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In the footsteps of John Quincy Adams: A journey through Silesia around 1800
In 1800, John Quincy Adams sets off from Berlin on a journey to Silesia. Adams was a diplomat at the time and later became President of the United States. He actually only wanted to write to his brother, but his English travel descriptions were published as a book just one year later. They are even translated into German and French, as the observations of this educated world traveler fascinate the public.
Adams seeks his place in a world in upheaval and moves through a region that is still foreign to many. As a diplomat, he pays particular attention to how things are produced in Silesia and what economic opportunities could arise. The traditional power structures of Europe seem outdated to him. The Prussian state seems to him to have come to a standstill in the age of Frederick the Great. At the same time, he is attentive to how people live, work, travel and think.
The exhibition at the Haus der Heimat des Landes Baden-Württemberg invites visitors to relive Adam's journey. The route can be traced on historical maps: from Berlin to Grünberg, on to the Hirschberg Valley, up to the ruins of Kynast Castle, over the Schneekoppe and finally to Schmiedeberg and Wroclaw. Interactive stations invite visitors to write for themselves with pen and ink or to explore travel around 1800 from Adam's perspective. His descriptions reveal how personal and culturally influenced every view of the foreign is. This is just as true back then in a horse-drawn carriage as it is today on an airplane or with a smartphone in your hand.
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