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; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, 10am-5.30pm Sun; Willy-Brandt-Platz) Completely rebuilt after the war (only the cellar survived Allied bombing), the birthplace of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) is furnished in the haut-bourgeois style of Goethe’s time, based on an inventory taken when Goethe’s family sold the place
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learn more about Traben-Trarbach and its castles, head to this homey local history museum, housed in a furnished baroque villa proud of having hosted Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for a few hours in 1792. Fahrradmuseum MUSEUM (Moselstrasse 2, Trarbach; 2-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat, 10am-1pm Sun May-Oct, 10am-1pm
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only adult/concession €6.50/5.50; 9am-6pm Tue-Fri & Sun, to 7pm Sat) No other individual is as closely associated with Weimar as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who lived in this town from 1775 until his death in 1832, the last 50 years in what is now the Goethe Haus Offline map
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(today the Schlossmuseum) burned. Rooms contain period furniture and paintings, culminating in the Green Salon, the living room of the duchess. GOETHE – THE LITERARY LION Johann Wolfgang von Goethe bestrides German culture like a colossus. He’s often called the ‘German Shakespeare’, but not even Shakespeare lived to be 82, having written novels, essays
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the development of the hero); Wieland was also the first to translate Shakespeare into German. Shortly after this, the biggest hitter in German literary history, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) rose to prominence, later joining forces with Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) in a celebrated period known as Weimarer Klassik (Weimar classicism). Writing in
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include Saxony’s Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–81); Württemberg-born Friedrich Schiller, who features especially strongly in Weimar’s theatre landscape today; and, of course, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who tinkered with his two-part Faust for 60 years, fashioning one of Germany’s most powerfully enduring dramas about the human condition. Fritz Lang
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, were not exactly as enlightening as hands-on examinations of actual human skulls, but they were acceptable substitutes. Gall even managed to convince his friend Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the famous poet, writer, and statesman, to sit for a cast of his head—a process Goethe detested.21 To add variety to his growing
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As a bird of prey / Rests on heavy morning clouds / With wing so gentle / And seeks its quarry / Let my song hover. “Harzreise im Winter,” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 2 From Goethes Harzreisen by Rolf Denecke (Hildesheim: Verlag August Lax, 1980). 3 I neither wish to examine the unrest within me, nor to have
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showing the development of the hero); Wieland was also the first to translate Shakespeare into German. Shortly after Wieland was summoned to Weimar in 1772, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) rose to become Germany’s most powerful literary figure, later joining forces with Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) in a celebrated period known as
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include Saxony’s Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–81); Württemberg-born Friedrich Schiller, who features especially strongly in Weimar’s theatre landscape today; and, of course, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who tinkered with his two-part Faust for 60 years of his life and created one of Germany’s most powerful and enduring dramas about
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through which hikers, cyclists and anyone in need of stress relief can indulge their love for the outdoors. You can walk in the footsteps of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, feeling embraced by thick forest and liberated by vistas that send the spirit soaring. Although its roads and trails are well trodden and its cities
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minutes south of the train station. Return to beginning of chapter Sights GOETHE HAUS & NATIONALMUSEUM No other individual is as closely associated with Weimar as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who lived in this town from 1775 until his death in 1832, the last 50 years in what is now the Goethe Haus ( 545 401
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capped at 250 people per day, so book in advance or start queuing before the ticket office opens at 9.30am. * * * GOETHE – THE LITERARY LION Johann Wolfgang von Goethe bestrides German culture like a colossus. He’s often called the ‘German Shakespeare’, but not even Shakespeare lived to be 82, having written novels, essays
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, follow Schillerstrasse past the Weimar Haus (5; above) to the Schiller Haus (6; Click here), the one-time home of the famous dramatist. His buddy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe lived just down the street. Get there by turning right into Frauentorstrasse and following it to Frauenplan and the must-see Goethe Haus & Nationalmuseum (7
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per day. Return to beginning of chapter ILMENAU 03677 / pop 26,500 Although home to a small technical university, Ilmenau is most famously associated with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The great man visited this sleepy town on the northern slopes of the Thuringian Forest no fewer than 28 times, charged by the court of
