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Goethe haus

Museums ·Frankfurt am Main
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#3Museums in Frankfurt am Main
  • Visit: 50 min
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Studierende / Auszubildende EUR 7

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About

Goethe Haus is a reconstructed writer’s house museum on Großer Hirschgraben in Frankfurt’s Innenstadt, where Goethe was born and grew up.

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Goethe haus — Goethe House seen from across the cobbled street

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What's on here

Dagmara Kraus: De-utsch się, Deutsch Übersetzen und Entlernen Dagmara Kraus: De-utsch się, Deutsch Übersetzen und Entlernen Thursday · All day Familien-Führung im Goethe-Haus Familien-Führung im Goethe-Haus Saturday · All day Mutter Goethe im Goethe-Haus Mutter Goethe im Goethe-Haus Sunday · All day

Why go

  • Goethe’s early works, including the first version of Faust, Götz von Berlichingen and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
  • The original staircase railing, recovered from the rubble after the 1944 bombing.
  • The period furnishings and paintings from Goethe’s time in the house.

Plan your visit

Prices

Studierende / AuszubildendeEUR 7

From the venue's website · checked 12 Oct 2026

Don't miss

  • Hüsgen clockCommissioned by Wilhelm Friedrich Hüsgen from the Kinzing brothers in 1746, this astronomical clock impressed Goethe, who recalled it decades later in his autobiography.Second-floor stair hall
  • GartenzimmerIts name recalls a former view of a neighboring garden; the house has no garden.Goethe Haus
  • Goethe-era painting galleryThe Goethe Museum’s painting gallery devoted to the Goethe era became part of the Deutsches Romantik-Museum in 2021.Neighboring Deutsches Romantik-Museum2021

Know before you go

  • Open Monday to Wednesday and Friday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00; Thursdays, 10:00–21:00.
  • The historic house is reached by stairs.
  • The house is accessible through the Deutsches Romantik-Museum.

What's inside

  • Original furnishings recreate the Goethe family’s domestic life and 18th-century Frankfurt.
  • The house has 18 rooms across four levels, plus an attic and basement.
  • Furniture, artworks, household objects, books, paintings and manuscripts stored during the war were returned after reconstruction.

Tips for your visit

  • Enter Goethe Haus through the neighboring Deutsches Romantik-Museum; the same ticket covers both.

Interesting facts3

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  1. Goethe Haus is part of Museumsufer.

    Goethe-Haus - Wikipedia

  2. The house became one of the earliest public memorials to a poet.

    Goethe-Haus - Wikipedia
  3. 1933

    The Freies Deutsches Hochstift acquired the Hüsgen clock in 1933.

    Goethe-Haus - Wikipedia

Shorts

History

  1. Around 1618Matthis van Hinsberg first built the house.
  2. 1733Cornelia Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s grandmother, bought two connected houses and combined them into a family home.
  3. 1749Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in the house.
  4. 1755–56Goethe’s father had a four-storey late Baroque house built on the earlier houses’ foundations.
  5. 1775Goethe left permanently for Weimar in November.
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  1. 1795Goethe’s mother sold the house and its furnishings after her husband’s death.
  2. 1863The Freies Deutsches Hochstift bought the house to prevent alteration during a major renovation and restored its childhood-era rooms.
  3. 22 March 1944An air raid destroyed the house.
  4. 1947Architect Theo Kellner began a faithful reconstruction.
  5. 1951The reconstructed house reopened to the public.

How to get there

  • TrainS-Bahn lines 1–6, 8 and 9, and U-Bahn lines 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 stop at Hauptwache.
  • TrainU-Bahn lines 4 and 5 stop at Dom/Römer.
  • TramTram lines 11, 12 and 14 stop at Karmeliterkloster.
  • ParkingNearby garages include Parkhaus Hauptwache, Parkhaus am Goetheplatz and Parkhaus am Kaiserplatz.

Sources: Goethe House - Wikipedia · Goethe House - Wikipedia (part 2) · Frankfurter Goethe-Haus · Besuch – Frankfurter Goethe-Haus · Goethe-Haus - Wikipedia · Maison de Goethe (Francfort-sur-le-Main) - Wiki… · Die Gans und die Lumpensammlerin – Termine – Fr… · checked 29 Sep 2026

Where
Grosser Hirschgraben 23 - 25, Frankfurt

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Questions and answers

Did Goethe live at Goethe Haus continuously?

He spent his youth there, with study periods in Leipzig and Strasbourg, before leaving for Weimar in 1775.

Where did Goethe describe his youth at Goethe Haus?

In his autobiography Dichtung und Wahrheit.

How can I contact Goethe Haus?

Call +49 69 138800.

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