The reliable return of the seasons is an important factor of stability for Goethe. In personal texts such as letters or diaries, in autobiographical narratives, but also in poetry and novels, the seasons play a remarkably significant role. For him, autumn is the season of travel, sometimes of writing, often of wine, but of course also of ripening nature, which he experienced differently in his youth, in Weimar or in Italy. Ultimately, the autumn of old age has been a theme for both the man and the naturalist Goethe.