It contains contributions from various authors from the region in order to provide readers with an in-depth understanding of the honored man and his time. The following individual topics are dealt with in more detail: the organization of the commemorative years, the origins of the Büchner family of bathers and surgeons, the school years at the Darmstadt Pädagog, fraternities, the printing of the Landbote in Offenbach, stays in Frankfurt, brother Ludwig's encounters with Lassalle, brother Wilhelm as a manufacturer and politician, fellow campaigner Wilhelm Schulz and Babenhausen, the literary influence on Anna Seghers' early stories.
Authors: Rudolf Becker, Dorothea Held, Dr. Sabine Hock, Prof. Dr. Peter Kaupp, Dr. med. Hans-Joachim Landzettel, Prof. Dr. Gerd Lautner, Hans-Willi Ohl, Heinz Reitz, Gernot Scior, Georg Wittenberger