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Urfaust

first draft for the drama Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Summary

Urfaust is a literary work[1]. Urfaust ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (545 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[3]
  • Based on: Historia von D. Johann Fausten[4]
  • Followed by: Faust. A fragment[5], Faust[6]
  • Commons category: Urfaust[7]
  • Language of work or name: German[8]
  • Has part(s): Q110977802[9]
  • Inception: 1774[10]
  • Publication date: 1887[11]
  • Inspired by: Susanna Margaretha Brandt[12]
  • Title: Urfaust[13]
  • Copyright status: public domain[14]

Why It Matters

Urfaust is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Faust literary work public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Q58353324. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1774-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → literary work
    Has part(s) → Q110977802
    Inception → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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