Herwegh live at Maulbronn for four years.
Georg Herwegh attended the Maulbronn seminary between 1831 and 1835. He subsequently switched to theology and law at the Tübinger Stift (Protestant theological institute). Just one year later, Herwegh was dismissed for violating the institute's rules.
Herwegh's extensive literary knowledge made him a brilliant journalist and critic. After deserting his military service in Württemberg, he fled into exile in Switzerland. He experienced his literary breakthrough there in 1841, with his collection "Poems of a Living Man". The following year, he returned to Germany as a celebrated poet.
Herwegh was actively involved in the Baden Revolution.
Herwegh was revered as more than just a writer in the Revolutions of 1848. He led an armed legion of volunteers and, together with his wife, participated in the Baden Revolution. After it failed, he fled to Switzerland once again. In 1863, Ferdinand Lassalle named him representative of the General German Workers' Association. Herwegh's most famous poem, "Mann der Arbeit, aufgewacht!" (Workers awake!), set to music by Hanns Eisler, was part of the labor movement's repertoire.
