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Contact Lens Was Invented 80 Years Ago at Plön – and Has Conquered the World

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Heinrich Wöhlk is regarded as the inventor of the contact lens – for this he was given the highest honors, which hardly anyone knows. The company he founded in the Plön district still exists – and is firmly in family hands.
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Heinrich Wöhlk is regarded as the inventor of the contact lens – for this he was given the highest honors, which hardly anyone knows. The company he founded in the Plön district still exists – and is firmly in family hands.

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shz broke the news in on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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