After his marriage, near the end of 1909, Schwarzschild left Göttingen to take up an appointment as director of the Astrophysical Observatory in Potsdam.
Pagkatapos ng kanyang kasal, malapit sa katapusan ng 1909, Schwarzschild kaliwa Gottingen mag-up ng appointment bilang direktor ng Astrophysical obserbatoryo sa Potsdam.