Goddelau, Historic village district in Riedstadt, Germany
Goddelau is a district of Riedstadt, a town in the Upper Rhine Plain in the Groß-Gerau district of Hesse, Germany. The area sits in a flat landscape shaped by the Ried, a former wetland between the Rhine and Main rivers.
The first written record dates to 834, when Count Gundram donated his holdings to the Abbey of Fulda. The settlement remained closely tied to church and noble landowners for centuries after that.
The Büchnerhaus, the birthplace of the writer Georg Büchner, is today a museum with original furnishings and documents from his life. Visitors can see the domestic setting in which the author of "Woyzeck" grew up.
The Riedstadt-Goddelau railway station sits on the Mannheim to Frankfurt line and is served by both S-Bahn and regional trains throughout the day. Those planning to visit the Büchnerhaus or the Philippshospital will find both within walking distance of the station.
The Philippshospital was founded in 1535 by Landgrave Philipp I and is one of the oldest psychiatric facilities in Germany still in continuous operation. It opened at a time when organized care for people with mental illness was almost unknown across Europe.
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