Stuttgart (Germany) - 17th century - on August 27
The house in which Hegel was born is still standing today, having survived the terrible devastation of World War II. It is now located in the center of town at 53 Eberhardstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany.
On September 29th 1769 George Ludwig Hegel and Maria Magdalena Fromm were married and on August 27, 1770 they had a son who was christened George Wilhelm Freiderich.
Two children were to follow, Christina, the daughter, who eventually
outlived her famous brother, contracted a nervous disorder while employed as governess for
Count von Berlichingen. Latter while traveling in 1832, within a year of her brother's
death, she committed suicide. George Ludwig, their youngest child, died at an early age
while an officer in the Russian Campaign.
Hegel proved himself to be an excellent student at the Stuttgart Gymnasium in Swabia, where ancient Greek and Roman classics were the main focus of study. He grew up and was schooled in a region which had produced an outstanding array of writers, philosophers, and theologians including Shelling, Hegel and Schiller. His father wanted him to become a minister and that was the direction he planned to pursue.