Historical city tour about the life and work of the writer during the Romantic era
In the anniversary year of 2026, we celebrate Hoffmann's 250th birthday. This is an occasion to revisit the famous Prussian writer and rediscover the original places in Berlin where he lived.
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Denkmal des Schriftstellers Hoffmann am Gendarmenmarkt
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann is considered one of the most important figures of Romanticism. He was born in Königsberg, Prussia, on January 24, 1776, and eventually made his way to Berlin, then the literary center of late Romanticism. Here he met the great minds of his time.
Our journey into the past takes us to Berlin's Friedrichstadt district. Hoffmann lived here from 1815 until his death in 1822 at Taubenstraße 31, near Gendarmenmarkt. Just a few steps away was his favorite haunt, "Lutter & Wegner," which became world-famous through Jacques Offenbach's 1851 opera "The Tales of Hoffmann."
The city tour also addresses Hoffmann's professional life as a lawyer and head of the Chamber Court on Lindenstrasse. It therefore touches upon the social and political circumstances in the Prussian capital, from which the poet often escaped into his fantastical worlds, thus leading a double life.
- This open city tour is exclusively in German.
- You can also book it as a private tour on other dates and in other languages in the office.
Private tours on other days or in German or French language are possible with arrangement
