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The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University was founded in 1914 and has traditionally been located for the most part here in the Frankfurt district of Bockenheim, which is just west of the Westend and north of the fairgrounds.

They call it a campus, but it is more like just a part of the city that has a lot of buildings belonging to the university. You won't find much in the way of parks and greenery here.

Lots of distinguished people have studied here, including yours truly. (You'd think they'd at least put up a plaque or something, but no . . .)

Now that the new Westend Campus has been inaugurated, they are planning to move more and more departments up there over the next ten or fifteen years, and at some point perhaps phase out the Bockenheim Campus entirely. There are already fewer students here than there used to be, which has an adverse effect on local businesses and also on the general mood and atmosphere of this part of the city.

To get here, take the subway U4, U6 or U7 to Bockenheimer Warte.

Phone: %s4(0 69) - 79 80

• Updated Apr 4, 2011
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