Alt-Stuttgarter Stadtgeschichten

Pictorial lecture by and with Bernhard Leibelt in the café of the Generationenhaus West, Rudolf Schmid and Hermann Schmid Foundation, on stories from Stuttgart's history.

Old postcards from Stuttgart allow us to immerse ourselves in times long past.
Times when horse-drawn carriages traveled on Königsstraße, the main railroad station was still in Bolzstraße, the Old Palace fell victim to a devastating fire and the neo-Gothic town hall adorned one of the most beautiful market squares in Germany.
Times in which Josefine Baker gave a sensational guest performance at the Friedrichsbau-Varieté, the lion tamer Claire Heliot thrilled Stuttgart audiences at Johannes Nill's zoological garden and the murder of the royal court chamber singer Anna Sutter caused great horror.
Times in which Cannstatt was still a bathing and spa resort of European standing and the strongest man in the world and the heaviest lady in the universe amazed the people of Stuttgart at the folk festival...