Stuttgart

• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

• Let us first visit a Mercedes-Benz showroom at the Champ Elysee in Paris for new models.
  1. One of the latest models.
  2. Another model.
  3. Control Panel.
  4. Front view with the Mercedes-Benz trademark. The license plate carries the sign AMG, which means something special.
  5. Front seats.
  6. Bicycle and toy car carrying the Benz trademark.
  7. Travel Accessories carrying the Benz trademark.

  8. The Night Club Lido is next to this dealership.
  9. The Arch of Triumph is not far away.

  Mercedes-Benz Tower at Stuttgart's hauptbahnhof (top), Mercedes-Benz Museum.

• However, these cars are not produced in Paris. They are produced in Germany. The car company was started by a German businessman named Karl Benz, and Mercedes was her daughter's name. He started producing wagons with petrol-powered engines in 1886. His factory was in Stuttgart. These days, Benz cars are produced in many different places in Germany, but the company headquarters is still in Stuttgart. The company maintains a museum with many old models of the Mercedes cars. In addition, there is a factory producing four-cylinder engines. Let us see some photos.
  1. Engine Factory. Factory office workers are returning to their places after lunch. There are no manual workers, since robots do their works. I was inside the factory, but I was not allowed to take photos.
  2. Museum Building. This spiral-staired contains all benz cars from the beginning.
  3. Spiral Stairs inside this building, like those of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of in New York.
  4. Mercedes Arena. Mercedes-Benz maintains a high-tech sports arena for Europeans.

• The earliest engine and wagons.
  1. Early Sedans.
  2. Early sedan with cover.
  3. Early truck. This vehicle carried the name "Daimler."
  4. Inflated tires on a 1900 model.
  5. Luxury car in 1905 when Einstein formulated relativity.
  6. Airplanes. Benz attempted to make airplanes. I do not know what went wrong.
  7. 1939 Model. Luxury sedan before World War II.

• Post-war miracles. Many many different models.
  1. Racing cars.
  2. Mercedes bus commonly seen in European cities.
  3. Latest models.
  4. Models friendly to environment, consistent with the current trend.

  5. Car and driver. Mercedes looks much better with its driver. I had a photo with both.
  6. Statue of a driver with his car. I had a photo with two tourists from Venezuela in front of the Museum building. This Mercedes could not move.
  7. My own car in the United States. I have been driving my Ford cars since 1964, when I bought my first new car. I respect Henry Ford. I saw one of the Ford assembly lines in Dearborn (Michigan) in 1970.

• History and Culture of Stuttgart. Presumably, the Christian civilization started coming to this area when Karl der Grosse (Charlemagne)(742-814) set up his empire around 800 AD. Here is a photo of me with my wife in front of his statue at the Market square in Frankfurt. This plaque tells about him.

  Stuttgart then became the capital city of the south-western region called Wurttemberg since 1500 AD. Until recently this area was called the Kingdom of Wurttemberg, and Einstein was born in this kingdom.

  1. This is the old castle of Wurttemberg.
  2. This is the new castle. I do not know when it was built, but this was rebuilt after the total destruction during World War II.
  3. The open area in front of this new castle is called the Schlossplatz (Castle Plaza), where people meet people and become happy.

  4. Along the Neckar River, the city Stuttgart was developed between two mountains. This area is called the Neckar Valley.
  5. Snow-covered city during the winter time. This image of the winter seen is from the public domain.
  6. This TV antenna is at the top of one of the mountains. The antenna of this type was first developed by the Stuttgart engineers, and the City is quite proud of it.
     • This antenna is for telephones and is also in the same area.
     • These two antennas can be seen together from the other mountain.
  7. On this mountain, there used to be an American military base.

• Koenigstrasse is a pedestrian street between the Hauptbahnhof and the Schlossplatz. It serves as the main shopping area for the city.
  1. Hauptbahnhof means the main railway station, and its Mercedes Tower can be seen from the Koenigstrasse. The tower looks like this during the night.
  2. New York (American city) means means something to European shoppers.
  3. Marilyn Monroe is still the first lady on European streets.

  4. Cafe le Theatre is one of the restaurants in this area.
     • Inside the dining room was like this.
     • Outside the dining room is a drinking area.
  5. Two German students were sitting behind me, and we had a photo together after a brief conversation. I am skilful in talking to students. This is my job. I am a professor. I also met this medical student. She came with her friends. Very courteous and intelligent German ladies!

Hegelhaus

• Did you know Hegel was born in Stuttgart?
  1. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was born and spent his first 18 years in this house. He then went to Tubingen to study.
  2. Final 13 years. This wall says Hegel spent final 13 years in Berlin.
  3. Helgelhaus Museum. This house is now a museum dedicated to Hegel.
  4. This house remained intact during World War II, while the city was flattened due to American and British bombings. The house has a number of bullet wounds.
  5. This house remained intact during World War II bombings, while the most of the city became flattened. There are bullet wounds on the outside wall.
  6. Interior walls were resurfaced on the original wooden walls.

• Koenig Wilhelm was the king of Wurttemberg during Hegel's time. Presumably this portrait was in Hegel's house.
  1. Hegel's portrait. It was a great honor for me to have a photo with him. Here is my photo with Hegel's bust.
  2. Hegel teaching his students. Hegel's books are displayed in front of this portrait.
  3. Portrait of Hegel with his black cap. His cap is shown here together with his note books.

  4. The landscape of Stuttgart during Hegel's years.
  5. Household items during Hegel's years.
  6. Hegel used to go this this church with his mother. This church building was rebuilt after World War II.
  7. The church organ is a great landscape.

  8. There are many books on Hegel's philosophy. These books were written in Chinese, Korean, and in Italian.
  9. These books are in German and Japanese. There are also books written in Chinese and Korean.
  10. There must be many books written in English. I am not able to understand why the museum does not display those books in English. I had the same problem when I visited the Kant museum in Kaliningrad.

  
  
  
  

  Click here for Hegelian Approach to Physics.

  Y. S. Kim (May 2012)