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Röcken is a village and former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it has been part of the town of Lützen. The village is best know as the birthplace, in 1844, of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whose father was the pastor here. The house where he was born still stands today.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ( / ˈniːtʃə, ˈniːtʃi / NEE-chə, NEE-chee, [10] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] ⓘ or [ˈniːtsʃə]; [11] [12] 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person to hold the ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Friedrich Nietzsche (born October 15, 1844, Röcken, Saxony, Prussia [Germany]—died August 25, 1900, Weimar, Thuringian States) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.
Aug 8, 2023 · Early Years and Education. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844, in Röcken bei Lützen, a small village in Prussia (part of present-day Germany). His father, Carl Ludwig ...
Röcken is a small rural village with approx. 170 inhabitants directly located at an old established road between Leipzig and Weißenfels in Saxony-Anhalt. The village was first documented in 1232 but established much earlier by Sorbian settlers.
Röcken is a small village with a population of 170 and is situated directly at the Federal Highway 87 between Leizpig and Weißenfels in today's German State of Sachse-Anhalt. Nietzsche's birth house, the church in which he was baptised, his village school, his grave and two adjacent buildings still bear silent witness to Nietzsche's time.
Friedrich Nietzsche, (born Oct. 15, 1844, Röcken, Saxony, Prussia—died Aug. 25, 1900, Weimar, Thuringian States), German-Swiss philosopher and writer, one of the most influential of modern thinkers. The son of a Lutheran pastor, he studied at Bonn and Leipzig and at age 24 became professor of Classical philology at the University of Basel.
