This chapter addresses Clara Schumann’s engagement with the musical and cultural life of Baden-Baden and Frankfurt, situating her activities and relationships in the context of the institutions, historical events, and atmospheres of these two locations. From 1863 to 1873, Clara spent summers in the spa town of Baden-Baden and nearby Lichtenthal. The area boasted a lively cultural scene and a picturesque countryside, and Clara relished these features in the company of family and friends, including Brahms and Viardot-García. Frankfurt, on the other hand, was a major commercial city with a reputation for musical conservatism and was home to Clara during her final decades. The city was important for Clara’s late career as a pedagogue and pianist: she was a highly respected professor of piano at the Dr Hoch Conservatory from 1878 to 1892, and, aside from London, Frankfurt was where she most often performed after 1875.