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Wikipedia August 19, 2026 at 02:37 PM

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCdiger_G%C3%B6bel

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Frankfurt/Oder
Correction

Göbel’s own University of Duisburg-Essen CV and publications list place his 1967 PhD in Frankfurt, i.e. at the University of Frankfurt, not in Frankfurt (Oder).

Full reasoning

This location is contradicted by Rüdiger Göbel’s own university pages.

  • The University of Duisburg-Essen CV says: "Promotion Frankfurt (1967)" and, in English, "PhD at University of Frankfurt (1967)".
  • The University of Duisburg-Essen publications list likewise begins with "PH.D.-Thesis, Frankfurt 1967".
  • The article itself also says he studied at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and received his doctorate there under Reinhold Baer.

So the dissertation location given here as Frankfurt/Oder is wrong; the doctorate was in Frankfurt am Main / University of Frankfurt.

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in Berlin
Correction

The German National Library’s authority record gives Göbel’s place of birth as Fürstenwalde/Spree, not Berlin.

Full reasoning

The birth place in the lead sentence conflicts with the German National Library authority data.

  • Göbel’s GND authority record (1026155436) lists his placeOfBirth as https://d-nb.info/gnd/4093397-0.
  • The GND place record for 4093397-0 gives the preferred place name as "Fürstenwalde/Spree".

So the article’s statement that he was born in Berlin is not consistent with the authoritative GND record, which identifies Fürstenwalde/Spree as his place of birth.

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