Editing Faust (section)

==Locations linked to the story==
[[Staufen, Germany|Staufen]], a town in the extreme southwest of Germany, claims to be where Faust died ({{circa|1540}}); depictions appear on buildings, etc. The only historical source for this tradition is a passage in the ''Chronik der Grafen von Zimmern'', which was written {{circa|1565}}, 25 years after Faust's presumed death. These chronicles are generally considered reliable, and in the 16th century there were still family ties between the lords of Staufen and the counts of Zimmern in nearby Donaueschingen.<ref>{{cite book |last=Geiges |first=Leif |date=1981 |title=Faust's Tod in Staufen: Sage – Dokumente |location=Freiburg im Breisgau |publisher=Kehrer Verlag KG}}</ref>

In [[Christopher Marlowe]]'s original telling of the tale, Wittenburg—where Faust studied—was also written as Wertenberge. This has led to a measure of speculation as to precisely where his story is set. Some scholars suggest the [[Duchy of Württemberg]]; others suggest an allusion to Marlowe's own Cambridge (Gill, 2008, p.&nbsp;5)