Birthplace of Beethoven's mother
The Birthplace of Beethoven's mother (German: Mutter-Beethoven-Haus) is a cultural heritage monument in Ehrenbreitstein, on the River Rhine opposite Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.Maria Magdalena Keverich, mother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, was born here in 1746; it is now a museum.[1] Maria Magdalena's parents, Johann Heinrich Keverich (1702–1758) and Anna Klara Westorff (1707–1768), were married in 1731.From 1733, Johann was head cook at the court of Franz Georg von Schönborn, the Elector of Trier, at Schloss Philippsburg in Ehrenbreitstein.There is a permanent exhibition: themes include the history of Ehrenbreitstein, music at the Electoral Court and the Keverich family as servants at the court, musical culture in the Biedermeier period, and notable past residents of Ehrenbreitstein: Sophie von La Roche, Clemens Brentano and Henriette Sonntag.