Locations of events.

His life was a battle: a soldier against the enemy, a lawyer against an unjust state, an author against censorship. Johann Gottfried Seume is one of the most famous authors of the German Enlightenment. And he did not mince words in his books.

With its German and French past, Alsace has an exciting history. Johann Daniel Schoepflin, a clever man with a Europe-wide reputation, already thought so, too. In the middle of the 18th century he wrote a comprehensive work about the history of Alsace, which is still quoted today.

Those who want to share their creative works with the world write a blog. But what did writers do in the 18th century? They followed Schiller’s example and published an almanac that was only related to astrology regarding its title.

What happened when written arithmetic with Arabic numerals was introduced? It called for new units of measure and currencies of the decimal system that were perfectly suited for this form of arithmetic. However, humans are creatures of habit...

Does something float on water due to its weight or its shape? And can this be answered sitting in a study? In the 17th century, two schools of thought opposed each other in the matter: Aristotelians and natural scientists. In 1612, Galileo Galilei clarified it once and for all.