32 moments

1. Birth in Stuttgart

   1770-08-27 · Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Hegel was born in Stuttgart, then the capital of Württemberg.

2. Entered the Tübinger Stift

   1788-10-01 · Tübinger Stift, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Hegel began his seminary and university studies at the Tübinger Stift, where he became a close contemporary of Hölderlin and Schelling.

3. Summer stays at Tschugg

   1793-01-01 · Tschugg, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

   During his Bern-period tutoring post, Hegel spent summers at the Steiger estate and used its library extensively. The source gives a 1793–1796 tutoring period but does not date individual summer stays.

4. Tutor in the Bern region

   1793-10-01 · Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

   After completing his theological training, Hegel began work as a house tutor for Karl Friedrich von Steiger's family. The chronology's town heading is Berne; coordinate represents the city rather than the Steiger household's exact address.

5. Tutor position in Frankfurt

   1797-01-01 · Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

   Hegel relocated for a new house-tutor post with a wine merchant's family, a formative period in his early religious and political writings.

6. Visit to Stuttgart after his father's death

   1799-03-01 · Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

   

   Hegel travelled back to his native Stuttgart after the January death of his father.

7. Journey to Mainz

   1800-09-01 · Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

   Hegel made a trip to Mainz, then within the French Republic.

8. Moved to Jena

   1801-01-01 · Jena, Thuringia, Germany

   Hegel moved to Jena, where he became a Privatdozent and developed his early academic career alongside Schelling.

9. Napoleonic-era Jena

   1806-10-01 · Jena, Thuringia, Germany

   

   Hegel was in Jena while completing Phenomenology of Spirit as Napoleon's forces approached and the Battle of Jena occurred outside the city. The battle took place outside the city; the coordinate represents Jena, where Hegel was working.

10. Moved to Bamberg

    1807-03-01 · Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany

    

    Hegel moved to Bamberg and became editor of the Bamberger Zeitung after his Jena income collapsed.

11. Headmaster in Nuremberg

    1808-11-01 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

    Hegel began his long post as rector and teacher at the Nuremberg Gymnasium, where he adapted philosophical material for classroom instruction.

12. Moved to Heidelberg

    1816-01-01 · Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Hegel chose Heidelberg from several university offers and began a professorship there.

13. Moved to Berlin

    1818-10-05 · Berlin, Germany

    

    Hegel moved to Berlin to occupy the chair of philosophy at the University of Berlin, the post that defined his final academic period.

14. Visit to Rügen

    1819-01-01 · Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

    Hegel visited the Baltic island of Rügen during his Berlin years. Coordinate is a representative point for the island; no more specific itinerary is supplied.

15. First Dresden journey

    1820-01-01 · Dresden, Saxony, Germany

    Hegel travelled to Dresden in the autumn, beginning a series of later cultural and social journeys from Berlin. The source specifies autumn but not a month.

16. Second Dresden journey

    1821-01-01 · Dresden, Saxony, Germany

    Hegel made another autumn journey to Dresden while serving as dean of the philosophical faculty in Berlin. The source specifies autumn but not a month.

17. First Brussels visit

    1822-10-01 · Brussels, Belgium

    On his first journey to the Rhineland and Low Countries, Hegel visited Brussels and his former student van Ghert.

18. Journey in the Netherlands

    1822-10-01 · Netherlands

    Hegel travelled in the Netherlands during an October trip through the Low Countries. The source does not identify a Dutch locality; coordinate is a representative national point.

19. Trip to Leipzig

    1823-01-01 · Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

    Hegel made a journey to Leipzig from Berlin. No more precise date is supplied.

20. Journey through Prague

    1824-09-01 · Prague, Czech Republic

    Hegel travelled through Prague on his journey toward Vienna. The source gives September/October for the wider journey; September is used because the documented Vienna stay began on September 21.

21. Stay in Vienna

    1824-09-21 · Vienna, Austria

    Hegel stayed in Vienna from 21 September to 5 October and attended several Rossini operas. Card date marks the beginning of the documented stay.

22. Return visit to Brussels

    1827-01-01 · Brussels, Belgium

    Returning from Paris through Belgium, Hegel visited his former student van Ghert in Brussels. The source gives the year but no separate date.

23. Viewed art in Bruges

    1827-01-01 · Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium

    During his return journey from Paris, Hegel visited Bruges and saw paintings by Memling. The source gives the year but no separate date.

24. Viewed art in Ghent

    1827-01-01 · Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

    During his return journey from Paris, Hegel visited Ghent and saw the central section of the van Eyck Altarpiece. The source gives the year but no separate date.

25. Visit to Magdeburg

    1827-01-01 · Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

    On his Paris journey, Hegel visited Lazare Carnot in Magdeburg. The source dates the larger journey to August–October but does not date the Magdeburg stop separately.

26. Visited Goethe in Weimar

    1827-01-01 · Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

    Hegel stopped in Weimar on his way home from Paris and visited Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The source gives the year but no separate date.

27. Trip to Paris

    1827-08-01 · Paris, France

    Hegel visited Paris, where he attended theatre and opera during a journey lasting from August to October. Card date marks the start of the documented trip.

28. Met Schelling at Karlsbad

    1829-09-01 · Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

    During the September journey, Hegel visited the Karlsbad spa and encountered Friedrich Schelling. Karlsbad is the historical German name for Karlovy Vary.

29. Returned to Weimar via Goethe

    1829-09-01 · Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

    On the return from Prague and Karlsbad, Hegel again visited Goethe in Weimar. Weimar is established by the same chronology's account of the 1829 journey; no separate day is supplied.

30. Second Prague journey

    1829-09-01 · Prague, Czech Republic

    Hegel made a second documented journey to Prague in September 1829.

31. Lodgings in Kreuzberg

    1831-08-01 · Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

    During Berlin's cholera epidemic, Hegel left the city and took lodgings in Kreuzberg.

32. Death in Berlin

    1831-11-14 · Berlin, Germany

    

    Hegel returned to Berlin as the semester began and died there on 14 November 1831.