Baron von Bunsen in Kreuzberg - 6 August, 1848

from A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume II, page 195:

Letter from Bunsen to his wife, Berlin: Monday, 7th August, 1848 - I only add further that everything went off quietly yesterday, when the Clubs and the Trades had arranged a so-called German festival procession to the Kreuzberg, with German banners and songs of German unity—while 4,000 peasants from Teltow, in the country, with Prussian banners and a cross borne before them, advanced towards the same point from the other side — but, happily, the latter were by two hours the earliest, had made their speeches, and sung their songs, and drawn off, before the first-mentioned arrived, to go …   more >>
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Baroness von Bunsen, A Memoir of Baron Bunsen Volume II, volume 2 (London, 1868), p. 195. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434031677484 accessed: 9 November, 2024

location of experience: Kreuzberg

Listeners

Baron von Bunsen
Diplomat, scholar, diplomat, Theologian
1791-1860

Listening to

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Songs of German Unity performed by Public

Experience Information

Date/Time 6 August, 1848
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors

Originally submitted by Gill on Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:07:57 +0100
Approved on Fri, 18 Sep 2015 13:17:08 +0100