Goethes Gartenhaus

In the location's words:

Goethe acquired the garden house and garden in April 1776, a few months after his arrival in Weimar. The garden house was his home and workplace until he moved to the house on the Frauenplan in 1782. For a further fifty years, the "lower garden" served Goethe as a refuge.

Goethe's garden house was opened as a museum in 1886 and the type of museum facilities changed several times. In 1995/96, the garden house was completely renovated and the interior was restored to its original state. On display are the kitchen and "Erdsälchen", Goethe's study and bedroom as well as two other rooms. The main features of the garden on the slope correspond to Goethe's former garden.

Today, the garden house is part of the UNESCO World Heritage ensemble "Classical Weimar". As a unique testimony to the cultural epoch of Weimar Classicism, the World Heritage ensemble reflects Weimar's outstanding role as an intellectual center in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.