Journey to Weimar

Visitor Guide 2020 // 2021 INTRODUCTION

Weimar is famous for literature and the history. In addition, numerous music fine arts. Goethe and Schiller may be ­festivals like the Thuringia Bach Festival, the most well-known figures who made Bach Biennale Weimar, Jazzmeile Thurin- Weimar their home, but the city has also gia, Playground Festival of Renaissance reached worldwide renown through the and Baroque music, Weimar Organ musicians who also lived or worked here. Summer Festival, and Weimar Master Johann Nepomuk Hummel was a former Classes, to name a few, all play a role in student of Mozart’s. The premiere of maintaining Weimar’s reputation as a Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin took place city for music. The famous West-Eastern in Weimar. Clara Schumann gave some Divan Orchestra was founded in 1999 ­concerts in the city. Johann Sebastian by the conductor Daniel Barenboim and Bach and Franz Liszt each stayed for ­academic Edward Said, and is named about ten years, leaving a great impres­ after an anthology of poems by Goethe. sion on the city’s music life and contribu- ted significantly to Weimar’s reputation In 2021, Weimar will feature six of its parks in the music world. All this was made and gardens during the Bundesgarten- possible through the prevailing culture of schau, or BUGA (Federal Garden Show) promoting the arts at hand at the time. in Erfurt.

Weimar has remained a city of music up In this magazine, we invite you to get to to the present day thanks to institutions know more about some of the musical such as the FRANZ LISZT Music University facets of Weimar, explore its historical founded by Liszt himself, and the Staats- parks, and enjoy your very own experience kapelle Weimar with its over 400-year-old in Weimar! CONTENTS

2020 – A Year of Music 2

Passion for Bach from Thomas Dunford, France 5

Bach’s music will always remain modern – Christoph Prégardien, Germany 6

2021 – A Year of Parks & Gardens 8

Classical Weimar 12

Weimar Modernism 16

Political Weimar 20

Discover Markets 24

Enjoy Festivals 28

Thuringian Food & Drinks 32

Activities & Relaxation 34

TOP 10 in Weimar 36

Beyond Weimar 38

Getting Here 41

City Map 42

Weimar – Easily Accessible 43

Guided Tours for Groups 44

Group Hotels 48

Group Restaurants 49

Terms & Conditions 51

// Park an der Ilm © Matthias Eckert, weimar GmbH www.weimar.de

1 »Without music, life would be a mistake.« Friedrich Nietzsche

»Where words fail, music speaks.« Hans Christian Andersen

// Herder Church © Clemens Bauerfeind, weimar GmbH

2 INFO

Bach-Experience Space Crumbling masonry, squeaking floorboards, corners with nooks and crannies – the ­Bastille is an impressive historic location. Visitors­ can dive into a comprehensive Bach-Expe- rience through a multi-media ­presentation room by room.

Address: Burgplatz, 99423 Weimar Opening Hours: Tuesday until Sunday, 10 am–5 pm

Bach Listening-Station Here at the former Bach family home (Markt 16), you can try your hand, or in this case // Bach-Experience Space © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH your foot, at the pedal of the »organ«, where you can hear authentic works of Bach.

TIP: Bach Biennale Weimar 2020 – A YEAR OF MUSIC The festival is held every two years in July in Weimar, giving Johann Sebastian Bach – A Genius in Weimar visitors access and exposure to Bach at the highest level. Renowned international artists­ eimar played an important role in Brandenburg Concerti, a sizeable portion of and ensembles play historical the life of Johann Sebastian Bach his organ works, and the Orgelbüchlein were baroque instruments, bringing as well in those of his children, Carl composed during this time. the music to life at authentic Philipp Emanuel and Wilhelm Friedemann. In the Autumn of 1717, he requested his Bach locations throughout In fact, J.S. Bach called Weimar his home release from service, in order to take over the Weimar. on two different occasions during his life. vacant position as Kapellmeister in the court In 1703, he worked here for half a year as a in Köthen. He had already received something ä www.bachbiennaleweimar.de violinist and lacquey in the private chapel of of a »signing bonus« and was receiving Duke Johann Ernst III. two salaries simultaneously as a result. In City Tour BACH – In 1708, he returned to serve for almost ten response, Duke Wilhelm Ernst had him jailed A BAROQUE GENIUS years as the court organist. The Bachs moved for almost four weeks in the Bastille. He was 2 h with advance booking into the house at Markt 16. It was here that finally released from service on December they had their first six children, among them 2nd in »denounced« disgrace. Contact: were Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Tourist-Information, Markt 10, Emanuel. The Weimar years were creative ones: 99423 Weimar, +49(0)3643 7450 over 30 cantatas, early arrangements of the

3 THURINGIA BACH FESTIVAL

he Thuringian Bach Festival is one of the important platforms for Baroque music in Germany.­ The festival attracts both artists and tourists alike from Germany and beyond with its specialization in the presentation of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach in authentic­ Bach-sites.

// Thuringia Bach Festival in Weimar © Thuringia Bach Festival

4 PASSION FOR BACH

Thomas Dunford, a lutist from France, will be an artist-in-residence of the 2020 Thuringia Bach Festival. He shares with us his passion for Bach music.

» Johann Sebastian Bach did spend » Today especially the younger a couple of his most productive generation seems to be heavily years in Weimar. You will perform influenced by YouTube, Netflix, and in this very church where Bach had social media. How would you argue at least 3 of his sons baptized. Do that we’re still in need of live per- you expect­ to experience a special formances of classical music? What kind of »spirit« when you play in an difference does it make? historic Bach location? Or doesn’t it matter where you perform? TD: The digital world has taken us by storm, but we cannot reject our TD: It has significance for me to play nature and our will to share. While in this place where Bach created with the internet provides us with extra­ such inspiration and to let his music ordinary possibilities, it can never be resonate in the very walls that first a substitute for the natural world and came into contact with his music three its complexity.­ A ­digital capture of the centuries ago. I hope that Bach’s spirit music such as CD, YouTube, etc… will will join in that very special place as only remain a pale reflection of the we play. real world, which has much greater complexity and depth. The moment // Thomas Dunford © MD Julien Benhamou » Bach’s music was composed three that we share with an audience during centuries ago. As an artist who a concert is something we can’t see or » As a musician, you are focused, of ­specializes in early music – why is record but clearly has a profound im- course, on many composers from this music still worth discovering? pact. For me music reaches its ultimate different periods. You seem to potential when performed in the »real« ­return, however, to Johann Sebas- TD: Bach wrote his music three world as we connect through music. tian Bach regularly. What is it that ­centuries ago, but to me it remains fascinates you about Bach’s music some of the most modern and extra­ » Finally: Is it the first time you’ll come again and again? Is he more special ordinary music ever conceived. I ­believe to Weimar? Any plans yet as to what than other composers? his music will never age because of its you will discover? complexity, its humanity, and ­because­ TD: To me Bach is unique. He manages of its respect for the fundamental TD: It will be my first time and I am to synthesize and revolutionize the ­principles of nature. thrilled to be able to discover the city music of his time. To me he is one of where such beauty was created! the greatest musical geniuses that has ever lived. His music is an unlimited source of inspiration and humility; I would consider him to be the »god« of musicians and an extraordinary guide.

