Die Werke, die durch Europa reisten
Goethe schrieb unterwegs — in Kutschen, Gasthäusern und Gärten von Wetzlar bis Rom. Entdecken Sie die Werke, die ihn zu einer europäischen Persönlichkeit machten, und die Orte entlang der Goethe-Wege, an denen sie ersonnen, geschrieben und angesiedelt wurden.
Hauptwerke
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The novel that made Goethe famous overnight across Europe — born of his months in Wetzlar.
Iphigenia in Tauris
Recast into verse on the road to Italy; Tischbein painted its scene into his famous portrait.
Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship
The founding novel of self-formation — a journey of education through theatre and society.
Faust, Parts One and Two
The lifework, written across six decades in Weimar — with the Brocken of the Harz as Walpurgis Night’s stage.
Italian Journey
His travel diaries from 1786–88, shaped into the book that defined the European Grand Tour.
West-Eastern Divan
A late lyrical dialogue between Europe and the Orient — Goethe’s poetry at its most cosmopolitan.
Reiseliteratur
Reisen war für Goethe ebenso Methode wie Thema. Die Italienische Reise verwandelte seine Tagebücher von 1786–88 in Literatur; die Campagne in Frankreich hielt den Marsch von 1792 durch Verdun und Sainte-Menehould fest; Briefe aus der Schweiz zeichnen seine drei Alpenreisen nach. Dies sind die Texte, denen die European Goethe Ways folgen — Route für Route, Ort für Ort.
“I count a second birthday, a true rebirth, from the day I entered Rome.”
“From this place and this day forth commences a new era in the world’s history.”
“Three times Goethe crossed into the Alps — from Stäfa on Lake Zurich to the summit of the Gotthard pass.”
Lektüre entlang der Routen
Wetzlar
The summer of 1772 at the Imperial Court — kept alive today by the Wetzlar Goethe Society.
Open Wetzlar on the mapWeimar & the Harz
Written in Weimar over a lifetime; the Brocken’s Walpurgis Night draws on his 1777 winter journey.
Open Weimar & the Harz on the mapRome
Two years at the Casa di Goethe on the Via del Corso — today a museum and association member.
Open Rome on the mapSainte-Menehould
The 1792 route through the Argonne — traced today by Les Amis de la Route de Goethe 1792.
Open Sainte-Menehould on the mapZurich & the Gotthard
Three journeys to the Alps, from Stäfa on Lake Zurich to the Gotthard pass.
Open Zurich & the Gotthard on the mapVerwandte Downloads
Leselisten, Ausgaben und Hintergrundmaterial zu Goethes Werken.