German Cultural Garden — Attraction in Cleveland

There are stairs leading from the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway up to the East Boulevard (main) level of the garden. At the edge of the East Boulevard escarpment stands a imposing statue of the philosopher poets, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) and Johann Christoph Friedrich (von) Schiller (1759-1805). On one side of the base of the sculpture is a quote from Schiller's play, William Tell (the Rütlischwur oath): Wir wollen sein ein einig Volk von Brüdern, in keiner Not uns trennen und Gefahr. [We want to be a single People of brethren, Never to part in danger nor distress.] On the other side is a quote from Goethe's Faust: Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben, Der täglich sie erobern muß. [Of freedom and of life he only is deserving, Who every day must conquer them anew.] Errichtet von amerikanischen Bürgern deutschen Stammes [erected by American citizens of German descent] There is a damaged monument celebrating Beethoven. There are busts of the physical education pioneer, Father Friedrich L. Jahn (1778-1852); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), "The Great Composer"; the polymath, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and the poet, Heinrich Heine...

This Garden has so much to offer. To be in the middle of a busy street. It's beautiful clean peacefully but the only way to experience it is to walk. In a car you won't get the same peaceful experience... So get out of yo u t car and walk through. It's fit for a KING and or Queen. Go visit Culture Garden early and...

Busts Include: Ludwig van Beethoven, Heinrich Heine, Alexander Humboldt, Johann Sebastian Bach, Father Friedrich Jahn.

The Goethe -Schiller bronze statue was dedicated in 1907 at Wade Park and rededicated 1927 at 1036...