Why study Einstein’s relativity from a cultural point of view—the theory as well as the universal consensus it receives? From 1919 a theory that is almost impossible to make understandable to those who are not specialists enjoys generalized consensus among specialists and a popularity by the public of the whole world which has remained unchanged until the present. Ernst Gehrcke was the first to think that it was necessary to study relativity from a cultural point of view, and to attempt this.