Barricade at the Palace Garden

Barricade at the Palace Garden

by | Aug 12, 2025 | Free Corps

Barricade at the Palace Garden Revolutionary Site: Barricade Barricades are particularly dramatic symbols of the 1849 Revolution. Especially in Saxony, where 250 people died in barricade fights in May 1849, they also became a subject in fine art. The painter Julius...
Engagement on June 14, 1849

Engagement on June 14, 1849

by | Aug 12, 2025 | Free Corps

Engagement on June 14, 1849 June 14, 1849 in a Visual Depiction Even more than the barricade, the engagement of June 14, 1849 became a myth. This was particularly contributed to by the lithograph “The Battle of the Brave Gymnasts and Freischärler near...
Thieme Printing House

Thieme Printing House

by | Aug 12, 2025 | Free Corps

Thieme Printing House Carl Thieme Publishing a newspaper in the Palatinate during the 1830s and 40s was particularly challenging, especially during the politically turbulent times of the Hambach Festival in 1832 and the Revolution of 1848/49. Should one side with the...