5 BACH’S MUSIC WILL ALWAYS REMAIN MODERN

The music of Bach as well as the authentic Bach-sites play an important role for many singers. The tenor Christoph Prégardien tells us why.

perfect. Often it was to be found among Gebrauchsmusik (music composed for a par- ticular use or occasion). Bach also composed Gebrauchsmusik, but it is so amazing and thoughtfully composed. When one considers the magnitude of his opus, that is a miracle.

» Bach spent some of his most productive years in Weimar. He had three of his sons baptized in the City Church Saint Peter and Paul. Do such authentic sites have a special atmosphere for you?

// Christoph Prégardien © Thuringia Bach Festival CP: The authenticity of the place is very im- portant to me. It makes a difference, if one sings » You work with many different composers in locations where Bach himself performed. It is and styles as a musician. Even though that most definitely only a feeling, but it is palpable. is the case, one has the feeling that you Weimar was not a cultural center due to Bach’s keep returning to Bach. What makes his presence alone. The city has an important place works so magical? in the life of any culturally interested person.

CP: As a singer, I have always been impressed » Bach’s music is 300 years old and it moves INFO by how composers take a text and transform people even today. Why is it still worth­ it into music. There are composers that are while to discover this music? Thuringia Bach Festival 2020 very subjective. There are also composers, 3 – 26 April who I understand very well straight away: CP: I’ll answer your question with a question. ­Mozart or Schubert and first and foremost Why is it worthwhile to look at Baroque chur- Thuringia Bach Festival 2021 Bach, of course. In my eyes, he is the only ches or museums or paintings by Rembrandt? 26 March – 18 April composer where I cannot find one single It’s because it is simply a huge cultural arti- weak composition. That is something special fact. The beauty that leads people to listen to ä www.thueringer- because no matter who the composer is, there the music of Bach over and over again is that bachwochen.de/en is usually some weak composition to be found. his works speak to us on an emotional level. Even Mozart and Schubert weren’t always­ His music will always remain modern.

6 WEIMAR’S ORCHESTRA its home in the quiet residence city soloists and renowned conductors to STAATSKAPELLE WEIMAR of ­Weimar in 1602. And what began the precious jewels of chamber music, in a small way in the narrow context from opera evenings that engage all the A City’s Heartbeat of court life, has long since become senses at the German National Theater The Staatskapelle Weimar: the musical pulse of the city, thanks to Weimar to concertante events such as Fascination on the highest level ­powerful trailblazers along the way: silent film concerts, program highlights Dukes and artistically-minded duches- for the Beethoven year in 2020, or sum- They have become a part of Weimar’s ses, but also composers and superior mertime open air performances and city life: Musicians, carrying instrument musicians such as Johann Sebastian children’s and family concerts catered cases in every shape and size while Bach, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Franz to the very youngest in the audience. walking, biking or riding buses towards Liszt and Richard Strauss, all of whom The fact that music brightens up and the German National Theater or the shaped cultural life in Weimar. enriches daily life, that music is part of Weimarhalle concert hall. The musi­ That is why no visitor should miss human communication and just simply cians whose profession and passion is discovering the city with open ears, makes people happy: Weimar locals bestowing the joy of music on both in order to hear and take along what are just as convinced of that as they are locals and tourists, helping them dream, distinguishes Weimar’s Staatskapelle up about Goethe and Schiller. take a moment, or receive the musical to the present day: The fascination of a So, if you happen to run across a energy they pass on to them. Not only live musical experience on the highest member of the Staatskapelle in the nowadays, but for the past 500 years! level, the pleasure in hearing the lively streets of Weimar, one of those musi- Already in 1491, it was Elector spirit of musical tradition that continues cians with a rather conspicuous case ­Friedrich III, who – with his spirit of to pair with the freshly-released curio- in tow, then follow along and dive into cultural discovery, his vision, and above sity of the musicians. The pleasure of what has made Weimar’s pulse so vital all his sense for beauty – founded a shaping and enriching life in a dialogue and worthwhile for so many centuries – court orchestra and laid the founda- with the ­audience­ – from A to Z! Thus, on a daily basis: music, music, music… tion for the central musical identity the ringing horizon of experiences with of today’s Staatskapelle Weimar. After the Staatskapelle ranges from large Find all concerts at: years of wandering, the orchestra made symphony concerts with excellent ä www.weimar.de/en/culture/stages

// The Staatskapelle Weimar © Felix Broede

7 2021 – A YEAR OF PARKS & GARDENS

// Belvedere Park © Marcus Glahn, Schatzkammer Thüringen

8 // Goethe’s Gartenhaus © Henry Czauderna // Park an der Ilm © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

eimar is rich in beautiful parks PARK ON THE ILM WITH GUIDED TOURS and gardens. Here are few of ROMAN HOUSE them. You can discover the Weimar Parks and castles others on your walks through the city or The 48-hectare landscaped park on the edge Weimar’s surroundings boast your day trips around Weimar. Allow your- of Weimar’s old town is part of the many a number of enchanting self to relax and to marvel. kilometer-long green Ilm river valley. The castles and Arcadian parks. park was developed between 1778 and 1828 Belvedere, Ettersburg, and and features both sentimental, classical, and Tiefurt are all on UNESCO’s GOETHE’S GARTENHAUS post-classical/romantic styles. The Roman World Heritage List – and the House gives the impression of a temple built beauty and harmony of these Goethe’s close attachment to the out- on the ruins of an ancient edifice and was in horticultural and architectural doors, especially the Ilm valley, is ­reflected fact inspired by the villas surrounding Rome. monuments are captivating. in many of the poems he wrote here, and he often visited the house even until Duration: 2 hours (for each park) shortly before his death. It was in the BELVEDERE PARK, ­ORANGERY, Garden House that he crafted famous AND RUSSIAN GARDENS Price: 105 € per group up to works such as »Iphigenie«, »Egmont« and 25 people (admissions not »Torquato Tasso«. Weimar’s extensive land­ Belvedere Castle stands on a hill just south of included) scape parks are well known, particularly Weimar and is surrounded by 43 hectares of Foreign language surcharge: the park on the banks of the Ilm River with parkland. Duke Ernst August of Saxe-­Weimar- 20 € its classical characteristics that Goethe Eisenach had a Baroque summer residence Languages: helped to design, Belvedere Castle Park here including an orangery, leisure garden, with its Baroque origins, and Tiefurt Castle and labyrinth. Park. This trio of parks, along with Goethe’s gardens and Herder’s house garden, are all part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. One shouldn’t forget Ettersburg Castle Park with the Pücklerschlag forest meadow – a gem of Thuringian landscape gardening. These parks are a testimony to Weimar’s unparalleled tradition of parks and gardens, which is complemented by an array of open areas, green havens throughout town, and gardens accessible to the public. // Belvedere Castle © Marcus Glahn, Schatzkammer Thüringen

