The German viticulture expert and pomologist Hermann Goethe (1837-1911) attended the Agricultural Academy in Hohenheim (incidentally, he was not closely related to the famous poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe). From 1860 he was head gardener at the pomological institute (fruit growing) in Reutlingen, from 1862 director of the agricultural horticultural school in Obergoblitz near Dresden, from 1865 teacher of horticulture at the horticultural school in Karlsruhe and finally from 1869 director of the pomological gardens in Geisenheim. In 1872, as a travelling teacher, he founded the Marburg Fruit and Wine School (Maribor Slovenia) and developed it into a model institution. It was here that he selected the rootstock Goethe Rupestris No. 9, named after him.
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