Goethe House

Frankfurter Goethe-Haus

The house where the great writer Goethe was born and spent his youth, and where he wrote the first draft of *The Sorrows of Young Werther*.

Goethe was born in 1749 in this four-story townhouse on Großer Hirschgraben and lived here until he left for Weimar in 1775. The house was destroyed in World War II, but the furniture and library had been moved to safety beforehand, and after the war it was rebuilt exactly as it had been. The tour begins on the ground floor with the kitchen and dining room. On the second floor is the “Beijing Room,” decorated in Chinese style. The third floor has the room where Goethe was born and his mother's puppet theater. The fourth floor, the “Poet's Room,” was his study, where he wrote *The Sorrows of Young Werther* and *Götz*. Next door is the German Romanticism Museum (Deutsches Romantik-Museum), which opened in 2021 and shares the same ticket. It displays manuscripts of Romantic literature, and the building's blue staircase is very photogenic. Admission is about 10 euros, and visitors under 18 enter free (check the official website). It is about an 8-minute walk from Römerberg and the nearest station is Willy-Brandt-Platz on the U-Bahn.

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