Goethefestwoche Ilmenau

Goethefestwoche 2025

The 2025 Goethefestwoche took place from August 28 to September 6 in the Goethe and University town of Ilmenau on the Rennsteig. For ten days, Goethe enthusiasts were offered a varied program with entertaining evening events, literary offerings, special tours, and diverse activities that made Goethe's life and work particularly tangible.

Birthday Celebration in Stützerbach

Highlight: The Goethe Society Ilmenau-Stützerbach celebrated Goethe's 276th birthday on Saturday, August 30, 2025, with a festive program at the Kulturscheune Stützerbach — the second Goethe site in the Ilm district, where Goethe frequented as a guest of the glassworks master Gundelach.

Special Tours

During the festival week, city guides offered special tours through Ilmenau, bringing the history and Goethe's traces in the city to life. The complete program for the festival week was published on ilmenau.de/goethefestwoche.