9 // Tiefurt Mansion © M. Glahn, Schatzkammer // Goethe‘s Home Garden © Maik Schuck, // Herder Church © Maik Schuck, weimar GmbH Thüringen weimar GmbH

TIEFURT PARK GOETHE’S HOME GARDEN HERDER’S GARDEN

Tiefurt Park covers an area of 21 hectares The garden was mainly looked after by Behind the parsonage of the St. Peter on both sides of the Ilm. Gently sloping ­Goethe’s wife Christiane and it served and Paul church there is a beautiful gar- fields with beautiful groups of trees above all to supply the large house- den. For many years, the famous theolo- stretch to the bank of the river. A steep hold with fruits and vegetables. It is to- gian and philosopher Johann Gottfried slope covered with dense forest rises on day maintained in the condition of the Herder inhabited the superintendent’s the far side. Numerous memorials and 1820s, although the former vegetable quarters together with his large family, park structures invite visitors to linger. gardens have been replaced by lawns. and the garden was used extensively.

// Ettersburg Castle © M. Glahn, Schatzkammer // Russian Orthodox Chapel © Maik Schuck, // House Garden of the Kirms-Krackow Family © Thüringen weimar GmbH Andre Mey, weimar GmbH

ETTERSBURG PARK HISTORIC CEMETERY HOUSE GARDEN OF THE KIRMS-KRACKOW FAMILY The castle grounds, a jewel of Thuringian This graveyard with a park-like horticulture, are adjoined by the Pückler­ ­at­mosphere was opened in 1818 and Privy councilor Franz Kirms was one of schlag (»Prince Pückler’s Swath«) – an is one of the most beautiful places in Weimar’s floral enthusiasts and bred elongated glade with beautifully fashioned Weimar, recalling both the classical and many botanical rarities. This garden is contours. One of the woodland alleés laid post-classical eras. The coffins ofGoethe ­ over 400 years old and comprises two out 250 years ago has been opened and Schiller can be viewed in the Ducal houses with a courtyard and flanking again, connecting Ettersburg Castle to Vault, and many other Weimar celebri- arcades. There is a private flower garden Buchenwald concentration camp. ties are also buried here. with a small pavillion dating from 1754.

10 // Belvedere Orangery © Alexander Burzik, Klassik Stiftung Weimar SAVE THE DATE:

// Concert by Night © André Mey, BUGA 2021 weimar GmbH

FEDERAL GARDEN SHOW BUGA 2021 IN THURINGIA

or the Bundesgartenschau, or BUGA (Federal Garden Show) 2021 in Erfurt, the Klassik Stiftung Weimar has chosen six of its gardens to become satellite venues. Very special experiences are awaiting visitors there. They will be welcomed by newly designed park entrances, diverse exhibitions, new discoveries and interesting details about the respective park’s history, along with an optimized palette of service offers. The Ettersburg castle park will be one highlight, where the richly ornamented western EVENTS parterre and pergola will be reconstructed. The landscape park in Belvedere is another highlight, where both locals and guests will enjoy the new permanent exhibition »Die Hüter der goldenen »Concert by Night« Früchte« (»The Guardians of the Golden Fruit«). The exhibition will be shown in the former Open-air concert with gardener’s residence within the large orangery ensemble. In Belvedere, a welcome center will the Staatskapelle introduce visitors to all six satellite venues. Other satellites are the Park on the Ilm River, Goethe’s Weimar Orchestra Garden at the Star, Tiefurt Estate, and Kochberg Castle Park. on a floating stage in the Throughout the entire year of 2021, a variety of events will flank the Federal Garden Show: Weimarhalle Park The summer season will begin with a large park festival, for example. There will be rare plants on 18 July 2020 Fly to the Moon sale, all kinds of practical tips for gardeners, and surprising new perspectives to discover in the July 2021 festively lit gardens.

11 CLASSICAL WEIMAR

»One should, at least every day, hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.« Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

ver twenty years ago, in 1998 in Kyoto, »Classical Weimar« was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a unique testimony with a total of eleven ensembles. Parks, ­castles, the residences­ of the famous poets Goethe and Schiller, as well as the city church and the historic­ cemetery have since been a part of humanity’s global memory. In the 18th and 19th ­centuries, Weimar experienced a remarkable time of cultural blossoming and became the center of intellectual life in Germany, attracting famous people, including writers and artists. Johann Wolfgang­ Goethe and Friedrich Schiller are the most famous representatives of the Weimar Classical period, the humanist cultural epoch with a lasting influence up to the present day.

// Belvedere Castle © Marcus Glahn, Schatzkammer Thüringen, // Goethe Residence © Jens Hauspurg, weimar GmbH // Belvedere Castle © Marcus Glahn, Schatzkammer Thüringen

GOETHE RESIDENCE BELVEDERE CASTLE GUIDED TOUR

One of the most important figures of Classical Belvedere Castle stands on a hill just south UNESCO World Heritage ­ Weimar, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, lived in of Weimar and is surrounded by 43 hectares (for groups) this Baroque house for almost fifty years. The of ­parkland. The castle contains an exquisite Weimar has three items on the poet redecorated and furnished the rooms, ­collection of arts and crafts from several World Heritage List: Classical installing his rich collections here, e.g. in the European countries and the Far East including Weimar, the State Bauhaus, Juno Room. The furnishings and fittings from precious porcelain from Meißen, Fürstenberg, and Goethe’s handwritten the last few years of Goethe’s life have largely Berlin and Saint Petersburg. ­manuscripts in the »Memory of been preserved. Please note that there is only the World«. They’re all ­covered a limited number of tickets available each day. in depth by this tour.

HISTORICAL LIBRARY WITTUMSPALAIS Duration: 2 hours Price: 105 € per group up to The Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek is one After a fire in the Weimar City Castle, the 25 people of the most famous libraries in Germany. Anna so-called Wittumspalais was turned into the Foreign language surcharge: Amalia had the »Green Castle« turned into a dowager residence of Duchess Anna Amalia. 20 € ­library comprising a unique combination of books The two-winged building is an important Languages: and artworks within its unique architecture. The document of noble interior design in Weimar. Rococo Hall is especially famous. After the library Luminaries of Classical Weimar used to Possible visits (not included): was devastated by fire in September 2004, it meet in the »Round Table Room« for lively Herzogin Anna Amalia was reopened in October 2007, reinstating this discussions, and the »Friday Society« set ­Bibliothek with Rococo Hall / jewel of Weimar. Please note that there is only a up by Goethe­ also used this venue for their Goethe Residence with ­original, limited number of tickets available each day. meetings. preserved furnishings and fittings / Schiller Residence with historical wallpaper and furnishings

For a complete listing of ­Weimar’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites see:

ä www.weimar.de/en

// Rococo Hall © Maik Schuck, weimar GmbH // Wittumspalais © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

