When does the tour of the exhibition take place?

The public tour takes place on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 3 PM.

Where does the event take place?

The tour takes place at the Freiburg City Archive at Neuen Messplatz 5a in 79108 Freiburg.

What is the cost of participation?

Participation in the tour and the visit to the exhibition are free of charge.

Who leads the tour through the exhibition?

The tour is led by Dr. Mona Djabbarpour.

What topics does the exhibition address?

The exhibition addresses Maximilian Dortu's life path, his commitment to freedom and social justice, the Baden Revolution, and Freiburg's memory culture.

Can the exhibition be visited outside of the tour?

Yes, the studio exhibition is accessible until the end of October 2026 during the opening hours of the city archive.

Maximilian Dortu: Experience Freiburg's Revolutionary History Impressively in the City Archive

Name: Maximilian Dortu – A Life for Freedom and Justice
Start: 2026-10-07T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-07T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Stadtarchiv Freiburg

Discover Maximilian Dortu: A Life for Freedom and Justice

The public tour through the studio exhibition at the Freiburg City Archive is dedicated to the short, eventful life of the revolutionary Maximilian Dortu. Led by Dr. Mona Djabbarpour, the tour takes visitors through an era when freedom, social justice, and democratic participation became political guiding ideas.

A Young Revolutionary at the Center of the Exhibition

Maximilian Dortu was born in 1826 in Potsdam and died in 1849 at the age of only 23 in Freiburg. In the last two years of his life, he dedicated himself to political freedom: first in his native Brandenburg, and from May 1849 as a comrade of the Baden Revolution. The exhibition traces his life path and links his personal biography with the upheavals of the 1848 and 1849 revolutions.

Freedom, Social Justice, and Democratic Movement

The curation places Dortu's commitment within the history of the democratic movement. The focus is on the political conflicts of his time, the demands for freedom and social justice, and the connections to other protagonists of the revolution. This creates a historical panorama that not only documents events but also makes the political beliefs and action scopes of a young jurist visible.

Freiburg Memory Place and Historical Responsibility

Dortu was executed on July 31, 1849, at the Old Cemetery in Wiehre for treason. After his death, he was glorified by comrades as a hero and martyr. In Freiburg, he became a symbolic figure of the revolutionary movement. Therefore, the exhibition also examines how memory is created and how an individual fate inscribes itself into the cultural memory of a city.

An Artistic Experience of Historical Work Examination

The tour offers a concentrated aesthetic experience beyond classical painting, sculpture, or installation: documents, historical testimonies, and biographical contexts form a visual and intellectual exhibition language. The exhibition atmosphere invites attention to sources, to historically question political terms, and to understand the tension between personal conviction and state violence. Cultural education is connected here with an immediate examination of historical materials.

The relevance of the exhibition lies in its connection of city history, revolutionary history, and democratic memory culture. The tour with Dr. Mona Djabbarpour provides art and history enthusiasts with a deeper access to Maximilian Dortu and to the Freiburg events of 1848 and 1849.

Conclusion: Experience History Live at the Freiburg City Archive

Visitors can expect an intense tour through the biography of a young freedom fighter, the political conflicts of the Baden Revolution, and Freiburg's memory culture. Anyone who wants to not only read historical contexts but also experience them immediately in the exhibition atmosphere should definitely attend this tour.