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Goethe-Gartenhaus, Weimar, Germany, 1926

Subjects
Public Parks & CommonsResidences
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1926 (White Border)
Front of Goethe-Gartenhaus, Weimar, Germany, 1926, c. 1926 printed photo postcard
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Back of Goethe-Gartenhaus, Weimar, Germany, 1926, c. 1926 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

Goethe's small two-story garden house stands among tall bare trees in Weimar's Park an der Ilm. A shingled hipped roof and dormer top the house, and a low fence and gate enclose the grounds, with a bench at the right. Duke Carl August gave Goethe the house in 1776; he lived there in his early Weimar years and later used it as a retreat. Goethe's verse praises the quiet house as a place that gave good courage to its visitors. By the 1920s the house and park drew travelers tracing Goethe's life, and the sender of this card calls the park wonderful.

Postcard Details

Message · German, in pen

Dieser Park ist wunderbar Nun Liebe Kläre! Ich komme fahre am Dienstag nach Krefeld. Ich hoffe auf ein baldi- ges, frohes Wieder- sehen. Bis dahin die herz- lichsten Grüße Deine Freundin Grete

Translation

Dear Kläre! I'm coming [crossed out] I'm traveling on Tuesday to Krefeld. I hope for a soon, joyful reunion. Until then, the heartiest greetings, Your friend Grete

PublisherF. Kunstverlagsanstalt A. Horn
Übermütig sieht's nicht aus Dieses stille Gartenhaus Allen die darin verkehrt Ward ein guter Muth bescheert Goethe Weimar Goethe-Gartenhaus
PostmarkedWeimar, August 26, 1926
Stamp
Addressed to
Frl. Pasch

Zuidwal 29 's Hertogenbosch Netherlands

Postcard record

Postmarked, Weimar
PublisherF. Kunstverlagsanstalt A. Horn
ConditionFair
Place addressedFrl. Pasch, Zuidwal 29, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Place depictedWeimar, Germany
PublisherF. Kunstverlagsanstalt A. Horn, Gotha, Germany
Stamp5 pfennig Reich eagle
NotesDivided-back card; handwritten message on the front above the picture, with a further message and the address on the back. Heavy brownish staining/foxing along all edges and worn corners; image itself intact. Matte photo-print (Kunstdruck-Büttenkarte) texture, no white border on the picture itself; heavy foxing/toning, edge wear and corner creases; large blue pencil 'T' mark (likely a postal tax/postage-due mark) and pencil '112 2oo' notations on the back. Postmark: WEIMAR 26.8.26 4-5N.

Cite this card

Goethe-Gartenhaus, Weimar, Germany, 1926, postcard, c. 1926. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/goethe-gartenhaus-weimar-germany-1926. Accessed November 2, 2026.