Presentation by: Rebecca Clippard, Michael Henderson, Kyle Macdonald, and Caroline Potts

In 1749, by the time of Goethe’s birth, no official Germany existed. Frankfurt, Goethe’s birthplace, lay in the Holy Roman Empire. Goethe’s death in 1832 fell approximately 24 years after the dissolving the HRE and the publishing of Faust.

In Leipzig Actual name is Auerbach’s Keller Goethe influenced the tavern The tavern Influenced Goethe Only one of the few places to be specifically named in the book Goethe was known to drink 3 bottles of wine a day

On the 30 th of April or the 1 st of May Celebration Pranks Derives from Pagan culture Became more known due to Goethe’s Faust

In Northern Germany Tallest mountains in N. Germany Popular attraction Pictured differently in the book

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