In 1893, he passed the One Year Examination, which concluded his schooling.Īfter this, he began a bookshop apprenticeship in Esslingen am Neckar, but after three days he left. Later he was placed in a mental institution in Stetten im Remstal, and then a boys' institution in Basel.Īt the end of 1892, he attended the Gymnasium in Cannstatt. In May, after an attempt at suicide, he spent time at an institution in Bad Boll under the care of theologian and minister Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt. Here in March 1892, Hesse showed his rebellious character: he fled from the Seminary and was found in a field a day later.ĭuring this time, Hesse began a journey through various institutions and schools, and experienced intense conflicts with his parents. After successful attendance at the Latin School in Göppingen, Hesse began to attend the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Maulbronn in 1891. In 1881 the family moved to Basel, Switzerland for five years, then returned to Calw. Hermann Hesse spent his first years of life surrounded by the spirit of Swabian piety.
The Hesse family had lived in Calw since 1873, where they operated a missionary publishing house under the direction of Hesse's grandfather, Hermann Gundert.
Hesse's father, Johannes Hesse, was born in 1847 in Estonia, the son of a doctor. Both of his parents served with a Basel Mission to India, where Hesse's mother Marie Gundert was born in 1842. Hermann Hesse was born on Jin the Black Forest town of Calw in Württemberg, Germany to a Christian Missionary family.
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