Bunsenstatue, Bronze memorial statue in Altstadt district, Heidelberg, Germany.
The bronze statue depicts chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen seated with a slightly tilted head, flanked by two stone sculptures representing untamed and controlled natural forces.
The monument was unveiled on August 1, 1908, following a fundraising campaign that collected 65,000 gold marks by 1910 to honor Bunsen's 44 years in Heidelberg.
The memorial celebrates Bunsen's groundbreaking work in spectral analysis with Gustav Kirchhoff, establishing Heidelberg as a major center for 19th-century chemical research and education.
The statue is wheelchair accessible and located at Hauptstraße 47-51 intersection, near the Psychology Institute of Heidelberg University in the historic old town area.
Sculptor Hermann Volz personally knew Bunsen and positioned the bronze figure to gaze toward the building where the scientist made his revolutionary discoveries in chemical analysis.
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