Goethe Monument

The Goethe Monument is an outdoor 1880 memorial to German writer and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by Fritz Schaper, located in in , Germany. The sculpture's base depicts the allegorical figures of Drama, Lyric Poetry, and Science.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: memorial in Berlin
  • Also known as: “Johann Wolfgang von Goethe”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brandenburg Gate and Holocaust Memorial.

Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in , Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on the site of a former that marked the start of the road from Berlin to , the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. is situated 290 metres north of Goethe Monument.

Photo: NoRud, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, also known as the , is a memorial in to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. is situated 160 metres east of Goethe Monument.

Square
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is a square in the of , Germany, situated by the at the end of boulevard. The square is named after the French capital of to commemorate the victory of the Sixth Coalition over the French Empire at the Battle of Paris, and is one of the main focal points of the city. is situated 330 metres northeast of Goethe Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt.

Quarter
is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central , , which forms part of the locality of within the borough also called .

Quarter
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was an independent suburb of , and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.

Suburb
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is a locality within the borough of , in central . Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin.

Goethe Monument

Latitude
52.5138° or 52° 30′ 50″ north
Longitude
13.37637° or 13° 22′ 35″ east
Open location code
9F4MG97G+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278738513
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1534095
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Goethe Monument” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գյոթեի հուշարձան”
  • Belarusian: “Помнік Гётэ”
  • Chinese: “歌德紀念碑 (柏林)”
  • Chinese: “歌德纪念碑 (柏林)”
  • Chinese: “歌德纪念碑”
  • German: “Goethe-Denkmal”
  • German: “Goethedenkmal (Berlin)”
  • Italian: “Monumento a Goethe”
  • Russian: “памятник Гёте”
  • Russian: “Памятник Гёте”
  • Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Гете (Берлін)”
  • Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Гете”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Memorial to Homosexuals persecuted under Nazism and Representative Office of Lower Saxony.

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