Saturday, January 16, 2021

Engels-Haus

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[[File:Wuppertal.Engelshaus06 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Engels-Haus in 2017]]
'''Engels-Haus''' is a museum in [[Wuppertal]], [[Germany]], located in the house where [[Friedrich Engels]] (1820-1895) grew up. The museum is a constituent member of the network in Wuppertal.

The [[Berg house|late baroque Berg]] house was built in 1775 by in what was then [[Barmen]], [[Duchy of Berg|Berg]].<ref name="Rheinische Industriekultur"></ref> The father of Engels, Friedrich Engels Sr., was born in the house in 1796. Engels himself was born in a different house owned by the family approximately to the east that has since been destroyed, but spent his youth growing up at Engels-Haus.

The museum was opened in 1970 on the 150th anniversary of Engels' birth, and became a popular destination for [[socialist]] tourists.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The museum has been closed since 2016 as the house is undergoing refurbishment. The museum's planned re-opening in 2020 for the 200th anniversary of Engels' birth was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and is expected to re-open instead in 2021.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==See also==
*[[Friedrich Engels]]
*[[Karl Marx House]]

==References==


[[Category:Friedrich Engels]]
[[Category:Houses in Germany]]
[[Category:Biographical museums in Germany]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Germany]]


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