Dorotheenstraße is home to an extraordinary density of cultural institutions. As a result, it was officially declared Bad Homburg's "Cultural Mile" with an inaugurational street festival held in 2013.
Dorotheenstraße took its name from Elisabeth Dorothea von Hessen-Darmstadt (1676 - 1721). It continues to be one of the most important access roads to the Landgrave's Castle. A number of personalities resided on Dorotheenstraße over the past centuries, including, amongst others, important state officials such as Isaac von Sinclair, the famous poet, Friedrich Hölderlin, the naturalist, Friedrich Rolle, the master builder, Louis Jacobi, and the painter, Karl Lotz.
Today, the street represents the best of art and culture, music, literature and more.
The following institutions are at home on Bad Homburg's Cultural Mile:
Landgrave's Castle and Castle Park
Museum Sinclair-House
(Starting Point of the Hölderlin Trail)
Church of the Redeemer ("Erlöserkirche")
St Jacob's Halls (Formerly St Jacob's Church), the exhibition halls of the Scheffel Gallery
Jacobi-House
St Mary's Parish Church
Municipal Library
