Teplice - Monument to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist, novelist, esthetician and painter, was born on August 28, 1749 in Frankfurt am Main into a wealthy family. He was interested in literature from his childhood, he was most interested in the works of the Greek poet Homer and the works of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. He studied law in Leipzig and Strasbourg, later settled in Weimar, where he served as court councillor, minister...