The Erinnerungsstätte für die Freiheitsbewegungen in der deutschen Geschichte (literally ''Memorial site for freedom movements in German history'') is a museum and memorial to free democratic traditions in Germany. It is housed in the

Schloss Rastatt Schloss Rastatt, also known as ''Residenzschloss Rastatt'', is a Baroque '' schloss'' in Rastatt, Germany. The palace and the garden were built between 1700 and 1707 by the Italian architect Domenico Egidio Rossi for Margrave Louis William of Bade ...

(chosen due to the town of

Rastatt Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50,000 (2011). Rastatt was a ...

being a key site in the

Baden Revolution The Baden Revolution (german: Badische Revolution) of 1848/1849 was a regional uprising in the Grand Duchy of Baden which was part of the revolutionary unrest that gripped almost all of Central Europe at that time. As part of the popular libera ...

and the

Revolutions of 1848 in the German states In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

) and known as the Freiheitsmuseum (''Freedom Museum'') for short. It was opened on 26 June 1974 by president

Gustav Heinemann Gustav Walter Heinemann (; 23 July 1899 – 7 July 1976) was a German politician who was President of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He served as mayor of Essen from 1946 to 1949, West German Minister of the Interior from 1949 to 1950, and Mini ...

. It is overseen and owned by the German Federal Archives and is a central stopping-point on the ' Democracy Way' from

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

Lörrach Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including t ...

. It has also mounted exhibitions on various topics, with permanent displays on: * Freedom movements in the early modern period * Social issues * Between Two Revolutions: 1789–1848 * The March Revolution 1848 * Die Deutsche Nationalversammlung 1848/49 *

Fundamental rights Fundamental rights are a group of rights that have been recognized by a high degree of protection from encroachment. These rights are specifically identified in a constitution, or have been found under due process of law. The United Nations' Susta ...

* The Struggle on the Reichsverfassung 1849 * The long road to democracy: 1850–1918 * Freedom-fighters who emigrated * Germany 1918–1945 - Resistance in Nazi Germany * The " Weiße Rose" * Germany 1945–1990 - Resistance in the Soviet Zone and East Germany * Gustav W. Heinemann and

External links

Bundesarchiv - microsite
History museums in Germany Museums in Baden-Württemberg Museums established in 1974 {{BadenWürttemberg-struct-stub