President Friedrich Ebert Memorial

This house is a memorial and museum in Heidelberg's old town, with ten rooms displaying photographs, documents, and personal belongings arranged across two floors. The exhibits show how the family lived here and trace important moments in German history through objects and papers.

This house was where Friedrich Ebert was born in 1871, before he became Germany's first freely elected head of state following World War I. The building reflects major changes in German society and politics across the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The house was home to a family deeply connected to the German labor movement, with spaces that show how ordinary people lived and worked in the 19th century. Visitors can observe how the rooms were organized and used in daily life during that period.

The museum sits in the old town and is easy to reach on foot, with accessible entry to most display areas. Plan to spend about two hours to see all the rooms and exhibitions without rushing through.

The small room where Ebert was born also served as his father's workshop, showing how tightly families lived and worked together in that era. This mixing of living and working spaces feels surprisingly cramped to modern visitors.