13 // Ettersburg Castle © Marcus Glahn, Schatzkammer Thüringen

14 // Schiller Residence © Guido Werner, weimar GmbH // Ettersburg Castle © Marcus Glahn, Schatzkammer Thüringen

EVENT SCHILLER RESIDENCE ST. PETER AND PAUL (HERDER CHURCH) Pentecost Festival. Friedrich Schiller spent the last three ­years Ettersburg Castle of his life in this home on the ­former The origins of the Herder Church go The aesthetic-intellectual Weimar Esplanade. Including some of back to when the city was founded. history and the creative aura the original furnishings, it reflects the This urban settlement dating from of this sociable venue are living style prevalent in Schiller’s day. the mid-13th century formed its own combined in this festival, church parish. In 1953, it was newly which offers an ambitious ETTERSBURG CASTLE ­consecrated. Thomas Mann donated­ and diverse program. the prize money of the Goethe Award Theater, readings, early and The Ettersburg Castle complex consists he had received in Weimar in 1949 classical music, jazz, soul, of the old castle itself, the adjacent ­towards the refurbishment of the pop, and experimental music church, and the newer castle in the front church after it had been severely can be experienced in the and was originally used as Anna Amalia’s damaged during WWII. It is exquisitely theater hall of the Old Castle, summer residence. During this time, furnished with works of art, including the room that has been called a literary and artistic circle met here, an altar painting by Lukas Cranach the the »Weapon Hall« since Duke including Wieland, Goethe and Herder. Elder. Carl August’s day, the baroque »White Hall« and the »Castle Church«.

» 28 May–8 June 2020 » date for 2021 follow

Updates / program: ä https://schlossettersburg.de/ kultur/pfingstfestival

Reservation and information: ä [email protected]

// Herder Church © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

15 WEIMAR MODERNISM

he new human being and modern times. Weimar Modernism has many different facets; many famous figures played important roles. Cultural and political life in Weimar was going through exciting transitions: provocative exhibitions organized by Count Harry Kessler showed the works of modern artists, Henry van de Velde was active in Weimar, the Weimar Republic and the Bauhaus School were founded, the first Bauhaus exhibition took place in 1923. The young democracy was a turbulent period, followed by the pre- and post-war eras and finally the German Democratic Republic. They all left their marks on Weimar. You can experience this whole story of Modernism at the Quarter of Modernism and at other sites throughout Weimar.

// Bauhaus-Universität Weimar © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

16 // Bauhaus Museum Weimar © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

BAUHAUS MUSEUM WEIMAR BAUHAUS-UNIVERSITÄT WEIMAR

The Bauhaus Museum Weimar with its The State Bauhaus was founded in Weimar in contemporary architecture and innovative April 1919. Its precursors were the Grand Ducal exhibition design presents treasures from Art School established by the Grand Duke the world’s oldest Bauhaus collection for of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Carl Alexander in the first time. The collection, selected to 1860 and the Grand Ducal School of Arts and remain in Weimar in 1925 by Walter Gropius Crafts established in 1907. The Belgian painter, with just 168 workshop pieces, has steadily architect and interior designer Henry van de grown over the years to 13,000 objects. The Velde, designed the two central buildings that exhibition not only presents iconic designs comprise the main campus of today’s univer- and historical documents, some of which sity. When van de Velde had to leave Germany have never been shown before, but also during World War I, he recommended the highlights the lifestyle issues, utopias, and architect Walter Gropius as his successor. The experiments prevailing at the early Bauhaus latter subsequently founded the new school of and during the 1920s. design after the war. The Bauhaus remained in Weimar until 1925 when it moved to Dessau. » Bauhaus+ App This app is an ideal multimedia guide that » Bauhaus-Walk will take you through the Bauhaus Museum, Take a walk through Weimar, follow the traces the Neues Museum Weimar and the Haus of the early Bauhaus and experience the Am Horn. exciting past and present of the Bauhaus-­ Universität Weimar.

17 // Haus Am Horn © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

18 // Nietzsche Archive © Jens Hauspurg, weimar GmbH // Neues Museum Weimar © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

NIETZSCHE ARCHIVE NEUES MUSEUM WEIMAR

An ailing Friedrich Nietzsche spent his final The former Grand Ducal Museum, built in 1869, was one of the first years at the »Villa Silberblick« in the care of museums established in Germany. Since 1999, the museum has mainly his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. After his served as a venue for temporary exhibitions, but in April 2019 it re­­ ­death, she commissioned Henry van de Velde open­ed with a permanent exhibition on early Modernist art ranging to remodel the rooms of the archive. The from the Weimar Painting School to Henry van de Velde. A large museum interior designs and furnishings are among workshop invites guests to experiment with the techniques of the arts the most exquisite creations ever made by and crafts. the Belgian architect and designer.

HAUS AM HORN

The Haus Am Horn is the only building designed and constructed by the Bauhaus in Weimar. This model house was built especial- ly for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition. It provided an opportunity for the Bauhaus masters and students to publicly present their visions of ­modern living and architecture for the first time.

HOUSE HOHE PAPPELN

The Haus Hohe Pappeln (House High Poplars), built in 1907/08, was the private residence of the Belgian architect and designer Henry van de Velde and his family. Van de Velde drafted the plans for the entire house down to the last detail. The result was an extraordinary ­Gesamtkunstwerk, whose representative living area and garden can still be visited today. // House Hohe Pappeln © Michael Paech, weimar GmbH

19 POLITICAL WEIMAR

he Weimar Republic existed from 1919 to 1933 and was Germany’s first democracy. It emerged after World War I in the midst of utterly desolate ­circumstances yet offered hope and fostered progress. Much of what we take for granted today was created during those years. Yet the foes of the democracy fought it in every way they could, which ultimately led to its demise in 1933.

// Weimar National Assembley © Maik Schuck, Municipal museum

20 THE FIRST ­ GUIDED TOUR WEIMAR DEMOCRACY. NATIONAL­ ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF 1919 An exciting chapter of German history was written in Weimar WEIMAR REPUBLIC 100 years ago: With the ratification of the It was a significant milestone: The first German democratic constitution was ratified in 1919, constitution at the German building the cornerstone for the post WWII democratic German national govern­ment in 1949. National Theatre, Germany’s From February 6 to August 21, 1919, the National Assembly convened in Weimar. Weimar had first democracy was born and been chosen because it was far away from the politically instable city of Berlin. Germany’s first named after Weimar. President, Friedrich Ebert, named yet another important reason: »The whole­ world will find it plea- Duration: 2 hours sant to have the spirit of Weimar be connected to the making of a new German Empire.« Weimar Price: 105 € for up to 25 people itself was confronted with exceptional circumstances: Not only was the first German flight route, (admissions not included) instituted between Weimar and Berlin, a spectacular development, but other novelties also Foreign language surcharge: quickly transformed Weimar into a temporary political center. 20 € Languages:

