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When did Johann Gottfried von Herder meet the young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?
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Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder, detail of an oil painting by Gerhard von Kügelgen, 1808; in the Library of Tartu State University, Estonia.
Johann Gottfried von Herder met the young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Strasbourg during the winter of 1770–1771. Herder was visiting the city at that time to undergo an eye operation, and their subsequent long conversations had a profound intellectual and emotional impact on Goethe, shaping his views on language, literature, and national culture.12