Bonn Stockert 25m Telescope

Located on a 435-meter-high hill in Bad Münstereifel, west of Bonn, Germany. Now operated as a historical site and open to the public.

Stockert
Built
1955
Fact 1
Previously operated by the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy before the Radio astronomical Institute of Bonn University took over.
Fact 2
For a few weeks it was the largest telescope in the world, before the Westerbork Radio Synthesis Telescope (WSRT) went into operation in the Netherlands.
Mission duration
Decommissioned in the 1900's
Light observed
Observes wavelengths down to 11 cm
Website
Stockert's homepage