Frankfurt Attractions
Goethe-Haus © vippe
Goethe-Haus
The house where Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany's
world-famous poet and writer, was born in 1749 is now a shrine to
his memory, preserved as an example of how the well-to-do lived in
the late Baroque era. The house, which is a reconstruction because
the original was destroyed during the Second World War, consists of
two neighbouring half-timbered houses in Grosser Hirschgraben, and
is sited next to the Goethe Museum, which contains a huge library
of books, documents and graphics relating to the poet.
Address: Großer Hirschgraben 23-25;
Website: www.goethehaus-frankfurt.de;
Telephone: (0)69 138 80-0;
Transport: U- and S-Bahn to Hauptwache and Willy-Brandt-Platz;
Opening time: Monday to Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 5.30pm;
Admission: €5 (adults); €1.50 (children 7-18)
