{"id":1236,"date":"2022-04-11T11:26:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T09:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2022-09-28T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T12:25:56","slug":"how-tall-was-beethoven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/how-tall-was-beethoven\/","title":{"rendered":"How tall was Beethoven?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The average height of humans is not a constant number. It varies throughout history and dependent on gender and race. Periods of abundance in food usually resulted a growing average height in upcoming generations.<\/p>\n

Beethoven lived from 1770 to 1827. In this period an average European male was 160-170 cm tall (5\u20193-5\u20197).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, we do not have written evidence on Beethoven\u2019s height. We know from testimonies that both his parents were described as tall. Fischer, a family friend, described Madame van Beethoven as \u201crather tall\u201d<\/em>. His father, Johann, was remembered by Frau Karth (a neighbor) as \u201ca tall, handsome man with powdered head\u201d<\/em>. What is tall, we do not know exactly!<\/p>\n

To the question, how tall Beethoven was, it is not possible to give a definitive answer. Most sources portray him as average height<\/strong>, definitely not short or tall. If so, he must have been around 165 cm (5\u20194) tall.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More on Beethoven’s appearance here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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    The average height of humans is not a constant number. It varies throughout history and dependent on gender and race. Periods of abundance in food usually resulted a growing average height in upcoming generations. Beethoven lived from 1770 to 1827. In this period an average European male was 160-170 cm tall (5\u20193-5\u20197). Unfortunately, we do not have written evidence on … <\/p>\n

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