Friedrich Froebel

In 1840, Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel (1782–1852) gained international by inventing the first kindergarten in Blankenburg (Thuringia). The so-called "House above the cellar" ("Haus über dem Keller"), in which the Friedrich Froebel Museum has been installed since 1982, marked its birth hour. Generally, Froebel’s ideas concerning education and upbringing are as much bound to their time as they are innovative and modern. Even in present times they still inspire the minds of educational scientists.