List of birth houses of famous people

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Birthhouses of famous people are attractions and sights from a tourist and cultural point of view as well as historical and local history aspects .

Birth houses of famous people can be listed in the following list if the house

  • in public bears the name of the personality born in it;
  • houses a museum dedicated to this person or their work;
  • plays a role in the later work of the person, for example literary processing, studio
  • is at least recognizable as such by a publicly perceptible notice, for example by a sign saying Here was ... born .

In order to still count as a "birthplace":

  • at least parts of the actual birth house are still standing;
  • a memorial or plaque explicitly reminds of the birthplace, for example with a sign. The birthplace of… was shown here .

Such birthing centers can be found in the following places (selection):

place Country House Built Born person Year of birth image
Achstetten Germany Wieland's birthplace Christoph Martin Wieland 1773 Birthplace-Wieland-Oberholzheim.jpg
Arolsen Germany Rauch memorial (birthplace) Christian Daniel Rauch 1777
augsburg Germany Brechthaus Bertolt Brecht 1898 Augsburg Brechthaus 2004.jpeg
augsburg Germany Mozart House Augsburg Leopold Mozart 1719 Augsburg-Mozarthaus renovated2006.jpg
Bad Driburg, Alhausen Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Weber birthplace 1793 Friedrich Wilhelm Weber 1813 Friedrich Wilhelm Weber Museum Alhausen.jpg
Bad Köstritz Germany Heinrich Schütz House (Bad Köstritz) Heinrich Schütz 1585 Bad Köstritz Heinrich Schütz Museum (3) .jpg
Berlin center Germany Wrangel Palace Achim von Arnim 1781
Berlin Germany Alexander von Humboldt 1769 Memorial plaque Jägerstr 22-23 (center) Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Humboldt.JPG
Bonn Germany Beethoven house Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 BEETHHS.jpg
Bordenau Germany Gerhard von Scharnhorst 1755 Scharnhorst Birthplace.jpg
Braunau am Inn Austria Adolf Hitler birth house 17th century, at the latest Adolf Hitler 1889 Property Salzburger Vorstadt 15, Braunau am Inn-2.JPG
Boards Germany Melanchthon House (Bretten) Philipp Melanchthon 1497 Marktplatz-Bretten.jpg
Budapest Hungary Semmelweis Museum for Medical History Ignaz Semmelweis 1818
Calw Germany Hermann Hesse 1877 Hesse birth house 2008.jpg
Detmold Germany Grabbe House 1752-1754 Christian Dietrich Grabbe 1801 Detmold - 2014-10-03 - Grabbe-Haus.jpg
Dusseldorf Germany Heine house 17th century Heinrich Heine 1797 Düsseldorf Heine House.jpg
Eisenach Germany Bach House Eisenach Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 Bach House Eisenach01.JPG
Eisleben Germany Martin Luther's birthplace 15th century, at the latest Martin Luther 1483 The court of Luther's Birth House.jpg
Eschershausen Germany Otto Elster 1852
Eschershausen Germany 1828 Wilhelm Raabe 1831
Esslingen am Neckar Germany Ferdinand von Hochstetter 1829 Speyrer Zehnthof Esslingen.jpg
Eutin Germany Carl Maria von Weber 1786 WeberhausEutin.jpg
Florence Italy Pitti Palace Ludwig Salvator of Austria-Tuscany 1847 Palazzo Pitti garden facade Florence.jpg
Frankfurt am Main Germany Goethe House 1755/56, on the walls of the previous building Johann Wolfgang Goethe 1749 Frankfurt am Main-Goethe-Haus-view on the Grosse Hirschgraben.jpg
