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

DÜRER'S HOUSE (NÜRNBERG)

BEETHOVEN'S HOUSE (BONN)

GOETHE'S GARDENHOUSE (WEIMAR)

LUTHER'S HOUSE
(WITTENBERG)
Historical Significant Houses
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).

LUTHER'S HOUSE, WITTENBERG
Luther House in Wittenberg, c. 1850

BEETHOVEN'S HOUSE, BONN
Beethoven House, Bonn, Germany, the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, a German composer


Historically Significant Houses

GOETHE'S HOUSE, WEIMAR

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

DÜRER'S HOUSE, NÜRNBERG
Albrecht-Dürer-Haus-Haus in Nürnberg, Deutschland, historische Abbildung, 1877
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

LUTHER'S HOUSE (WITTENBERG)
MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546) Lutherhaus
in Wittenberg um 1850

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

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,

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.

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

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

Weimar
Goethe's House

Wittenberg
Martin Luther's House
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Richard Wagner
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