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House in Trier, Germany, where Marx spent his childhood and youth
Heinrich Marx, the father of Karl Marx, bought the small mansard roof building in Trier´s Simeonstrasse in 1819 [1] when Karl was only one year old. The later socialist grew up here with his parents and five siblings and moved out aged 17 after his graduation from secondary school (Gymnasium). Yet as a grown up man, he returned to Trier several times to visit his relatives.
Compared to today, little has changed in the historical city center of Trier: The main characteristics of the old town around the market place have been preserved and looked more or less the same back in the days when Karl Marx lived there [2]. In particular the neighbourhood of the house to the Trier's most famous landmark, the Roman city gate Porta Nigra, is still impressive. In most parts unchanged to this day, it is likely that Karl Marx took the very same route to school every day that tourists can walk today [3].
The house in Simeonstraße had a lasting impact on Karl Marx, especially since he had been educated here in home schooling until the age of 12 [4].
As an adult, Karl Marx returned to live with his family in this house during his visits several times. For example in 1841 after his doctoral studies in Berlin, Marx travelled back to Trier. The main reason for his return home was to be close to his long-term fiancée Jenny von Westphalen. Also in the following year, 1842, Karl Marx spent some months in the house in Simeonstraße 8 (then Simeongasse 1040) in order to take care of family matters [5].
Location of the house
The former home of Karl Marx in Simeonstraße 8 (then Simeongasse 1040) looks rather unremarkable at the beginning of Trier's shopping promenade close to the famous Porta Nigra. Only a few minutes walk leads visitors to the bronze statue of Karl Marx by Wu Weishan – a present from the People's Republic of China to Trier.
References
^Longuet, Robert-Jean (1977). Karl Marx mein Urgroßvater. Berlin. p. 16.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Monz, Heinz (1964). Trier. p. 164. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Baumeister, Jens (2017). Wie der Wein Karl Marx zum Kommunisten machte: Ein Kommunist als Streiter für die Moselwinzer. Trier. p. 32. ISBNISBN 978-3000564710. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Longuet, Robert-Jean (1977). Karl Marx mein Urgroßvater. Berlin. p. 52.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Karl Marx seems very much of a GERMAN philosopher to me. If you know what German philosophy is about, you'll know what I'm talking about. -heirnich- (talk) 00:26, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I won't comment on the subjective rationale from the sock, but this does seem weird. The first sentence of the next paragraph says he was born in Prussia, which makes a lot more sense because, unlike Germany, it existed in 1818. He is widely described as simply German, and I think this is a perfectly good practice. Is there any reason for not nixing "-born" from the opening sentence? I'm going to change it, but please feel free to revert with some kind of justification here or in the edit description. Cheers, Patrick 🐈⬛ (talk) 13:22, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The article says that Marx studied at the University of Jena. However, it appears that he merely submitted his doctoral thesis there. Ramanujaner (talk) 12:56, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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In the "First International and Das Kapital" section, the photograph captioned "Marx photographed by John Mayall, 1875" incorrectly links to the Wikipedia page of John Mayall, the 20th-century blues musician. It was actually taken by John Mayall (1842-1891), son of John Jabez Edwin MayallDomitorVesti (talk) 05:14, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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