Goethehaus

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born at Grosser Hirschgraben 23 in 1749. This beautiful house in old Frankfurt (Altstadt) is now called Goethe-Haus. It was bought by Wolfgangs grand mother Cornelia in 1733. It was destroyed during the 1944 bomb attacks, but was rebuilt 1947-51. The house got its baroque facade in 1755. I visited all 4 floors that were open to public, and the art museum that were dedicated to Goethe.

Goethe was a polymoth, mostly known as a poet and a writer. He became mostly famous for the very influential works The Sorrows of Young Werter, and Faust. Goethe was one of the key figures of German literature in the 18th and 19th centuryies enlightenment, sentimentally, sturm und drang and romanticism. He has also inspired the gothic movement.

The courtyard.

The Sorrows of the Young Werther.

The art museum Goethe museum.

This is how the Goethe-Haus looked like in 1849.

The living room.

The modern skyline seen from Goethe-Haus.

The room where it is rumoured that Goethe wrote parts of Faust.

Goethe's marionette theater.