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Edelhof (Former Forstamt Bad Berka) – Goethe's Residence

Edelhof (Former Forstamt Bad Berka) – Goethe's Residence

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Edelhof (Former Forstamt Bad Berka) – Goethe's Residence

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Location: Bad Berka, Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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December 19, 2024

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The forestry office was once a noble estate where Goethe once lived.

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May 31, 2026

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Built in 1786 in the Baroque style, the history of the site on which the building stands, however, reaches back further. The "old water castle", the first seat of the Counts of Berka, is said to have been located here. The Edelhof was very popular with wealthy spa guests, and Goethe and his wife Christiane also spent a six-week spa stay on the estate in 1814. Since 1861, it was finally the seat of forestry – today the Bad Berka forestry office. bad-berka.de/tourismus/sehenswertes/edelhof

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July 24, 2025

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The His can only be seen from the entrance gate.

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Location: Bad Berka, Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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