The Goethe-Institut is a nonprofit German cultural organization operational worldwide with more than 150 cultural centres across 99 countries, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and relations. Around 246,000 people have studied German in these courses per year. It is named after German poet and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. As a registered association, the Goethe-Institut e.V. is politically independent.
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Goethe-Institut Central Office Munich, Munich
- Inception
- 1951
- Website
- https://www.goethe.de/, https://www.goethe.de/en/, https://swb.bsz-bw.de/DB=2.308/
