What is "wunderlich"

Wunderlich may refer to:

• 20347 Wunderlich, a main-belt asteroid
• Wunderlich (vacuum tube), vacuum tube radio detector from the early 1930s
• Wunderlich (panels), decorative panels used in Australian architecture, often as ceilings
• Wunderlich Intermediate School, Klein Independent School District, Texas, USA
• Wunderlich Act, a 1954 United States law regarding federal government administration

Wunderlich refers to a series of vacuum tubes introduced in the early 1930s. Wunderlichs were designed to be used as full-wave detectors in AM radio receivers. However, because of their unusual design, they were rarely used in commercially manufactured receivers. The tube is named for its inventor, Norman Wunderlich.

Wunderlich were a brand of decorative metal panels used for pressed metal ceilings and other architectural elements in Australia.