Garding Germany Theodor Mommsen Memorial Theodor Mommsen 1817
Gera Germany Otto Dix House Otto Dix 1891 Gera - Otto Dix House.jpg
Great Schoritz Germany Ernst Moritz Arndt 1769 Gross Schoritz EMArndt Birthplace.jpg
Gunzenhausen Germany Kirchenplatz 1 marked 1574 Wilhelm Stahlin 1883 Gunzenhausen, Kirchenplatz 1-001.jpg
Halle (Saale) Germany Handel House 1558, at the latest georg Friedrich Handel 1685 Hall1.jpg
Hasselfelde Germany Hermann Blumenau 1819
Havixbeck Germany Hülshoff Castle Annette von Droste-Hülshoff 1797 Huelshoff Castle.jpg
Heath (Holstein) Germany Klaus Groth Museum Klaus Groth 1819
Heilbronn Germany Rose pharmacy (destroyed in 1944) Julius Robert von Mayer 1814
Hohenstein-Ernstthal Germany Karl May House Karl May 1842 Karl May Birthplace.jpg
Husum Germany Theodor Storm 1817 Theodor Storm Birthplace.jpg
Kamenz Germany Lessing Museum Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729 Lessinghaus City Library Kamenz 2010.jpg
Karlstad Sweden Gustav Fröding's birthplace 1760 Gustav Fröding 1860 Alsterbruk.jpg
Kirchheim unter Teck Germany Max Eyth House 1540 Max Eyth 1836 Eythhaus.JPG
Klingenmünster Germany August Becker 1828
Koblenz Germany Mother Beethoven House Maria Magdalena Keverich 1746 Mother Beethoven House 01 Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein 2013.jpg
Koblenz Germany House Metternich 1674 Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich 1773 Koblenz in the Buga year 2011 - Haus Metternich.jpg
Krakow Poland Jan Matejko House 16th Century Jan Matejko 1838 Dom.Jana.Matejki.jpg
Crane field Germany Rudolf Baumbach 1840
Kreenheinstetten Germany Abraham a Sancta Clara 1644 Kreenheinstetten Birthplace.jpg
Landau in the Palatinate Germany Konrad Krez 1828 Birthplace of Konrad Krez.jpg
Landau in the Palatinate Germany Thomas Nast 1840
Langenburg Germany Carl Julius Weber birthplace Karl Julius Weber 1767
Langewiesen Germany Wilhelm Heinse 1746 Heinsehaus Langewiesen.JPG
Lauffen am Neckar Germany Friedrich Holderlin 1770 Lauffen-Unknown-1840.jpg
Leipzig Germany Richard Wagner's birthplace 1656, at the latest Richard Wagner 1813 Wagnerhaus Leipzig Postcard.jpg
Linz Austria Richard Tauber 1891 Richard Tauber memorial plaque.JPG
Lubowitz Poland Upper Silesian Eichendorff culture and meeting center Joseph von Eichendorff 1788 POL Łubowice Pałac 01.jpg
Ludwigsburg Germany Justinus Kerner 1786
Ludwigsburg Germany Eduard Mörike 1804 Mörike Birthplace.JPG
Ludwigsburg Germany Tony Schumacher 1848
Ludwigsburg Germany David Friedrich Strauss 1808
Ludwigsburg Germany Friedrich Theodor Vischer 1807
Mansfeld Germany Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn 1809 Young chicken birth place.jpg
Marbach Germany Tobias Mayer 1723 TobiasMayerGeburtshaus.jpg
Marbach Germany Schiller's birthplace Friedrich Schiller 1759 Friedrich Schiller's birthplace in Marbach.JPG
Marktl Germany Pope Benedict XVI. Birthplace Benedict XVI. 1927 PopeBenedicts1stHome.jpg
Mettmann Germany Good Heresbach Konrad Heresbach 1496
Molmerswende Germany Gottfried August Bürger 1747
Munich Germany Zeppelinstrasse 41 (Munich) 1851 Karl Valentin 1882 Valentinhaus in Munich.jpg
Münsingen Germany Erzberger's birthplace Matthias Erzberger 1875
