{"id":14220,"date":"2019-04-02T05:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T03:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=14220"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:52:29","slug":"ludwig-erhard-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/bavaria\/furth\/ludwig-erhard-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludwig Erhard Centre \u2013 about the life of an extraordinary person"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

F\u00fcrth is home to the Ludwig Erhard Centre. A documentation centre, exhibition, research facility and community centre that revolves around the life of Ludwig Erhard and his concepts of social market economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Part of the exhibition is in Erhard\u2019s birthplace, the rest moved into the new building that was opened in 2018 opposite the old one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who was Ludwig Erhard?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ludwig Erhard was born in 1897 in F\u00fcrth and he is one of the most important people of German post-war history. After he served in the military he started studying in N\u00fcrnberg in 1919 and finished 1925 with a postdoc in Frankfurt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Second World War, the then independent Erhard quickly took up political roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later,\nthen part of the CDU, he became Federal Minister of Economics from\n1949 to 1963. His work made him the father of the German economic\nmiracle and the social market economy. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ludwig<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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He was vice chancellor between 1957 and 1963 and became the second chancellor of the Federal German Republic from 1963 to 1966. He stayed in the German Bundestag until 1977. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\ndied in 1977.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tour through the Ludwig Erhard Centre in F\u00fcrth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We start our tour of the Ludwig Erhard Centre in his birthplace. This is where the Erhard family lived and ran their textile and linen shop downstairs. There is a caf\u00e9 now in the former Erhard shop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Geburtshaus<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition opens with the Erhard\u2019s family history on the second floor of the building. Room by room, it shows Erhard\u2019s life and his most important milestones until 1945. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ludwig<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I will not go into detail about his most fascinating life. Whoever is interested in more in-depth information should really go to F\u00fcrth. But I will not pass up the opportunity to point out some museum pedagogy details that made the tour interesting and varied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Holzkiste<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For example, there are different wooden boxes for different time periods. Demographic data is shown alongside a shopping basket. This shows, e.g. the working hours needed to produce butter. A short video of 2 minutes explains the political and economic situation of the respective period. This helped me tremendously to get a better understanding of the bigger picture around the exhibits and my first stop in every new room was always that boy to get this information first. Afterwards, I took to the different exhibits like pictures, items, films and audio recordings \u2013 everything really well displayed and varied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Neubau<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\nIn the new building, that was just opened in 2018,\nthe exhibition continues with Erhard\u2019s life and his political\ncareer. This is a part of Erhard\u2019s life that is better known to\nmany people. I rediscovered a lot that sounded familiar from my\nhistory lessons at school but I also picked up a lot of new things. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nOn the top floor of the new building is where they\nrisk a glimpse into the future. How would Erhard\u2019s concept of\nsocial market economy apply to the future? Short movies give food for\nthought on different subjects. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nI have to admit that I am not particularly\npolitical. I sure have an opinion as well as interests and desires.\nThere are politicians that I like more than others and there are\npolitical agendas that I agree more with than with others. But this\nall doesn\u2019t really matter in the Ludwig Erhard Centre. Here, the\nlife and the work of a person is shown who happened to be, amongst\nother things, a politician. Visitors get to see the younger German\nhistory alongside the life of Erhard whilst learning about personal\nand political details from his fascinating life. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Address:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ludwig-Erhard-Stra\u00dfe 5
90762 F\u00fcrth <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Hours (2018):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday\nto Sunday: 10.00 \u2013 18.00
\nEvening opening hours on Thursdays\nuntil 20.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closed\non Mondays
\nClosed on the 24th, 25th and 31st of December, 1st of\nJanuary and Good Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission (2018):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Adults: 5\u20ac
Discounted prices available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visit to the Ludwig Erhard Centre was gifted to us as part of a research trip to F\u00fcrth free of charge. The article is exclusively about our own impressions. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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