Hermann Hesse Museum

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Hermann Hesse Museum

The Hermann Hesse Museum in Calw documents the life and work of the writer and Nobel laureate in literature Hermann Hesse .

exhibition

In March 1990, an extensive permanent exhibition on Hermann Hesse was opened in a city palace at 30 Marktplatz, the "Haus Schüz". Manuscripts , first editions , pictures and documents on Hesse's life and work are shown in nine rooms on the second floor . Another focus of the exhibition is the Hesse and Gundert families and their work for the Calwer publishing association (especially that of Hesse's grandfather, the missionary Hermann Gundert ). Events and lectures on Hermann Hesse are held regularly in the lecture hall of the house.

precursor

Today's museum emerged from a memorial that the city ​​archivist Walter Staudenmeyer set up in 1964 in "Haus Fischer" (Bischofstrasse 48) above the then new city ​​archive . The loans from the Marbach Schiller National Museum exhibited there have been returned over the years. At the same time, the holdings of the municipal collections grew through the systematic purchase of first editions, letters and watercolors by Hesse and the donation of the Böhmer collection .

Excursus: Other Hermann Hesse sites in Calw

Hermann Hesse's birthplace in Calw

Hesse's birthplace (memorial plaques) is on Marktplatz 6 , and his grandparents 'and parents' apartment was at Bischofstrasse 4 ; there was also the seat of the Calwer publishing association (memorial plaque). The Hesse family's apartment was at Lederstrasse 24 from 1889–1893 (memorial plaque). The graves of the Gundert and Hesse families are located in the cemetery in front of the city.

literature

  • Michels, Volker; Rathgeber, Paul; Würzbach, Eugen (arr.); Pfäfflin, Friedrich (Red.); Ott, Ulrich (Ed.): Hermann Hesse. 1877-1962 ; 3rd, through Ed., Marbach am Neckar (German Schiller Society ) 2003, in: Marbacher Magazin 54/1990 (special issue); ISBN 3-928882-29-5 . Guide through the Hermann-Hesse-Museum Calw with all texts and selected images
  • Rothfuss, Uli: authors, books, Calw. A thousand years of literary and intellectual history in Calw and Hirsau , Tübingen 2001.
  • Schnierle-Lutz, Herbert: Hermann Hesse in Calw. Biographical information and a city tour in the footsteps of the poet. Special edition 2002 for the 125th birthday of Hermann Hesse; Calw (large district town of Calw, culture and tourism) 2002, ISBN 3-9806875-3-8 .

Web links

Commons : Hermann-Hesse-Museum  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 54.5 "  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 15.6"  E