by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 12, 2025 | Free Corps
1848/49 in the Museum From the Hambach Festival 1832 to the Revolution 1848/49 One of the main focuses of the museum in the Stadtpalais Kirchheimbolanden is dedicated to the Revolution of 1848/49 (Room OG 9). The Hambach Festival of 1832 is also a theme, where the...
by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 12, 2025 | Free Corps
Ludwig and Mathilde Hitzfeld “Confident in Their just Cause” In the final phase of the revolution in spring 1849, which encompassed numerous German regions, the enforcement of the Imperial Constitution was central. The question was whether the constitution...
by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 12, 2025 | Free Corps
Kirchheimbolanden Citizens’ Association Revolutionary Site: Political Associations and Assemblies The political activation that triggered the 1848/49 revolution initially manifested in citizens’ assemblies [Location 56]. Just a few weeks later, a...
by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 12, 2025 | Middle Ages
The White Horse The Noble Geispitzheim Family The Geispitzheim lineage existed from the High Middle Ages until the 18th century. As early as 1083, a document from St. Alban’s Monastery in Mainz mentions “Appo von Geisbodenheim”. A century later,...
by Pauline Lauterbach | Aug 12, 2025 | Baroque Era
Liebfrauenstraße The Long Road to the ‘Interdenominational School’ In the 18th century, cities with multiple denominations also had several elementary schools. In Kirchheimbolanden, these included Lutheran, Reformed, and Catholic schools, plus a Jewish...