VISITS

THE HOUSE OF THE WEIMAR THE STADTMUSEUM GERMAN NATIONAL THEATER REPUBLIC A Forum for Democracy The Stadtmuseum (Municipal Museum) A plaque designed by the Bauhaus of Weimar illustrates one of the most founder Walter Gropius was mounted The Weimar Republic existed from 1919 to important events in German history: on the theater facade in memory of 1933 and was Germany’s first democracy. the founding of the Weimar Republic these months during the year of 1919. It emerged after World War I in the midst that was sealed by the ratification of the of ­utterly desolate circumstances, yet constitution by the National Assembly ä www.nationaltheater-weimar.de ­offered hope and fostered progress. in 1919 at the German National Theater Much of what we take for granted today in Weimar. A new and comprehensive was created during those years. Yet the exhibition here portrays this chapter of foes of democracy fought it in every way history more elaborately and within the they could, which ultimately led to its context of World War I. ­demise in 1933. The modern, multi-media House of the Weimar Republic tells this story and demonstrates how relevant­ the Weimar Republic is for today’s world. While connecting the ­Weimar era to the 21st century, it serves as a Forum for ­Democracy, providing room for exhibi- tions, research, and education. ­Moreover, the House is authentically located in Weimar, the city that gave birth to the firstGerman ­ democracy. // Bertuch House © Maik Schuck, weimar GmbH // German National Theater © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH ä www.hdwr.de

21 // Buchenwald Memorial © Claus Bach

BUCHENWALD MEMORIAL

The inscription above the main gate of the Buchenwald concentration camp ­»Jedem das Seine« (»To each his own«) was what the prisoners saw day in and day out when they had to line up on the roll call square. These words are the manifestation of the ­National Socialist demolition of equal rights and human dignity. Based on the Roman legal maxim­ for preserving justice, this basic principle is turned completely around to mean the ­opposite and proclaims that the so-called foreigners in society be brutally eliminated for ­political, social, or biological-racist reasons.

22 That is the basic point of departure for the From 1945 until 1950 the Soviet occupying PUBLIC TOURS OF permanent exhibition. It analyzes the Buchen­ power used the former concentration camp BUCHENWALD wald concentration camp, which the SS as a prison camp (Soviet Special Camp No. 2). MEMORIAL operated less than ten kilometers away from 28,000 people had been interned here by the center of Weimar as a part of the history 1950, and over 7,000 died. The National of Germany’s society during the period of Buchenwald Memorial was completely OVERVIEW TOURS National Socialism – a society that predo- ­revamped in the 1990s. Today there are minantly accepted concentration camps as diverse programs offered to individuals and Meeting point: Buchenwald justified and necessary instruments. After all, groups. Visitor Information Center the country was almost completely infiltrated » January, February, ­December: with camps during the »total war« – Buchen- p e r m a n e n t exhibitions : 11.30am wald alone had over 130 sub-camps. » Buchenwald. Ostracism and Violence » March, November: 1937 to 1945 10.30am, 1.30pm Thematically the new exhibition builds a » Soviet Special Camp No. 2, Buchenwald » April until October: bridge that begins with the foundation of 1945–1950 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, the camp on 15 July 1937 in the context of » Art exhibition »Means of Survival – 13.30pm, 2.30pm war preparations and extends to cover the Testimony – Artwork – Visual Memory« Participants: from 6 to post-liberation history and the influence of » The History of the Buchenwald Memorial 30 persons Buchenwald after 11 April 1945. Altogether, Duration: 90 minutes the SS imprisoned a quarter-million people For more information please contact the A donation is requested. from more than 50 countries at the complex. Buchenwald Memorial Information Office at More than 56,000 of them, including 11,000 the Weimar Tourist Information Center MULTIMEDIA GUIDE Jews, were murdered by the SS or died of (Markt 10, Weimar) or on the Internet at: Lending: Buchenwald Visitor exhaustion, starvation, torture, or medical ä www.buchenwald.de Information Center experimentation. Price per person: 5 € (discounts for groups) The permanent exhibition covers a range of The following languages topics, from the consequences of the transfer are currently available: of power to the National Socialists in 1933, including the founding of the Buchenwald concentration camp on 15th July, 1937, as TOURS FOR GROUPS part of the war preparations, to the actual (upon prior registration) history of the camp, up to the aftermath Participants: from 1 to following the liberation of the prisoners on max. 30 persons 11th April, 1945. One striking aspect is how Duration: 120 minutes smoothly the concentration camp fit into the Price: 80 €, reduced 40 € neighborhood of the city: Buchenwald easily The minimum age is 15; became part of Weimar. The hospital and the size of the group should be crematorium were at the disposal of the SS for between 15 and 30 persons. their purposes; craftsmen, shipping compa- Languages: nies, and dealers in Weimar did business with them. One example was the forced-labor are available on a limited basis. by prisoners working in the joinery of the Public transport: Bus No. 6, concentration camp to produce replicas of towards Buchenwald furniture from the study and death room of Friedrich Schiller in April 1942 for Weimar and the Goethe National Museum. // Buchenwald Memorial © Claus Bach, Buchenwald Memorial

23 DISCOVER MARKETS

// Onion Market © Candy Welz, weimar GmbH

24 // Flower Market © Maik Schuck, weimar GmbH // Easter Market © Maik Schuck, weimar GmbH

n Weimar, people know how to celebrate. Whether it is the Onion Market in October, the Potters’ Market in late summer, the Christmas Market during Advent, or the Wine Festival on Goethe’s birthday – there are plenty of occasions. And the background couldn’t be more scenic: the historic Old Town offers plenty of room and always seems to have the right atmosphere. The Market Square is one of the favorite places for Weimar’s markets and festivals. If you aren’t lucky enough to be in Weimar for the weekend of the Potters’, Flower, or Easter market, you don’t have to miss out on the typical hustle and bustle of a market. Every day, from Monday to Saturday, the farmers and flower merchants gather and offer their wares at the farmers’ market directly in front of the courthouse. Strolling along between stands and admiring the fresh produce while picking up bits of market conversations – is a wonderful way to slow down.

EASTER MARKET FLOWER MARKET

Spring’s awakening: the downtown Weimar has a special tradition here, too. In merchants and restaurants in Weimar spread Goethe’s day, Weimar became a city for botanists. the Easter spirit. At that time, it became fashionable to trade rare Along with regional specialties, the plant cultures that were true curiosities then. selec­tion is broadened by arts and crafts Even for market visitors not interesting in plan- by creative­ locals and designers from out of ting, the flower market is a feast for the senses town. A nice opportunity to enjoy the first with its colorful sea of blossoming potted plants, warm weather and browse for little gifts. aromatic herbs, and perennials of all kinds.

