Goethe House

The Goethe House is a writer's house museum located in the of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the birthplace and childhood home of German poet and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Goethe family residence in Frankfurt am Main
  • Also known as: “Frankfurt-Goethehaus”, “Frankfurter Goethe Haus – Freies Deutsches Hochstift”, “Goethe-ház (Frankfurt am Main)”, and “Goethehaus”
  • Address: Großer Hirschgraben 23-25, Frankfurt am Main, 60311

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Paul’s Church and Deutsches Romantik-Museum.

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St Paul's Church in is a former church building used as an exhibition, memorial and meeting place. It was built between 1789 and 1833 to replace the medieval "Barfüßerkirche", which was demolished in 1786, and served as Frankfurt's main -Lutheran church until 1944, when it was replaced by . is situated 220 metres east of Goethe House.

Museum
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The is a museum dedicated to German Romanticism, located in the area of , Germany. The museum opened in September 2021 and is managed by the Freies Deutsches Hochstift, which also operates the adjoining Goethe House.

Marketplace
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The is the world's 3rd oldest and 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. It has operations from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm. is situated 450 metres north of Goethe House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altstadt and Innenstadt.

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is in . The old town of Frankfurt with the Römer and the Imperial Cathedral is surrounded by the city centre which is enclosed by the Main River and the former ramparts, now a green space.

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The is the central city district of Frankfurt am Main, . It is part of the Ortsbezirk I. Its western part forms part of Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel.

Suburb
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The is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, . It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I. The was developed between 1891 and 1915.

Goethe House

Latitude
50.11121° or 50° 6′ 40″ north
Longitude
8.67756° or 8° 40′ 39″ east
Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)
Levels
4
Wheelchair access
no
Operator
Freies Deutsches Hochstift
Open location code
9F2C4M6H+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 174501393
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6946252
Wiki­data ID
Q896039
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Goethe House” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “歌德故居”
  • Chinese: “歌德故居博物館”
  • Chinese: “法兰克福歌德故居”
  • Chinese: “法蘭克福歌德故居”
  • Danish: “Goethehuset”
  • Esperanto: “Goethe-domo”
  • French: “maison de Goethe”
  • French: “Maison de Goethe”
  • German: “Goethe Haus”
  • German: “Goethe-Haus”
  • Greek: “Οικία του Γκαίτε”
  • Hungarian: “Goethe-ház”
  • Italian: “casa di Goethe”
  • Italian: “Casa di Goethe”
  • Japanese: “ゲーテハウス”
  • Kazakh: “Гете музейі”
  • Korean: “괴테의 생가”
  • Macedonian: “Куќа на Гете”
  • Persian: “خانه گوته”
  • Russian: “Дом Гёте”
  • Russian: “Дом-музей Гёте”
  • Slovenian: “Goethejeva hiša, Frankfurt”
  • Spanish: “Casa de Goethe (Fráncfort del Meno)”
  • Spanish: “Casa de Goethe”
  • Swedish: “Goethe-Haus”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà Goethe”

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