Frankfurt am Main

Goethehaus

Goethe's Birthplace

Großer Hirschgraben 23-25
Frankfurt am Main, 60311

Nearest Train: Hauptwache

Phone: +49 69 13 8800

Fax: +49 69 1388 0222

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The house where Goethe was born on August 28 1749, is a fine example of how the well-to-do lived in the late baroque era. In 1733 Goethe's family acquired two neighboring half-timbered houses in Großen Hirschgraben. The family sold the property in 1795, by which time Goethe himself had already moved to Weimar. It is also worth taking a trip to the adjoining Goethe Museum, which was recently renovated and contains both a library and a bookshop. The house itself is a reconstruction of the original which was destroyed in the Second World War.

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