The synthetic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_element" id="mwAX4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chemical element">chemical element</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitnerium" id="mwAX8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Meitnerium">Meitnerium</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_number" id="mwAYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Atomic number">atomic number</a> 109, is first synthesized at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft_für_Schwerionenforschung" id="mwAYE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung">Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadt" id="mwAYI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Darmstadt">Darmstadt</a>, Germany.