Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte

Description

The Friedrich Ebert Memorial Foundation, located in Heidelberg, is one of seven federally funded politician memorial foundations. The purpose of the foundation is to preserve the memory of the work of Germany’s first Reich President Friedrich Ebert and to contribute to the understanding of German history during his time. 

As early as 1962, a memorial site was established in the 45 square meter birth apartment of Friedrich Ebert on Pfaffengasse in Heidelberg. In December 1986, the German Bundestag passed the law to establish the Reich President Friedrich Ebert Memorial Foundation, thereby approving plans for redesigning the memorial site. With this foundation in Heidelberg, the Federal Republic of Germany has institutionally committed to remembering Friedrich Ebert as a significant figure in the history of German democracy. 

In 1989, the Friedrich Ebert House opened with a 275 square meter exhibition on the life and times of Friedrich Ebert. This permanent exhibition underwent a content, conceptual, and design overhaul during the 2000s and was reopened in 2007.