Altstadt in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany — Central Europe

Ossip Mandelstam

Photographed by James Hulse, February 19, 2026

1. Ossip Mandelstam Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

German:
Poesie ist der Pflug, der die Zeit umkehrt.
Ossip Mandelstam
Während seines Studienaufenthalts 1909-10 wohnte der russische Dichter Ossip Mandelstam in diesem Haus. Geboren 15. Januar 1891 in Warschau gestorben 1938-39? in unbekanntem Lager in der UdSSR.

English Translation:
Poetry is the plough that turns back time.
Ossip Mandelstam
During his period of study from 1909 to 1910, the Russian poet Ossip Mandelstam lived in this house. Born on 15 January 1891 in Warsaw, he died in 1938 in a camp in the USSR.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical date for this entry is January 15, 1891.

Location. 49° 24.5′ N, 8° 41.945′ E. Marker is in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg. It is in Altstadt. It is at the intersection of Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage and Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, on the left when traveling west on Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 30, Heidelberg BW 69117, Germany. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

Central Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker:

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Friedrich Ebert (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Hier wohnten die Chemiker / Here lived the chemists (about 90 meters away); David Friedrich Strauss (about 120 meters away); Die alten Institute der Naturwissenschaft / The Old Institutes of the Natural Sciences (about 120 meters away); R. W. Bunsen (about 120 meters away); Friedrich Seligmann (about 120 meters away); Flora Seligmann (about 120 meters away); Evangelical Reformed Hospital (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Heidelberg.

Also see . . . Osip Mandelstam. Wikipedia

Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (14 January 1891 – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school.

Osip Mandelstam was arrested during the repressions of the 1930s and sent into internal exile with his wife, Nadezhda Mandelstam. Given a reprieve of sorts, they moved to Voronezh in southwestern Russia. In 1938, Mandelstam was arrested again and sentenced to five years in a corrective-labour camp in the Soviet Far East. He died that year at a transit camp near Vladivostok.

(Submitted on February 27, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Photographed by James Hulse, February 19, 2026

2. Ossip Mandelstam Marker

The marker is on the left side of the doorway.

Photographed by James Hulse, February 19, 2026

3. Ossip Mandelstam Marker

The view of the building from across the street.

Ossip Mandelstam image. Click for full size.

Public Domain - Unknown author - Wikipedia Commons, circa 1930s

4. Ossip Mandelstam

Credits. This page was last revised on February 27, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 21 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 27, 2026, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.