in freud’s footsteps

At the turn of the century, illustrious guests also found their way to Ritten from faraway Vienna. One of them was the great Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis himself. He wrote in a letter to his equally revered colleague Carl Jung, "Dear friend, ...here on Ritten it is divinely charming and comfortable. I have discovered in myself an inexhaustible desire to do nothing, tempered by two-hour sessions reading new things...", leaving as much of an impression on Ritten as it left on him.

So, before Easter, on Friday, the 14th of April, he leaves Vienna in the company of his friend and pupil Sandor Ferenczi and makes a quick tour lasting just six days to find a suitable place around Trento and Bolzano. He returns to Vienna the following Thursday and his research produces excellent results in the form of Ritten near Bolzano. Consequently, on the 9th of July, Freud sets off from Karlsbad, where he was staying to recover from a bout of 'American colitis', and joins his family at Klobenstein. This is where the Freuds celebrate their silver wedding anniversary, on 14th September - the enjoyment of their holiday thus being enhanced by love and affection. During his holiday at Ritten begun Freud to write the work "Totem and taboo".

Walking together with the expert Francesco Marchioro along the Freud Promenade from may to october.

See the book of Francesco Marchioro "Die Freud Promenade. Wandern Erinnern Träumen” www.freudpromenade.it