Goethe Tower

The Goethe Tower is a 43-metre-high public observation tower built entirely out of wood on the northern edge of located in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: observation tower in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Also known as: “Goethe-Turm” and “Goetheturm”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology and Noor Mosque.

College
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is a higher education Jesuit college in Frankfurt am Main, . The school offers a 10-semester Magister in Catholic Theology and a 6-semester Bachelor in Practical Theology. is situated 1 km north of Goethe Tower.

Mosque
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The is a located in , in the city of , in the state of , . Situated on Babenhäuser Landstraße and completed in 1959, the mosque is the first purpose-built mosque in Frankfurt and the third in Germany. is situated 1¼ km west of Goethe Tower.

Railway station
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is an underground Rhine-Main S-Bahn station on the Frankfurt City Tunnel in the district of Sachsenhausen in the German state of . is situated 1½ km northwest of Goethe Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deutschherrnviertel and Sachsenhausen.

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
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Sachsenhausen-Nord and Sachsenhausen-Süd are two quarters of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as is generally considered a single entity.

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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.

Goethe Tower

Latitude
50.08899° or 50° 5′ 20″ north
Longitude
8.71137° or 8° 42′ 41″ east
Inception
1931
Height
43 metres (142 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Operator
Stadt Frankfurt am Main
Open location code
9F2C3PQ6+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43837374
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q547717
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Spanish—“Goethe Tower” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “গোয়েথে টাওয়ার”
  • Czech: “Goetheturm”
  • German: “Goetheturm”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Goethe”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Spielpark Goetheturm and Goetheruh.

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