English Translation

- 4 - Gentlemen who have so far earned a living in order to create and establish the Prague accountant. I would particularly like to thank you, Mr Frank, for your personal commitment and contribution to this. Saure, I thank you for taking over the preparations of our new office and for seeing a happy sign for the forthcoming cultural work in that our office is under the protection of honour of you, Secretary of State Frank, and at the same time maintains the connection with the oldest German university, which has been restored to new great tasks by the deed of the leader with the lands of Bohemia and Moravia. It is precisely in the scientific field of university and Nordic society that may help each other to stimulate each other and thus establish new ties that serve our inter-state work. For centuries, northern countries have maintained relations with Prague and thus Bohemia and Moravia have always been in close mutual cultural and economic exchange with Scandinavia. I can only recall the great Danish astronomer Tycho de Brahe, who was invited to Prague by Emperor Rudolf II of Bohemia and accepted by him in a warm hospitality. It was a period of cultural flourishing in Bohemia and the teeth of the year are characterized by strong political leadership and the fruitful influence of German spirit. Tycho de Brahe chose Benetky Castle from the three castles that Emperor Rudolf II gave to the Danish researcher for his astronomic studies. Although Tycho de Brahe has not been able to work here in Prague for long, the memory of these German-Scandinavian science relations should be an incentive for us to fill our new account with the spirit of mutual understanding and encouragement. The heyday of German spiritual life in Bohemia shows us that the country was always well off when the strong political leadership of the empire, whose habitat it belongs to through history, confided in it. On this day we want to honor the work of the great Dane, who spent the last two years of his life in this city and unfortunately died here much too early. In gratitude, science remembers the