RIZAL IN GERMANY

 February 1, 1886- Rizal left Paris, France

and proceeded to Heidelberg Germany.
 February 3, 1886- Rizal arrived in
Heidelberg, a historical city in Germany
famous for its old university and romantic
surroundings
 Chess player’s club- a club wherein the
students made Rizal as a chess player
 He worked at the
University Eye
Hospital under the
direction of Dr.
Otto Becker,
distinguished
German
ophthalmologist
RIZAL WROTE LETTERS TO HIS SISTERS MARIA AND TRINIDAD.
IN HIS LETTERS HE DESCRIBED:

 Germany- country of order and obedience

 German students- respectful, affectionate,
modest, and not boastful.
 German women- tall stout and blonde(physical)

- serious, studious, industrious, not afraid of man,

concerned about education, diligent.
 April 12, 1886- Rizal wrote a poem
entitled, "A Los Flores Del
Heidelberg"( to the flowers of
heidelberg)
 inspired by the Neckar river teeming
with flowers
 SUMMER VACATION IN WILHELMSFELD
 Wilhelmsfeld- mountainous village in
Heidelberg.
 Dr. Karl Ulmer- a pastor of vicarage in
Wilhelmsfeld. His wife greatly admire Rizal.
 June 2, 1886- Rizal retured to Heidelberg
remembering the hospitality and friendship
accorded to him by the Ulmers.
 The house where Rizal stayed for two
weeks in Wilhelmsfeld, Germany in 1886.
 He finished writing the Noli me tangere
here.
 He stayed with the Protestant pastor Karl
Ullmer and his family.
RIZAL STATUE IN GERMANY
 Rizal appreciated so much
from his stay in the
German village— the
religious tolerance the
people practice in the
area.
 August 9, 1886- Rizal left
Heidelberg
 August 14, 1886- boarded by a
train. Rizal arrived in Leipzig
 Prof. Friedrich Ratzel- well known German
historian.
 Dr. Hans Meyer- famous German
anthropologist.
 Rizal translated Schiller’s William Tell into
Tagalog for the Filipinos to be aware of the
story of the champion of Swiss
independence.
 He also translated the fairy tales written by
Hans Christian Andersen for the benefit of
his young nieces and nephews in the
Philippines.
 He worked as a proofreader in a
publishing company to augment
his allowance. He was accepted
because of his knowledge of
German, Spanish, and other
European languages.
 He stayed for two months because of the
lower cost of living in Leipzig.
 Oct. 29, 1886- He left Leipzig and went to
Dresden, where he met Dr. Adolph Meyer.
 After 3 days he left Dresden and went to
Berlin by train.
RIZAL IN BERLIN
 Nov. 1, 1886- Rizal arrived in
Berlin.
 Fortunate enough he met Dr.
Feodor Jagor in person( author of
the book Travels of the
Philippines)
 Dr. Rudolf Virchow- famous German
anthropologist who was then the
president of the Anthropological
Society of Berlin
 Dr. Joest- a famous German
geographer
 Dr. Karl Ernest Schweigger- a noted
German ophthalmologist.