GOETHE HOUSE

e Goethe House was the birthplace and childhood home of German poet and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and is now a museum located in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt. It was here that Goethe wrote his famous works Götz von Berlichingen who was an imperial knight and adventure poet, e Sorrows of Young Werther, and the rst dra s of Urfaust. In 1863, the Goethe House was purchased by geologist Otto Volger, the founder and chairman of the Free German Foundation who restored the house to its former glory, as a memorial to the famed poet and playwright. e house and museum were destroyed during the World War bombing of Frankfurt in 1944, along with much of the old city. A er its destruction, there was a substantial debate as to what should become of the Goethe House. However, the reconstruction of Goethe House led by the famed architect eo Kellner began in 1947 and was rebuilt exactly as it stood. In 1951 it was reopened to the public.