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GERMANY'S CULTURAL HERITAGE IS EXPRESSED THROUGH THE HOMES OF SOME OF ITS MOST  RECOGNIZABLE WRITERS, COMPOSERS, ARTISTS, AND THINKERS. HERE ARE ⑤ FIVE OF THE MOST NOTABLE. 

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From Goethe's historic villa in Weimar to Dürer's house in Nuremberg, these preserved homes offer a deep insight into the lives of Germany's greatest thinkers.

Germany's cultural heritage is expressed through the homes of some of its most famous writers, composers, artists and thinkers. Here are five of the most important.

Five Homes

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DÜRER'S HOUSE (NÜRNBERG)

BEETHOVEN'S HOUSE (BONN)
GOETHE'S GARDENHOUSE (WEIMAR)
LUTHER'S HOUSE
(WITTENBERG)

Historical Significant Houses

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WAGNER'S HOUSE, WAHNFRIED BAYREUTH

1895 ca, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany: The Wagner's Villa Wahnfried, of the German music composer RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

Earlier versions of the descriptions of these houses first appeared in 1001 Amazing Places You Must See Before You Die, edited by Richard Cavendish (2016).

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LUTHER'S HOUSE, WITTENBERG

Luther House in Wittenberg, c. 1850

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BEETHOVEN'S HOUSE, BONN

Beethoven House, Bonn, Germany, the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, a German composer

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BEETHOVEN'S HOUSE, BONN

Birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn, as it appeared in the 1800s. Hand-coloured engraving.

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LUTHER'S HOUSE, WITTENBERG

Martin Luther's House in Wittenberg.

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GOETHE'S HOUSE, WEIMAR

Goethe's house in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, historical picture, ca. 1886

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DÜRER'S HOUSE, NÜRNBERG

Albrecht Dürer's house in Nuremberg, Germany, historical picture, 1877

Historically Significant Houses

GOETHE'S HOUSE, WEIMAR

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Goethes Haus in Weimar, Thüringen, Deutschland, historische Abbildung, ca. 1886

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DÜRER'S HOUSE, NÜRNBERG

Albrecht-Dürer-Haus-Haus in Nürnberg, Deutschland, historische Abbildung, 1877

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WAGNER'S IN-HOUSE, WAHNFRIED BAYREUTH

Richard und Cosima Wagner mit Liszt und Hans v. Wolzogen in ihrem Heim Wahnfried um 1880

Earlier versions of the descriptions of these houses first appeared in 1001 Amazing Places You Must See Before You Die, edited by Richard Cavendish (2016). Source used here: britannica

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LUTHER'S HOUSE (WITTENBERG)

MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) Lutherhaus

in Wittenberg um 1850

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BEETHOVEN'S HOUSE, BONN

Beethoven house, Bonn, Germany, the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770 -1827, a German composer of the First Viennese School, Historische Zeichnung aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Nuernberg

Nuernberg

Albrecht Dürer

Wittenberg

Wittenberg

Martin Luther

Bonn

Bonn

Ludwig van Beethoven

Bayreuth

Bayreuth

Richard Wagner

Weimar

Weimar

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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DÜRER'S HOUSE, NÜRNBERG

Albrecht Dürer's house in Nuremberg, Germany, historical picture, 1877

 

Albrecht Dürer's House, a half-timbered house in Nuremberg that was the home and workplace of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer from 1509 until his death in 1528, Bavaria, Germany. Albrecht Dürer's house in the old town of Nuremberg was built around 1420 and was the home and workplace of Albrecht Dürer from 1509 until his death in 1528, Bavaria, Germany, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original print from 1881, coloured, coloured, hand-coloured, hand-coloured, coloured,

GOETHE'S HOUSE, WEIMAR

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Goethe's house in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, historical picture, ca. 1886

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WAGNER'S HOUSE, WAHNFRIED BAYREUTH

Home of Richard Wagner at Bayreuth

Earlier versions of the descriptions of these houses first appeared in 1001 Amazing Places You Must See Before You Die, edited by Richard Cavendish (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses.

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BEETHOVEN'S HOUSE, BONN

Beethoven house, Bonn, Germany, the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770 -1827, a German composer of the First Viennese School, Historische Zeichnung aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

LUTHER'S HOUSE, WITTENBERG

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MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) Luther House in Wittenberg, c. 1850

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Weimar

Goethe's House

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Wittenberg

Martin Luther's House

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THE RESIDENTS

These individuals have shaped not only German culture, but much of Western civilisation as we know it today. Their works continue to inspire people around the world.

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THE HOMES

Wittenberg

Weimar

Nürnberg

Bayreuth

Bonn

THE RESIDENTS

Martin Luther

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Albrecht Dürer

Ludwig van Beethoven

Richard Wagner

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