Goethe's Geburtshaus Drawing by Edmund Kuth (1944), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1 January 1944

This drawing is 1 of 16 prints from an art portfolio entitled "kunstmappe geburtsstadt goethe's frankfurt a. M. " by edmund kuth. Johann wolfgang von goethe was born in the house on großer hirschgraben and grew up there. This is where the poet spent his childhood and most of his youth until he accepted an invitation to weimar in 1775. The goethe house is now a writer's house museum in the innenstadt district of frankfurt am main, germany. Decorated with period furniture and paintings, it provides an authentic environment in which goethe spent his youth. It is also the place where goethe wrote his famous works götz von berlichingen, faust and the sorrows of young werther. Date: 1 January 1944.