Goethe House

Frankfurt Goethe House is where the family life of the Goethes and 18th-century Frankfurt come to life in the unique atmosphere of the originally furnished rooms. Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in the house on the Großer Hirschgraben and grew up there. He spent his childhood and most of his youth here, until he followed the invitation of Hereditary Prince Carl August von Sachsen Weimar-Eisenach to come to Weimar in 1775. Goethe created his impressive early work in his parents' house, including 'Götz von Berlichingen', the original version of 'Faust' and 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', which made him world famous overnight.