 Friedrich Nietzsche rented a modest room in the Durisch family’s house in Sils Maria for seven summers (1881 and 1883 – 88).The nearly 200-year-old house in the heart of Sils Maria, where Friedrich Nietzsche spent seven summers (1881 and 1883-1888), was owned by the Durisch family and continued to be privately owned for many years after Nietzsche’s visits.In 1958 the house was to be sold, however the ‘Nietzsche House Sils-Maria Foundation’ purchased the House, had it carefully renovated and opened a museum there and on August 25, 1960, the 60th anniversary of Nietzsche’s death, it opened its doors to the public for the first time.