List of reading societies in Baden
The list of reading societies in Baden compiles all previously known reading societies in Baden in order to be able to compare when and where these reading societies emerged, which were bearers of bourgeois emancipation in the German-speaking cultural area and belong to the prehistory of the formation of political parties in the 19th century.
The reading society first founded in a place is listed and where no year is given, the year of foundation is not known.
- Baden-Baden:
- Brombach: 1845
- Bruchsal: 1804
- Donaueschingen: 1818
- Emmendingen:
- Eppingen : 1831
- Ettenheim: 1848
- Ettlingen: 1837
- Freiburg : 1807
- Furtwangen:
- Gernsbach : 1847
- Haslach: 1836
- Heidelberg: 1785
- Hüfingen: 1848
- Karlsruhe: 1784
- Constance:
- Kuppenheim: 1848
- Meersburg: 1848
- Mannheim: 1803
- Müllheim: 1848
- Oberkirch: 1842
- Offenburg:
- Pforzheim: 1785
- Philippsburg: 1848
- Rappenau (today Bad Rappenau): 1849
- Rastatt: 1844
- Schopfheim: 1818
- Sinsheim: 1848
- Staufen: 1848
- Stühlingen: 1848
- Villingen:
- Waldkirch: 1849
- Weinheim: 1812
literature
- Kurt Hochstuhl and Regine Schneider: Political Associations in Baden 1847–1849 . In: Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine 146 (1998) ( ISSN 0044-2607 ) pp. 351-436.