Adjoining the historic old White Swan Inn, Goethe House (Goethes Wohnhaus), a simple Baroque building constructed in 1709, was where Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of Germany's most famous writers, lived from 1782 until his death in 1832. This large former residence now houses the Goethe National Museum (Goethe-Nationalmuseum).
Founded in 1885 and furnished just as it was in Goethe's time, this well-preserved building consists of his library (which also served as his study), along with his reception room.
