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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 known as the birthplace, in 1844, of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whose father was the pastor here. The house where he was born still stands today.
Röcken ist ein Ortsteil der Stadt Lützen im Burgenlandkreis in Sachsen-Anhalt. Bis zum 30. Juni 2009 war Röcken eine selbstständige Gemeinde, in der rund 600 Einwohner auf 11,8 km² lebten. Röcken ist Teil der international bekannten Geschichts- und Kulturregion Lützen und Umgebung sowie Geburtsort und Grabstätte des Philosophen ...
Born on 15 October 1844, Nietzsche grew up in the town of Röcken (now part of Lützen), near Leipzig, in the Prussian Province of Saxony. He was named after King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, who turned 49 on the day of Nietzsche's birth (Nietzsche later dropped his middle name Wilhelm).
May 27, 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.
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- Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. His attempts to unmask the motives that...
- Friedrich Nietzsche’s home was a stronghold of Lutheran piety. His father, Carl Ludwig Nietzsche, was a pastor who died before Nietzsche’s fifth bi...
- In 1864 Friedrich Nietzsche went to the University of Bonn to study theology and classical philology. In 1865 he transferred to the University of L...
- Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–85) was the first thorough statement of Friedrich Nietzsche’s mature philosophy and the masterpiece of his career. It...
Röcken is the birthplace and burial place of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Learn about his life, his church, his grave and his sculpture in this memorial site.
Aug 6, 2017 · And this clip: Nietzsche, a short walk around the church: Grave, Memorial & Birthplace in Röcken, Germany. New in 4K, Friedrich Nietzsche in Röcken:...
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Here, the village of Röcken is shown left, below Lützen. 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.
