It has its origins in 1700 when Gottfried Leibniz initiated the `` Sozietät der Wissenschaften '' ( Brandenburgische Science Society ) which would later ( 1744 ) become the `` Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften '' ( Prussian Academy of Sciences ) .
The Berlin Observatory ( Berliner Sternwarte in German ) has its origins in 1700 when Gottfried Leibniz initiated the `` Societät der Wissenschaften '' ( Brandenburgische Science Society ) which would later ( 1744 ) become the `` Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften '' ( Prussian Academy of Sciences ) .