» 4 to 5 April 2020 » 27 to 28 March 2021 » 17 May 2020 » 16 May 2021

25 // Wine Festival © Maik Schuck, weimar GmbH

WINE FESTIVAL Many a glass is raised to his health. Wine makers from all over Germany come to present their Surrounding Goethe’s birthday on 28 August, products, and they never tire of praising the the Wine Festival is celebrated at Frauenplan unique atmosphere at Goethe’s Wine Festival. across from the famous poet’s home. The festive wine »village« with its many visitors is the main » 27 to 30 August 2020 attraction at Goethe’s birthday celebration. » 26 to 29 August 2021

// Potters’ Market © Heiko Hellmann, weimar GmbH

POTTERS’ MARKET of the Weimar Potters’ Market. More than 40 stands are set up in rows on the first weekend Not only do potters from all over Thuringia in September. The highlight of the Guild’s offer their precious and fragile wares and Potters’ Market is the presentation of the jour- demonstrate their age-old craft at the Market neymen’s pieces and the traditional ceremony Square. The multifarious selection and the where apprentices are declared journeymen. good quality guaranteed by the Thuringian Potters’ Guild have also become the trademark » 5 to 6 September 2020 » September 2021

26 // Onion Market © André Mey, weimar GmbH

ONION MARKET 360 years old. The Heldrungen onion farmers set the tone of the traditional market activity For three days the seven-layered bulb rules over with their onion braids, dried flowers, and Weimar. Nothing goes without onions: onion decorations. The traditional market is in onion tarts, in the frying pan, as a braid or three days of hustle and bustle, music, dance arrangement, and as the name-giver for Thu- and folk entertainment. ringia’s largest folk festival. The Weimar Onion Market (German: Zwiebelmarkt) is more than » 9 to 11 October 2020 » 8 to 10 October 2021

// Weimar Christmas © André Mey, weimar GmbH

WEIMAR CHRISTMAS cal Market Square. Even after the Christmas Holidays, Weimar welcomes its visitors with Weimar dressed for winter: a festively deco­ festive decorations and market activity. After rated town awaits visitors during Advent. The New Year’s the magic continues: the huts on old town is transformed into a Christmas Market Market Square are inviting places to linger bathed in glowing lights, and its vendor until the beginning of January. stands, huts and mulled-wine cabins extend from the Theatre Square with the famous » 24 November 2020–5 January 2021 Goethe and Schiller monument to the histori- » 23 November 2021–5 January 2022

27 ENJOY FESTIVALS

// Weimar Summer © André Mey, weimar GmbH

28 ENJOY FESTIVALS

// Thuringia Bach Festival © Thuringia Bach Festival

In Weimar, the festival line-up tradi- people or the Kunstfest Weimar (Weimar Art tionally begins in the month of April Festival) with 17,000 visitors for contemporary with the Thuringian Bach Festival, fine arts, there are also smaller series that and then the cabaret season begins at the set entertaining accents, whether outdoors Köstritzer Spiegelzelt in May/June along with under the night sky or in concert halls. the festival at Ettersburg Castle around Pente- cost. Weimar’s cultural offering doesn’t even June to September 2020 and 2021 take a break during the summer: the »Weimar ä www.weimarer-sommer.de/en Summer« combines all of these highlights into a program that offers a different surprise each evening THURINGIA BACH FESTIVAL

The Thuringia Bach Festival is the largest WEIMAR SUMMER classical music festival in Thuringia. Specializing in Baroque music and the Artists and audiences alike populate Weimar’s ­performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s parks and squares, meet up for art and culture, works in authentic Bach venues around the celebrate and dance, listen and enjoy. state, the festival attracts artists and tourists, both in Germany and from abroad. The Weimar Summer has established itself as one of the most diverse event-series in town. 3 to 26 April 2020 Along with the large-scale highlights such as 26 March to 18 April 2021 the Classic Open-Air concert performed by ä www.thueringer-bachwochen.de/en the Staatskapelle Weimar symphony orchest- ra that draws an audience of more than 4,000

29 // Kunstfest Weimar Arts Festival © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

30 WEIMAR ON STAGE KUNSTFEST WEIMAR ARTS FESTIVAL German National Theater Weimar It is one of the oldest theaters in Germany The Weimar Arts festival is an arts festival with a long tradition and a history dating straight from the heart: the perfect op- back to the 18th century when the most portunity to bring together audiences and famous German author of the classical ­artists, locals and tourists, young and old, ­period – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – and encourage their dialogue with one was its ­director. The German National Theater another. Finally, the city of Weimar itself is Weimar is one of very few German theatres the theme, venue, and main protagonist of that can look back on such a renowned list this Arts Festival. Weimar not only stands for of artists who worked on their stage: Goethe, cultural heritage, Weimar’s cultural offerings Schiller, Bach, Hummel, Liszt, and Strauss, to are also on the cutting edge. The festival name a few. The neoclassical structure that presents contemporary artistic positions­ exists today was completed in 1908. Over which, in their various ways, take up the decades since then, it has been rebuilt ­numerous themes in the tradition of Weimar. a number of times and also hosted several The program includes contemporary dance important political events, the best-known of as well as plays, exhibitions, and concerts, which is the founding of the Weimar Repub- all inviting the audience to look, listen and lic. Nowadays the German National Theater is perhaps even join in and dance. home to the most important theater compa- ny in Thuringia, an excellent opera ensemble, 26 August to 12 September 2020 as well as the Staatskapelle Weimar orchestra. August 2021

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// Wilhelm Tell © Candy Welz, German National Theatre

31 THURINGIAN FOOD & DRINKS

// Terrace Donndorf Café © Candy Welz, weimar GmbH

THÜRINGER ONION TART À LA WEIMAR But they all have the yeast dough ROSTBRATWURST and the onions in common. We have It belongs to the Onion Market just as a recipe for you below. Please note: There is not a market or festival much as the skin belongs to the onion, onion tart tastes best while warm. anywhere in the region that doesn’t but local bakers offer it for sale both Just ­surprise your friends and make boast a typical smell: the authentic Thu- before and after the October festivity your own! ringian bratwurst. It just belongs to the as well. This savory baked good is also a atmosphere. Luckily you don’t need to favorite in Weimar homes – especially in » Recipe for the Onion Tart à la Weimar: have a special reason to enjoy a deli­ the fall season. Every bakery and every ä www.weimar.de/en/tourism/eating- cious bratwurst clutched in a fresh roll. home cook has his or her own recipe. anddrinking/specialities

// Thüringer Bratwurst © Thomas Mueller, weimar GmbH // Herderplatz © Candy Welz, weimar GmbH

32 // Thuringian potato dumplings © Klosswelt Heichelheim

THURINGIAN POTATO BREWING HISTORY IN DUMPLINGS WEIMAR

Of course, Thuringian potato dumplings The city of Weimar has a long beer are also enjoyed in Weimar, although tradition. The Weimar beer purity law not every Sunday, as used to be custo- of 1433 is 80 years older than the beer mary in the region. If you don’t have purity law of Bavaria from 1516. This time to learn how to make these potato tradition still exists today. Weimar’s local dumplings yourself, you can find them beer is called »Ehringsdorfer«, named on the menus in Weimar restaurants. after an old village south of the city. Beer has been brewed here at an old THURINGIAN POTATO knight’s manor (German: Rittergut) since DUMPLING MUSEUM IN 1840. Today’s amber-colored Ritterbräu HEICHELHEIM is reminiscent of this tradition, while the Ehringsdorfer Urbräu is the favorite There are lots more stories and much local pilsner. The legendary giant keg more information about Thuringian in Ehringsdorf that was specially built dumplings at the Thuringian Potato for the festival parade on the golden Dumpling Museum in Heichelheim wedding anniversary of the Grand (about 10 km from ­Weimar). The museum Ducal couple Carl Alexander and Sophie offers somecooking ­ courses and live in 1892 is is used every year at Weimar’s demon­strations. You can also try all Onion Market. dumpling variations in the museum café. ä www.thueringer-kloss-welt.de ä www.ehringsdorfer.de

