| Goethe Monument | |
|---|---|
 The statue in 2005 | |
 | |
| Completion date | 1913 |
| Dimensions | 550 cm (18 feet) |
| Weight | 80 tons |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 41°55′57.4″N 87°38′19″W / 41.932611°N 87.63861°W | |
The Goethe Monument (or Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Monument) is a 1913 statue by Herman Hahn in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.[1] The statue does not depict the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, but embodies the "spirit of Goethe"; a low wall behind the statue shows a bas-relief of Goethe and a quote from his play Faust in German and English.[1] The inscription on the statue reads: "To / Goethe / The Master Mind of the / German People / The Germans of Chicago / 1913".[2]
Someone crashed a vehicle into the statue in 2022.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Monument | Chicago Park District". www.chicagoparkdistrict.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- ^ adgorn. "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe statue - Chicago, IL". waymarking.com. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Chicago police: Truck reported stolen crashes into Goethe statue on North Side". ABC7 Chicago. 2022-12-19. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
External links
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This page was last edited on 4 November 2023, at 17:04