Goethe (family)

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The family of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe can be traced back to the 16th century and in a "sideline" of his great-nieces and great-nephews to the present day.

The grandparents

∞ Cornelia Walther (1668–1754)
1. Johann Caspar Goethe (1710–1782),
father of Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
∞ Anna Margarete Lindheimer (1711–1783)
1. Catharina Elisabeth (1731–1808),
mother of Johann Wolfgang Goethe.

Parents, siblings and offspring

∞ Catharina Elisabeth Textor (1731–1808), married Goethe at the age of 17.
∞ Christiane Vulpius (1765–1816)
∞ Ottilie Wilhelmine Ernestine Henriette von Pogwisch (1796–1872)
1. Walther Wolfgang von Goethe (1818–1885)
2. Wolfgang Maximilian von Goethe (1820–1883)
3. Alma von Goethe (1827–1844)
  • 2. NN Goethe (1791–1791)
  • 3. Caroline Goethe (1793–1793)
  • 4. Carl Goethe (1795–1795)
  • 5. Kathinka Goethe (1802-1802)
∞ Johann Georg Schlosser (1739–1799), lawyer and historian
  • 1. Luise Maria Anna Schlosser (1774–1811)
∞ Georg Heinrich Ludwig Nicolovius (1767–1839)
1. Johann Georg Eduard Nicolovius (1796–1808)
2. Georg Friedrich Franz Nicolovius (1797–1877)
∞ Clara Henriette Gossen (1805-1852)
3. Friedrich Heinrich Georg Nicolovius (1798–1868)
∞ Mathilde Caroline Constanza Schaller (1809 -...)
4. Georg Ferdinand Nicolovius (1800–1881)
∞ Emilie Kieschke (1817–1865)
5. Johanna Cornelia Elisabeth Nicolovius (1802–1833)
∞ Bernhard Jacobi (180-1843)
6. Theodor Nicolovius (1804-1804)
7. Alfred Georg Nicolovius (1806–1890)
∞ Nancy Maria Natalie Louise Gramatzki (1814–1900)
8. Klara Nicolovius (1809-1810)
9. Flora Luise Henriette Nicolovius (1811–1879)
∞ August Kabrun
∞ Ludwig von Wildenbruch (1803–1874)
  • 2. Julie Schlosser (1777–1793) no descendants

Goethe's great-niece and great-nephew (Nicolovius line) had descendants who still represent a "side line" of the Goethe family to this day.

Goethe's grandchildren

Goethe's grandson in 1838 in the Juno room of the Goethe House ; Walther sitting on the string piano on the left, Wolfgang Maximilian standing, Alma on the right in the background

Walther von Goethe , the oldest grandson, grew up with the Hereditary Prince Carl Alexander . He studied music, but gave up the music profession after a life crisis. From then on he managed the family property and the grandfather's estate. He was the last of the grandchildren to die. By will, Goethe's houses and collections were transferred to the Grand Duchy, the family archive to Grand Duchess Sophie. The Weimar Goethe memorials and collections developed from this.

Wolfgang von Goethe , the "little wolf", was considered the favorite grandson of old Goethe. He studied law and philology and received his doctorate in law in 1845. From 1852 to 1860 he was in the diplomatic service of Prussia (Legation Councilor 1860). For health reasons, he resigned and from then on lived as a private scholar.

Alma von Goethe , the youngest grandchild, developed into a fun-loving girl. However, she died of typhus shortly before her 17th birthday.

All of Goethe's grandchildren remained childless.

Ancestors from the 13th century

A certain Christian named Johann Soldan is also assumed to belong to an ancestor and ancestor of Goethe. The originally Turkish officer with the name Sadok Seli Soltan was kidnapped as a booty Turk during the crusades and baptized Christian. The special thing about him is that he was probably the first Turkish German in Germany who can be documented. Engelmann (1984) already included Johann Soldan in the ancestral line of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who has been known to have an oriental ancestor on his mother's side since the 19th century. There is no definite proof of the descent of Goethe von Soldan, but indications from a family chronicle of the 16th century point to the area around Brackenheim for this oriental ancestor. The thesis was last represented by Werner Ulrich Deetjen on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Soldan's baptism in 2005. The possible relationship with Soldan does not, however, confirm the rumor circulating elsewhere, especially in Arab countries, that Goethe was a Muslim .

Secondary literature

  • Siegfried Rösch: Goethe's relatives. Attempt a total kinship table with thoughts on their theory . Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1956.
  • Karsten Hein: Ottilie von Goethe (1796–1872). Biography and literary relationships of Goethe's daughter-in-law (= European university publications. Series 1: German Language and Literature , Volume 1782). Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2001, ISBN 3-631-37438-0 (dissertation University of Düsseldorf 2000, 398 pages).
  • Karsten Hein: Ottilie von Goethe. Insights into the house on Frauenplan . In: Andreas Remmel, Paul Remmel (Ed.): Goethe-Blätter. Series of publications by the Goethe Society Siegburg e. V. Volume IV. Bernstein, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809762-4-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Engelmann 1984, pp. 70/71.
  2. ↑ Werner Ulrich Deetjen, quoted from Felix Kubach and Nicole Oppelt: Goethe had Turkish ancestors. In: German Turkish News , April 21, 2011, accessed on September 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ Protestant Church District Brackenheim ( Memento of the original from 23 August 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 24, 2012.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchen Bezirk-brackenheim.de
  4. ↑ Werner Baumgart: Was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Muslim? (SWR Redaktion Religion, Kirche und Gesellschaft), online , accessed on September 24, 2012.