33 // Cycling © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH

ACTIVITIES & RELAXATION

hroughout the parks and river valleys, cycling and walking paths are inviting ways to actively discover your surroundings. On your bicycle: the favorite route is the Ilm Valley Bicycle Path, awarded four (!) stars by the German Bicycle Association; it leads from ­Weimar to the surrounding parks and castles, or from the Thuringian Forest through the beauti- ful landscape of the Ilm Valley to Weimar. The Thuringian City-Chain bicycle path leads through the Thuringian cities of Eisenach, Gotha, Erfurt and Jena, each of which also have attractive historic centers to offer. Many Weimar hotels have rental cycles for their guests. If you prefer to walk, Weimar’s surroundings can also be explored in hiking boots: the castles, observation towers, small villages, and traditional inns are worthwhile destinations.

34 CYCLING THROUGH THE ILM » Laura Bicycle Path LINDNER SPA & GOLF HOTEL VALLEY Part of the Laura Bicycle Path follows the former route of the Laura narrow-­gauge Near Weimar, at one of the most The complete route leads from the railway. It also leads along seldom-used ­spectacular golf courses in Germany, Rennsteig hiking path to the wine country and farm roads. Signs with a the Lindner Spa & Golf Hotel Weima- ­region Saale-Unstrut. For Weimar’s symbol of the Laura locomotive mark rer Land welcomes both young and guests, the most attractive part is the the route. ä www.lauraradweg.de old to a magnificent natural setting. part of the route that passes through It is a spectacular hideaway that fulfils Weimar. You can use it to explore the wellness dreams as well as children’s Park on the Ilm, Tiefurt Mansion and AVENIDA THERMAL SPA AND wishes, an on-course hotel in a class of Park, the Wieland Estate in Oßmann­ LEISURE PARK its own and a spectacular, unrivalled stedt, and Kromsdorf Castle by bicycle. event location. Its tribute to nature and This idyllic pool complex at the heart of the region in its beautiful and timeless ä www.ilmtal-radweg.de/de/cycle-route the Hohenfelden Reservoir leisure park is design conveys a feeling of well-being a place for fun, enjoyment, relaxation and from the first moment on. well-being, whether with family, friends, OTHER CYCLE ROUTES or just by yourself. With its indoor and » Distance: 20 km outdoor thermal baths totaling approxi- » Thuringian City-Chain mately 1,000m² of water area, keen swim- The long-distance bicycle path mers of all ages will be in their element. GOLF Thuringian City-Chain connects seven of the most beautiful cities in » Distance: 20 km One of the finest golf courses in Germa- Thuringia, leading through appealing ny is located just outside Weimar on the landscapes that show a wealth of historic property of Gut Krakau – the Thuringian history. Altenburg, home TOSKANA THERMAL SPA, Lindner Spa & Golf Resort Weimarer of the »skat« card game, is the starting BAD SULZA Land. The 36-hole course melts perfect­ point for this tour through Thuringia, ly into the landscape and offers first- leading through Weimar and Erfurt Do you want to know why the Toskana class training and match conditions. The to ­Eisenach. Along the 225 km, the Thermal Spa is listed as one of the 100 combination of the two greens allows historic city centers, renowned sights, Best Spas in the World? We don’t have three 18-hole variations. The golf course and cultural highlights offer rewarding the biggest pools, nor do we have the is complemented by facilities such as goals for the various legs of the trip. longest water ride (actually, we don’t the practice driving range, the 3-hole ä www.thueringer-staedte.de/en have a water ride at all). short course, putting green, practice Perhaps it’s because of the body-­ area, and practice bunkers. » Feininger Bike Path temperature thermal saltwater? Or the We invite you follow the bike trail of the ­unusual and creative events we stage in ä www.golfresort-weimarerland.de/en painter Lyonel Feininger along 26 km the Spa? Or Liquid Sound®, the incom- ­through the surroundings of Weimar parable experience of bathing in sound, // Cycling © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH and see his favorite motifs with your color and light that was first developed own eyes, as well as the cultural monu- here in Bad Sulza? We invite you to ments on the way. Explore the appea- discover the secret behind the special ling surroundings of the villages south fascination of the Toskana Thermal Spa of Weimar that belong to the landscape for yourselves. We are sure that you too protection area »Central Ilm Valley«. This will find a place in your heart for this is where Feininger spent many hours on most extraordinary bathing experience. foot or riding his bicycle between 1906 and 1937. ä www.weimar.de » Distance: 30 km

35 TOP 10

1 GUIDED CITY TOUR // City Tour © T. Müller, weimar GmbH 1 Start your Weimar journey with a guided tour. Whether on a weekday, weekend or public holiday – our licensed ­guides will show you around and tell you more about famous figures and historic buildings. A good way to get your first informative and amusing impression of Weimar.

2 BAUHAUS MUSEUM WEIMAR The Bauhaus School was opened in April 1919 in Weimar, was relocated to Dessau beginning in 1925 and closed by the National Socialists in Berlin in 1933. The Bauhaus // Bauhaus Museum Weimar © CLAUS BACH ® PHOTOGRAPHY 2 ­Museum Weimar displays the treasures of the world’s oldest Bauhaus collection. As a place of open encounter and discussion, the museum highlights the early phase of the most influential school of art and design of the 20th century, tying its history to questions of how we envision our living environment today and in the future.

3 NEUES MUSEUM WEIMAR The former Grand Ducal Museum, built in 1869, was one of the first museums established in Germany. In years past, the museum mainly served as a venue for temporary exhibitions, // Neues Museum © T. Müller, weimar GmbH 3 but in April 2019, it reopened with a permanent exhibition on early modernist art from the Weimar Painting School to Henry van de Velde.

4 GOETHE RESIDENCE One of the most important examples of Classical Weimar, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe lived in this Baroque house for almost fifty years. The furnishings and fittings from the last few years of Goethe‘s life have largely been preserved. For conservation reasons, the number of visitors is limited.

// Goethes Residence © A. Clemens, weimar GmbH 4 5 PARK ON THE RIVER ILM & GOETHE GARTENHAUS The 48-hectare landscaped park on the edge of Weimar’s old town is part of a kilometer-long green area along the Ilm. It was developed between 1778 and 1828 and features both sentimental, classical and post-classical/romantic styles.

