Go around with Marx & Engels !
You can book a unique tour to the birth house of Friedrich Engels in Wuppertal
and Karl Marx birth house in Trier.
The Karl Marx House
The birthplace of Karl Marx is located just off today’s pedestrian zone, in Brückenstrasse 10, Trier
The permanent exhibition “Karl Marx (1818-1883), Life – Work – Influence up to the Present” introduces Karl Marx as a historical person, the development of his philosophical and economic ideas, and their influence on the course of history, even to the present. The front part of the birthplace of Karl Marx was built in 1727, the façade of which was completely restored to its original form from older models in 1930/31. The annexes in the rear of the house date from the 19th century.
The house serves as a museum today and is administered by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
Contact
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Museum Karl Marx House, Brückenstrasse 10, tel. +49 651 970680, fax +49 651 97068140, e-mail: info.trier@fes.de, www.fes.de/Karl-Marx-Haus
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The Engels House
The Engels House documents the life of Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), from the son of an entrepreneur to a politically committed journalist and co-founder of scientific socialism, to his active participation in the 1848/49 revolution and his leading role in the international working-class movement. His life was shaped by the social changes caused by industrialisation.
Engels was a child of Barmen, the son of a businessman living in what is now a central suburb of Wuppertal. His grandfather, a textile manufacturer by the name of Johann Caspar Engels had started life with very few financial resources but, thanks to thrift and hard work, he worked his way up the social ladder to prosperity. This is clear from the house he built in 1775, now known as the Engels House. It contains murals and furniture from the 18th and early 19th century.
ADDRESS
Engelsstraße 10
42283 Wuppertal
www.historisches-zentrum-wuppertal.de
Phone: +49 (0) 202 / 5 63 43 75
OPENING HOURS
Tuesdays to Sundays:
10.00–18.00
Mondays: closed
Historisches Zentrum Wuppertal // Wuppertal
