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 (chosen due to the town of Rastatt being a key site in the Baden Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states) and known as the Freiheitsmuseum (Freedom Museum) for short.
Location | Germany |
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Coordinates | 48°51′31″N 8°12′16″E / 48.8586°N 8.2044°E |
It was opened on 26 June 1974 by president Gustav Heinemann. It is overseen and owned by the German Federal Archives and is a central stopping-point on the 'Democracy Way' from Frankfurt to Lörrach. 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
- 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 Rastatt