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Taken: June 24, 2017
Caption: Marker detail: Forster, Buhl, Scherr
Additional Description: This noble villa in the Italian palazzo style was built in 1844 by the silver goods manufacturer Eduard Forster (1811-1872) (See Photo 2). He and the merchant, founder of the Turnverein (an association sponsoring cultural and physical activities) and the fire brigade, Johannes Buhl, were the leading representatives of the revolutionary ideas in our city in 1848/49. In addition, there was also Johannes Scherr (1817-1886), who was elected for Geislingen in 1848 in the state legislature and belonged to the left wing of the Democratic Party in Stuttgart. In 1849 he had to leave Germany and got a professorship in Zurich, becoming one of the most famous authors of cultural history of his time.
Submitted: August 17, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p440969
File Size: 0.235 Megabytes

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