Neuhaus am Rennweg Germany Museum Geisslerhaus Heinrich Geissler 1814 Neuhaus-aR-Sonnebergerstr106.jpg
New York City United States Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site 1800, around (middle part) Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882 FDRhouse.JPG
Oberdreis Germany Paul Deussen 1845 Old rectory Oberdreis.jpg
Obersontheim Germany Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart 1739
Odense Denmark Andersen's birthplace (probably) Hans Christian Andersen 1805 HC Andersens Hus (birthplace) .JPG¨
Osnabrück Germany Justus Möser 1720
Passau Germany Ludwig Schmidseder 1904 Schmidseder birthplace.jpg
Pöchlarn Austria Kokoschka House Oskar Kokoschka 1886 PoechlarnKokoschkaHaus.jpg
postage Portugal Garrett's birthplace Almeida Garrett 1799
Příbor Czech Republic Sigmund Freud 1856 Pribor - Birthplace of Sigmund Freud.jpg
Quedlinburg Germany GutsMuths house 1750 to Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths 1759 Quedlinburg GutsMuths Birthplace (2006) .JPG
Quedlinburg Germany Klopstockhaus 1560 to Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 1724 Quedlinburg Klopstockhaus (2094590393) .jpg
Radebeul Germany Country house Christian Gottlieb Ziller 1834 Ernst Ziller , Moritz Ziller 1837/38 Radebeul Landhaus Christian Gottlieb Ziller.jpg
Raiding Austria Franz Liszt birthplace 1587 Franz Liszt 1811 Raiding-Franz-Liszt-Birthplace- (100411) .jpg
Remscheid - Lennep Germany Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen 1845 House-of birth of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.jpg
Riedstadt-Goddelau Germany Büchnerhaus 1665 Georg Buechner 1813 Goddelau birthplace Büchner 20110309.jpg
Skirts Germany Friedrich Nietzsche 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche's birthplace with a group of sculptures Röcken.jpg
Salzburg Austria Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 Mozart.birth.500pix.jpg
Schnait Germany Friedrich Silcher 1789
Schorndorf Germany Gottlieb Daimler 1834 Gottlieb Daimler Birthplace.jpg
Stavenhagen Germany Fritz Reuter Literature Museum Fritz Reuter 1810 Stavenhagen Rathaus Marktplatz Reuter Literature Museum former town hall.JPG
Stendal Germany Winckelmann Museum Johann Joachim Winckelmann 1717 Stendal Winckelmannmuseum.jpg
Stralsund Germany Scheelehaus 14th Century Carl Wilhelm Scheele 1742 Stralsund, Germany, Scheele-Haus (2006-09-29) .JPG
Stratford upon Avon Great Britain William Shakespeare 1564 William Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon 26l2007.jpg
Stuttgart Germany Hegelhaus Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770 Stuttgart-Hegel-Birthplace-2006-04-09a.jpg
Stuttgart Germany New lock Richard von Weizsäcker 1920 NeuesSchloss vm01.jpg
Suwałki Poland Maria Konopnicka Museum 1826-1827 Maria Konopnicka 1842 Suwałki ul.Kosciuszki 31 (6) .JPG
Tampico United States Ronald Reagan's birthplace 1896 Ronald Reagan 1911 Tampico Il Main St Hist Dist Reagan Birthplace1.jpg
Texingtal Austria Dollfuss birthplace Engelbert Dollfuss 1892 2009-09-19 Dr. Dollfuss Museum in Texing, Outside.jpg
Thessaloniki Greece Ataturk's birthplace 1870, at the latest Kemal Ataturk 1881 Ataturk-birth-house.jpg
Thorn Poland Copernicus House 15th century Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 Torun kamienice ul Kopernika 15 i 17.jpg
