Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse

The Society for the dissemination of scientific knowledge was founded on 17 June 1954 at the House of Culture of VEB Oberspree cable factory in East Berlin and to 1990 in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) existing association whose goal is to educate the GDR population, particularly in the areas of science, technology, medicine, economics and other areas of the social sciences was. As of January 1966, she was named auxiliary Urania, which was often used as a short name.

The company sat down one especially for a comprehensible dissemination of scientific knowledge, new technologies and a popularization of science. For this purpose they used, among other broadcasts on television of the GDR and in the youth radio station DT64, for example, under the titles " Urania " and " Urania New TV ". In addition, she published popular science writings and was of further education for the school faculty. She also organizes lectures, panel discussions and individual events on relevant topics. So she took on important roles of community colleges in the GDR. The main publications of the associated Urania - Verlag, which had its headquarters first in Berlin and in 1963 in Leipzig, included the book series " Urania universe ," the Journal "Knowledge and Life" as well as the published together with the Cultural Association of the GDR magazine " Urania ".

After the political changes of 1989 and German reunification resulted from the Company a number of local Urania Associations in the New Federal States, in 1991 the " Federal Association of New Urania " founded.