Welcome to the themed trail "With Goethe at the Gotthard." This trail leads from Göschenen via Andermatt and Hospental up to the Gotthard Pass – where, deep within the mountain in the Sasso San Gottardo Museum, you'll find the only exhibition in the country dedicated to Goethe's Swiss journeys. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born August 28, 1749, died March 22, 1832) is one of the most famous German poets in human history. His activities and interests were extremely diverse. He undertook three journeys to Switzerland – in 1775, 1779, and 1797 – which he documented extensively in writings and sketches. On each journey, he climbed up to the Gotthard Pass and then returned the same way (thus never actually crossing the pass) – and his route took him across the Devil's Bridge (Teufelsbrücke) in the Schöllenen Gorge a total of five times, each time in different company, under different weather conditions, and amid different circumstances in his life and the political landscape of the era.