Am Stadtpark

The garden house of Goethe, situated in the lovely Ilm park, is very small and extremely simple. It was Goethe's very first own dwelling. You get to see the dining room and kitchen on the first floor, sparsely and spartanically furnished. Upstairs you will find the study, the bedroom and the library. Take a note of the weird desk chair in the study, basically just a large block on three legs on which one had to sit as if on a horse. Looks extremely uncomfortable for my taste. The view from the rooms in the upper floor is gorgeous, you can see the Ilm park in its full glory. The house always was special to Goethe, also because close to it he met his future wife Christiane. He only moved to the house at Frauenplan because he was advancing in rank and therefore needed more suitable housing. However, be prepared for the garden house to be very small, there isn't exactly very much to see. Still, it is worth a visit as it gives a good impression of how Goethe used to live in his early years.