Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart District
Hohenlohekreis
Schöntal
Götz von Berlichingen Memorial
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart District
Hohenlohekreis
Schöntal
Götz von Berlichingen Memorial
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Location: Schöntal, Hohenlohekreis, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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The sentence that Götz shouts to the leader of the superior imperial troops is famous: "As always, I have due respect for His Imperial Majesty. But as for him, tell him he can kiss my ass."
December 9, 2024
The Götz quote – the “Swabian greeting”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe created a literary monument to him in the third act of his play Götz von Berlichingen, published in 1773 and premiered in 1774, with the
“Götz quote”:
“But tell him, he can lick my ass!”
So Götz von Berlichingen certainly did not want to “greet” the emperor when he exclaimed: “But tell him, he can lick my ass!” –
he simply wanted to be left alone by the emperor.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart also took up the Swabian greeting with the canon Leck mich im Arsch KV 231 (1782). The canon Leck mir den Arsch fein recht schön saubere KV 382d was long attributed to Mozart, but was written by Wenzel von Krzowitz.
March 5, 2023
I made a stop here and then went to Schöntal Monastery.
January 25, 2025
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Location: Schöntal, Hohenlohekreis, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
5.0
(3)
15
01:19
4.61km
100m
5.0
(1)
11
01:11
4.60km
30m
4.7
(67)
291
03:03
10.9km
210m