trier Germany Karl Marx House 1727 Karl Marx 1818 Trier BW 2014-06-21 11-11-49.jpg
Tübingen Germany Ludwig Uhland 1787 Uhlandgeburtshaus.JPG
Tuszów Narodowy Poland General Sikorski Birthplace Museum, formerly a school building with the teacher's apartment 1869 Wladyslaw Sikorski 1881 PL - Tuszów Narodowy - dom Władysława Sikorskiego - 2011-09-17 006 cr.jpg
Überlingen Germany Suso house Heinrich Seuse 1295 Suso House.jpg
Vaihingen an der Enz Germany after 1693 Karl Gerok 1815 Gerok Birthplace.jpg
frond Germany Ernst Barlach House Ernst Barlach 1870
Wadowice Poland Karol Wojtyła ( John Paul II ) 1920 Wadowice, dom Jana Pawła II.jpg
Wesel - Lackhausen Germany Gut Bossigt ("Haus Duden") 1767 Konrad Duden 1829 Wesel Gut Bossigt.jpg
Wetzlar Germany Lottery House Charlotte Buff 1753 Lottehof Wetzlar.jpg
Wiedensahl Germany Wilhelm Busch 1832 Buschhaus in Wiedensahl.JPG
Wiehe Germany Leopold von Ranke 1795
Wolfsburg Germany Heinrich Büssing House Heinrich Büssing 1843 Birthplace Büssing.jpg
Wolgast Germany Rungehaus Philipp Otto Runge 1777 Rungehaus Wolgast-2.jpg
Wuppertal-Elberfeld Germany Funkstrasse 55 residential building Hans Knappertsbusch 1888 Wuppertal Funckstr 0024.jpg
Wuppertal-Elberfeld Germany Villa Simons Walter Simons 1861 Wuppertal Nützenberger Str 0014.jpg
Wuppertal-Ronsdorf Germany Villa Carnap 1890 Rudolf Carnap 1891 Wuppertal Ronsdorf - Villa Carnap 01 ies.jpg
Wuppertal-Barmen Germany House destroyed in 1943, Friedrich Engels memorial stone at the former location Friedrich Engels 1820 Wuppertal Engelsstrasse 0027.jpg
Wuppertal-Barmen Germany Angel House 1775 Friedrich Engels Sen. 1796 Wuppertal Engelsstrasse 0003.jpg
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Germany House Schöllerweg 8 Johann Friedrich Benzenberg 1777 Wuppertal - Schöllerweg8 01 ies.jpg
Spice up Germany Ringelnatzhaus 1511, first evidence Joachim Ringelnatz 1883 Is-the-Wurzener-Ringelnatzhaus-before-the-sale gallerylarge.jpg
Zamość Poland House ul.Staszica 37 16./17. century Rosa Luxemburg 1871 Zamosc Staszica 37.jpg
Zduńska Wola Poland Maximilian Kolbe Birthplace Museum 19th century / reconstruction 1991–1993 Rajmund (Maximilian Maria) Kolbe 1894 Zduńska Wola, Św. M. Kolbego 9-004.JPG
Żelazowa Wola Poland Chopin's Birthplace Museum circa 1800 Frédéric Chopin 1809 ZW7 DSC0160.JPG
Zurich Switzerland Gottfried Keller 1819 Basement Birthplace.jpg
Zwickau Germany Robert Schumann birthplace 1450, at the latest Robert Schumann 1810 Zwickau Robert Schumann Birth House.jpg

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Building recognized as a monument, see Museum im Gut Heresbach Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from February 15, 2011
  2. ↑ a b Muzeum im. Marii Konopnickiej: Historia Budynku ( Polish )
  3. ^ Building recognized as a monument, see entry in the monument register of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship
  4. ↑ Building recognized as a monument, see entry in the Wuppertal monument list
  5. ↑ Building recognized as a monument, see entry in the Wuppertal monument list

literature

  • Hubert-Georg Quarta: Birthplace of famous German poets . European Library, Zaltbommel 1982.
  • Paul Niggl, Ludwig Kusche: Musician memorials. Traces of the life of great composers from Gluck to R. Strauss . 1986, ISBN 3-921847-02-8 .