohenheim)

Philipp Lenard, 1905 Nobel-Prize for Physics (+ Messelshausen)

Robert Koch, 1905 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (+ Baden-Baden)

Ewald Buchner, 1907 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (Professor in Tübingen)

C.F. Braun, 1909 Nobel-Prize for Physics (Professor in Karlsruhe + Tübingen)

Albrecht Kossel, 1910 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (Professor in Heidelberg)

Fritz Haber, 1918 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (Prof. in Karlsruhe)

Carl Bosch, 1931 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (+ Heidelberg)

Werner Heisenberg, 1932 Nobel-Prize for Physics (Haigerloch)

O.F.Meyerhof, 1922 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (Professor in Heidelberg)

Gerhard Domagk, 1939 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (+ Burgberg)

Adolf Butenandt, 1939 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (Professor in Tübingen)

Hermann Staudinger, 1953 Nobel-Prize for Chemistry (Professor in Freiburg)

Walter Bothe, 1954 Nobel-Prize for Physics (+ Heidelberg)

W.T.O. Forßmann, 1956 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (+ Schopfheim)

F.A. Hayek, 1974 Nobel-Prize for Economics (Professor in Freiburg)

Klaus von Klitzing, 1985 Nobel-Prize for Physics (Professor in Stuttgart)

Christiane Nüsslein-Vollhard, 1995 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (Professor in Tübingen)

Harald zur Hausen, 2008 Nobel-Prize for Medicine (Heidelberg)

QUICKLINKS:

• The Nobel Foundation