[LOST] Goetheturm - Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen, Hessen, Germany
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The Goethe Tower (German: Goetheturm) was a 43-metre high tower built entirely out of wood on the northern edge of Frankfurt City Forest in Sachsenhausen - unfortunately it burned down on October 11th 2017
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Location: Hessen, Germany
Date Posted: 08/16/2015
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In 1867, a wooden tower was first built on the site, at that time 22 metres tall. After the First World War, this first tower had become so rickety that it had to be pulled down.
In 1931, the Goethe Tower was rebuilt with money donated by the Jewish businessman Gustav Gerst. The opening ceremony took place in November 1931, shortly before the 1932 commemorations of Goethe's death one hundred years before. The city of Frankfurt provided the wood for the tower - altogether more than 340m³ of pine, beech, and oak timber.
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