Goethe House, Literary museum in Innenstadt district, Germany
The four-story townhouse features period rooms with original furnishings, including Goethe's writing chamber and a dedicated painting gallery displaying 18th-century artworks.
Built in 1618 by goldsmith Matthis van Hinsberg, the house underwent major renovations in 1755 before becoming the birthplace of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1749.
The museum preserves the environment where Goethe wrote The Sorrows of Young Werther and early drafts of Faust, influencing German literature for generations.
Visitors can purchase combination tickets to explore both the Goethe House and the adjacent Deutsches Romantik-Museum, which opened its doors in 2021.
The house contains an astronomical clock from 1746 that displays time, moon phases, and zodiac positions through an intricate system of rotating rings.
Location: Frankfurt-Innenstadt I
Location: Frankfurt
Inception: 1859
Accessibility: Wheelchair inaccessible
Operator: Freies Deutsches Hochstift
Address: 23-25 Großer Hirschgraben 23 60311 Frankfurt am Main
Opening Hours: Monday-Wednesday 10:00-18:00; Thursday 10:00-21:00; Friday-Sunday 10:00-18:00
Phone: +4969138800
Website: http://goethehaus-frankfurt.de
GPS coordinates: 50.11119,8.67767
Latest update: September 12, 2025 13:21
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