Programme at the MGH “Alte Försterei”
Friday, 28 August
3:00 p.m. – Cultural Conversations
Saturday, 29 August
12:00 noon – Cultural Conversations
Sunday, 30 August
3:00 p.m. – Cultural Conversations
Monday, 31 August
11:00 a.m. – Cultural Conversations
from 2:30 p.m. – Coffee & Conversation with Goethe
Tuesday, 1 September
from 2:30 p.m. – Coffee & Conversation with Goethe
4:00 p.m. – Cultural Conversations
Wednesday, 2 September
11:00 a.m. – Cultural Conversations
from 2:30 p.m. – Coffee & Conversation with Goethe
6:30 p.m. – Recital: “Goethe’s Journeys to Italy, Back and to Himself” with Martin Strauch, accompanied by music (Franziska Steinecke, Marco Onofri)
Thursday, 3 September
from 2:30 p.m. – Coffee & Conversation with Goethe
3:00 p.m. – Writing as in Goethe’s Time – Introduction to Calligraphy
4:00 p.m. – Cultural Conversations
5:00 p.m. – Writing as in Goethe’s Time – Introduction to Calligraphy
6:30 p.m. – Poetry Slam featuring original texts inspired by Goethe’s poem “Ilmenau”
Friday, 4 September
12:00 noon – Cultural Conversations
from 2:30 p.m. – Coffee & Conversation with Goethe
Saturday, 5 September
from 10:00 a.m. – Goethe in Europe
The Network of European Goethe Routes
from 10:00 a.m. – Playing as in Goethe’s Time
from 2:30 p.m. – Coffee & Conversation with Goethe
4:00 p.m. – Cultural Conversations
Sunday, 6 September
from 10:00 a.m. – Goethe in Europe
The Network of European Goethe Routes
from 10:00 a.m. – Playing as in Goethe’s Time
11:00 a.m. – Cultural Conversations
Programme in the Goethe Town of Ilmenau
Friday, 28 August
4:00 p.m. – Themed Tour “Following Historical Traces with Schrötern”, Ilmenau Tourist Information
6:30 p.m. – Lecture “Goethe as a Mandarin” by Dr. Manfred Osten, Goethe City Museum
Saturday, 29 August
from 10:00 a.m. – Lectures, Music and Museum Tour by the Goethe Society Ilmenau-Stützerbach, Kulturscheune Stützerbach
1:00 p.m. – Guided Tour of the Goethe House Museum Stützerbach, Goethe House Museum Stützerbach
Sunday, 30 August
10:00 a.m. – Forest Education Event “Kicki on Historical Trails – Into the Forest with Goethe”, Jagdhaus Gabelbach Museum
11:00 a.m. – Themed Tour “Goethe and Mining in Ilmenau”, Ilmenau Tourist Information
2:00 p.m. – Guided Tour of the Special Exhibition with Museum Director Kathrin Kunze, Goethe City Museum
Monday, 31 August
10:00 a.m. – Guided Hike on the Goethe Hiking Trail (Part 1 with overnight stay at BERG & SPA Hotel Gabelbach), Ilmenau Tourist Information
Tuesday, 1 September
10:00 a.m. – Guided Hike on the Goethe Hiking Trail (Part 2), BERG & SPA Hotel Gabelbach
Friday, 4 September
4:00 p.m. – Guided City and Museum Tour through Ilmenau and the Goethe City Museum, Ilmenau Tourist Information
Saturday, 5 September
11:00 a.m. – Themed Tour “Following Historical Traces with Schrötern”, Ilmenau Tourist Information
11:00 a.m. – Children’s City Rally, Ilmenau Tourist Information
Sunday, 6 September
2:00 p.m. – “Wanderer’s Night Song” in the Languages of the World, Wetzlar Square
6:30 p.m. – Romantic Concert “Softly My Songs Entreat” with the Duo con emozione, BERG & SPA Hotel Gabelbach
From 28 August to 6 September, a guided tour of the Felsenkeller takes place daily at 5:00 p.m. Meeting point is in front of Hotel Tanne, Lindenstraße 38. Tickets for the events are available at the Ilmenau Tourist Information.