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lovely and, at times, challenging 18.5km day hike, which takes between five and eight hours depending on fitness levels, follows in the footsteps of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who spent much time around Ilmenau in the employ of Carl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. The hike encompasses level forest terrain, steep climbs and
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-5pm Tue-Sun Apr-early Nov, 10am-5pm Sat & Sun mid-Dec–mid-Jan), housed in a furnished baroque villa proud of once having hosted Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for a few hours in 1792. Around the corner is the new Fahrradmuseum ( 819 9131; Moselstrasse 2, Trarbach; admission free; 2-6pm Tue-Fri, 10am
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.goethehaus-frankfurt.de; Grosser Hirschgraben 23-25; Willy-Brandt-Platz; adult/student €5/2.50; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, 10am-5.30pm Sun), birthplace of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832). The furnishings are mainly reproductions but original pieces include Goethe’s grandmother’s writing desk and the great man’s childhood puppet theatre
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granite of her banks… | City of Peter, stand in all your splendour, | Stand unshakeable as Russia! | May the conquered elements, too, make their peace.)15 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), however, was not merely a national bard. He was an Olympian who bestrode almost all intellectual domains. The variety of genres in which
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there are caves, mines and numerous hiking trails to explore. The region’s highest – and most famous – mountain is the Brocken, where one-time visitor Johann Wolfgang von Goethe set the ‘Walpurgisnacht’ chapter of his play Faust . His inspiration in turn came from folk tales depicting Walpurgisnacht, or Hexennacht (witches’ night), as an annual
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of the few structures left standing after the 1944 raids (see the pictures inside). ‘Few people have the imagination for reality’ uttered the ever-pithy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Read more quotes at the Goethe-Haus (www.goethehaus-frankfurt.de; Grosser Hirschgraben 23-25; adult/student €5/2.50; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, 10am
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for the new generations of German artists, despite the upheavals of the country’s recent history. Literature The undisputed colossus of the German arts was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: poet, dramatist, painter, politician, scientist, philosopher, landscape gardener and perhaps the last European to achieve the Renaissance ideal of excellence in many fields. His greatest
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I. Monatshefte für Mathematik und Physik 38:173– 198. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. 1801/1994. Tag- und Jahreshefte. In Autobiographische Schriften II. Vol. 10 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Werke: Hamburger Ausgabe, 10, 429–528. Revised edition. Munich: C. H. Beck. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. 1831/1996. Faust: Der Tragödie Zweiter Teil. In fünf
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Akten. Vol. 3 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Werke: Hamburger Ausgabe, 16, 46–364. Revised edition. Munich: C. H. Beck. Gosch, Josias Ludwig. 1789. Fragmente über den Ideenumlauf. Copenhagen: Proft. Graesel, Arnim. 1902
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and culture grew in the Thuringian city of Weimar that was associated with the poets who made their home there, above all Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. But the cult’s prophet was their friend Johann Gottfried Herder, a Protestant pastor, universal historian, and thinker about nationhood whose ideas became so popular
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and save the world. Two thousand years later, when the Industrial Revolution was making its first steps and machines began replacing humans in numerous tasks, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published a similar cautionary tale titled “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” Goethe’s poem (later popularized as a Walt Disney animation starring Mickey Mouse) tells how
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indeed enabled humans to understand the world better and to make wiser use of their power. Consider, for example, the dramatic reduction in child mortality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the eldest of seven siblings, but only he and his sister Cornelia got to celebrate their seventh birthday. Disease carried off their brother Hermann
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a fifth, unnamed brother was stillborn. Cornelia then died from disease aged twenty-six, leaving Johann Wolfgang as the sole survivor from their family.7 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe went on to have five children of his own, of whom all but the eldest son—August—died within two weeks of their birth. In
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Head, 2024), 121–23. 7. Sigrid Damm, Cornelia Goethe (Berlin: Insel, 1988), 17–18; Dagmar von Gersdorff, Goethes Mutter (Stuttgart: Hermann Bohlaus Nachfolger Weimar, 2004); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethes Leben von Tag zu Tag: Eine dokumentarische Chronik (Dusseldorf: Artemis, 1982), 1:1749–75. 8. Stephan Oswald, Im Schatten des Vaters. August von Goethe
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