The principality of Monaco has a good connection to scientists from Kiel for more than 100 years. During a visit, Prince Albert II walks in the footsteps of his ancestors.
Prince Albert II of Monaco completed a large program of visits in Kiel on Wednesday and walked in the footsteps of an ancestor.
After lunch with, among others, Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU), the Monegasque head of state was a guest at the Geomar Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research. There the 63-year-old christened an underwater vehicle in the name of his great-great-grandfather Albert I. He was happy and moved, said Prince Albert II after the baptism.
The connections between the small principality on the Mediterranean Sea and Kiel marine researchers go back more than 100 years. According to Geomar, Albert I planned international research projects in the Mediterranean with the Kiel scientist Otto Krümmel at the beginning of the 20th century.
According to the city of Kiel, the ancestor of the reigning prince attended the Kieler Woche eleven times between 1898 and 1914 and maintained good relationships with local state representatives, researchers and members of the Kiel Yacht Club.
In the evening Albert II was supposed to be the guest of honor at the festive Kiel Week evening of the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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