GOETHE IN ROME

This event is available in
German
SATURDAY, JULY 05, 2025 | 7:00 PM
OLD FESTIVAL HALL OF THE DOKTOR JOHANNES
FAUST SCHOOL KNITTLINGEN
ADMISSION: 20 EUR | 18 EUR REDUCED
Literary stage program with Dorothea Baltzer
(actress), Frank Ackermann (philosopher and writer)
writer) and Frank Eisele (accordion)
On September 3, 1786, at three in the morning, Goethe slipped away from
from Karlsbad, where he had just celebrated his 37th birthday in the
Weimar court society to celebrate his 37th birthday.
had celebrated his 37th birthday. It was an escape and it was not until two months later that the poet
the poet contacted his friends and announced his
announced his whereabouts: Rome. Goethe stayed away for almost two years
Goethe stayed away for almost two years and experienced a rebirth
rebirth as a person and artist, so that in his old age he confessed
confessed: "Yes, I can say that it was only in Rome that I
what a human being really is. To this
to this height, to this happiness of feeling, I never came
never again; compared with my condition in Rome, I have
compared to my state in Rome, I never really became happy again afterwards.
ever again". Don't be surprised if you want to take a trip to Rome after this evening.
evening you want to take a trip to Rome!
Catering by the WG Knittlingen.
Address
Kirchplatz 2
75438
Knittlingen
+49 7043 373-453
Tarif
Paid entry
20
Rate for holders of the Museums-PASS-Musées only.
Dates
Saturday: 19:00-22:00
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