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Goethe's Bench on the Scheffel Terrace

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Goethe's Bench on the Scheffel Terrace

Goethe's Bench on the Scheffel Terrace

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    December 17, 2022

    At the age of 65, Goethe met his last great love - Marianne von Willemet

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      December 19, 2022

      On May 17, 1775, Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) visited Heidelberg Castle for the first time. A few days earlier, he and friends had set off from Frankfurt am Main towards Switzerland. At that time, Goethe was already famous: "The Sorrows of Young Werther", which had been published a year earlier, had made him famous. Together with the brothers Count Friedrich and Christian von Stolberg and Count Christian von Haugwitz, he set off on a journey to Zurich, which also took him via Heidelberg. Goethe experienced the castle, which had since gone from being a magnificent residence to a romantic ruin. He enjoyed the special atmosphere of the place in the Neckar Valley - with all his senses. The poet visited the city on the Neckar a total of eight times.

      Source: lokalmatador.de/nachricht/1775-besucht-goethe-heidelberg-das-erste-mal-174720

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        August 19, 2022

        Here Goethe met his last love

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