Romanticism Exhibition

Romanticism and Parliamentarianism

Here sat Ludwig Uhland (b. 26th April 1787 – d. 13th November 1862) during the National Parliament of 1848–49: “His heart beat for the German nation.” Akademisch-germanistische Gesellschaft The Paulskirchenverband. 13.XI.1912.

s/w-Fotografie einer Gedenktafel (Ausschnitt)
(Institut für Stadtgeschichte, Fotosammlung Gottfried Vömel, Signatur: S7Vö, 381)

The Paulskirche in Frankfurt was the scene of numerous national commemorations during the German Empire. Among the former parliamentarians to be honoured on those occasions were Ernst Moritz Arndt, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Wilhelm Jordan and Ludwig Uhland.