Karl Schwarzschild Observatory [SEP] named after
Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
The Karl Schwarzschild Observatory () is a German astronomical observatory in Tautenburg near Jena, Thuringia. 
It was founded in 1960 as an affiliated institute of the former German Academy of Sciences at Berlin and named in honour of the astronomer and physicist Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916). In 1992, the institute was re-established as Thuringian State Observatory ("Thüringer Landessternwarte", TLS).
The observatory has the largest telescope located in Germany, which is also the largest Schmidt camera in the world.
List of things named after Karl Schwarzschild
Things named after the astronomy and relativity scientist Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916) include:
- Institutions:
- Karl Schwarzschild Medal
- Karl Schwarzschild Observatory
- Astronomical features:
- Lunar crater Schwarzschild
- Asteroid 837 Schwarzschilda 
- Technical terms:
- Schwarzschild effect in photography, also known as reciprocity failure, and important for calibrating astronomical measurement
- Schwarzschild law, empirical equation relating to Schwarzschild effect
- Schwarzschild criterion, in astronomy
- Schwarzschild coordinates
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