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Wahnfried (1874) becomes a closed family archive-court over the public work

In 1874 Wahnfried became the family house-archive of the public work. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Personal-Data Protection.

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In 1874 Wahnfried became the family house-archive of the public work.

Context

A house can preserve sources and can embargo them. Split later Wagner Museum access.

Richard Wagner’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

House completed 1874 (family occupancy from that year; 28 April is a conventional completion cluster in museum chronology). Cosima’s diaries and the family later policed the identity file. A private court over letters is a personal-data opacity path; the later museum is access elsewhere.

Why it matters

A family archive-court over a public author is an identity-file opacity path.

A villa is not the Festspielhaus.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Richard Wagner

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactWahnfried (1874) becomes a closed family archive-court over the public work
    2. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 28 April 1874 · verified

    A family archive-court over a public author is an identity-file opacity path.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth (Wahnfried)Richard-Wagner-Museum Bayreuth · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Richard WagnerEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Richard Wagner Museum Wahnfried pages and Britannica independently date the 1874 house as family seat.

Established: 1874 Wahnfried as family seat-archive. Not established: that every diary line is a civil register.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorRichard Wagner
  2. contributed toFactWahnfried (1874) becomes a closed family archive-court over the public work
  3. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

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Factrail. (2026). Wahnfried (1874) becomes a closed family archive-court over the public work. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wag-wahnfried-file

https://factrail.ai/facts/wag-wahnfried-file

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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