36 // Goethe Gartenhaus © Nivre & Studio, weimar GmbH 5 6 WITTUMSPALAIS 6 // Wittumspalais © T. Müller, weimar GmbH After a fire in the residence palace, this luxurious mansion became the dowager residence of Duchess Anna Amalia. The two-winged building is an important document of noble interior design in Weimar.

7 OPERA, THEATRE AND DANCE The German National Theater evolved from the court ­theater where Goethe was the director more than 200 ­years ago. Hardly a day goes by without some festival or exciting event taking place in Weimar: Classical concerts and theater pieces on indoor and outdoor stages, and 7 // German National Theater DNT © Candy Welz, DNT many exhibitions at Weimar’s museums.

8 BUCHENWALD MEMORIAL This is an important place to recall the crimes committed during the Nazi period. 500,000 visitors come here every year. The infamous Nazi concentration camp known as Buchenwald existed between 1937 and 1945 on Ettersberg Hill. More than 250,000 people from almost 50 nations were imprisoned here – and over 50,000 of them did not survive. In August 1945, the site was converted by the ­Soviet occupying forces into an internment camp. Known as Special 8 // Buchenwald Memorial © P. Hansen, Buchenwald Memorial Camp No. 2, over 28,000 people were held here by the ­Soviets between 1945 and 1950, of whom 7,000 died.

9 LISZT MUSEUM Franz Liszt lived here during the summers from 1869 until 1886. This is where he gave lessons to many young and ta- lented ­pianists from Germany and abroad. It was opened as a museum in 1887. All the furnishings in the music salon and study are authentic, including the Bechstein grand piano.

9 // Liszt Museum © J. Hauspurg, KSW 10 HERZOGIN ANNA AMALIA BIBLIOTHEK The Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek is one of the most ­famous libraries in Germany. Anna Amalia had the so-called ›Little Green Castle‹ turned into a library comprising a unique combination of books, artworks, and architecture. On September 2nd 2004, a devastating fire broke out here and developed into the largest library fire in Germany since WWII.

37 10 // Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek © J. Hauspurg, TTG BEYOND WEIMAR

f you stay in Weimar a bit longer, you can enrich your visit with other interesting places in the region: from the Luther room at the Wartburg Castle and the Bach house in Eisenach to the medieval cathedral and old-town atmosphere in Erfurt and the summer castles in Dornburg, from the oldest continuously operating planetarium in the world in Jena to the Baroque castle and Renaissance historic center in Rudolstadt.

// Dornburg Castles © Marcus Glahn, Schatzkammer Thüringen

38 // Jena © Joachim Negwer, Thüringer Tourismus GmbH // Wartburg Castle © Thüringer Tourismus GmbH // Leuchtenburg Castle © Daniel Suppe

JENA (20 KM) THE DORNBURG CASTLES LEUCHTENBURG CASTLE (30 KM) (45 KM) Science center, high-tech location, ­cultural hub, student paradise… On the edge of a shell limestone plateau the most beautiful castle in the moun- the city of Jena is all this and more. a unique ensemble of three castles looks tains, set in a picturesque location, over the beautiful Saale region, each one 400 meters above the valley and famous It lies nestled in a picturesque land­ built during a different era, inviting you for its breath-taking panoramic views. The scape with Mediterranean-style charm, to embark on a unique journey through »Queen of the Saale Valley« – as it is fondly ­surrounded by delightful shell lime­stone time. The Old Castle is reminiscent of called – is also a highlight from a historical hills and diverse varieties of orchids that Emperor Otto I. At the Renaissance Castle, point of view: The almost 1,000-year-old have long made it a popular destination visitors can relive the hours Johann castle ensemble is unique in its preser- among those interested in culture, history, Wolfgang von Goethe spent working ved state as well as its further develop- botany, and geology alike. there, while at the Rococo Castle they ment. A treasure that is not immediately Visit the world’s oldest continuously can immerse in royal dining culture. seen from outside hides behind the operating planetarium or the historic The park, designed in French and English strong castle walls and makes this place a Zeiss workshop, Schiller’s garden landscaping style, is also unique, laid very special one: a magic world of wishes house or the Romantikerhaus literature out on five terraces with steeply sloping and enigmas associated with porcelain, or ­museum in Jena. vineyards, rose trellises, and arcades. »white gold«. Go be inspired there!

ERFURT (25 KM) RUDOLSTADT (38 KM) EISENACH (85 KM)

Be enchanted by the more than 1200- In one of the most beautiful landscapes When he first visited the Wartburg in year history of Erfurt. Stroll over the Krä- of Thuringia, a charming, lively town 1777, Goethe rhapsodized to Charlot- merbrücke bridge and enjoy the delight- welcomes its visitors with unique histor­ te von Stein that »The area is simply ful, cozy atmosphere of the medieval city ical sights. Its majestic landmark – the ­magnificent …«. St. Elisabeth of Thurin- center. Follow in the footsteps of great ­Heidecksburg castle towers high above gia lived at the castle, which has been personalities such as Luther, Bach, and the town. At its feet, the historic center a UNESCO World Heritage Site since Goethe, and explore the city’s landmark, with its winding streets, churches, and 1999, and Martin Luther translated the St. Mary’s Cathedral. You can find out Renaissance town houses is an inviting New Testament here. The Bachhaus – about medieval Jewish life in Erfurt in place to linger. At the end of the 18th the melodious museum in the compo- the Old Synagogue. As a masterpiece of century, the art-loving duchy attracted ser’s home town – boasts the world’s garden architecture, the egapark Erfurt well-known philosophers and poets to largest exhibition on the life and work is one of the most beautiful and largest the small residence city. These included of ­Johann Sebastian Bach. landscape parks in Germany. Goethe and Schiller, who met here in 1788.

39 // Seifengasse © Vanessa Berger, weimar GmbH

40 BY AIR Rostock GETTING Erfurt-Weimar airport: 25 km Leipzig airport: 120 km Hamburg HERE Dresden airport: 200 km Bremen Berlin airports: 280 km

Nuremberg airport: 240 km Berlin ARRIVAL Frankfurt airport: 270 km Hannover Potsdam

Munich airport: 390 km 9 Cottbus Not all roads lead to Weimar, that may Dortmund Duisburg be true. It used to take Goethe two full PARKING & Leipzig Düsseldorf Weimar 4 9 Dresden days to get from Frankfurt to Weimar; SERVICE 4 Köln 4 these days the journey can be done in 71 9 two hours. PARKING IN TOWN Frankfurt 71 Try to use our parking guide 73

BY CAR AND BUS system – it will help you 9 Motorway A4 Dresden – Frankfurt: find a space. Nürnberg Exit No. 49 Weimar (5 km to city center; 9 7 km to bus parking) or Exit No. 50 P+R-CAR PARK Stuttgart ­Apolda for bus drivers towards the Large parking lot at 9 ­Welcome Center (11 km to bus parking) Marcel-Paul-Straße­ München Motorway A71: Schweinfurt – for cars, busses and RV’s coming Erfurter Kreuz (25 km from motorway from route B7 towards Weimar-Nord junction Erfurt) (Weimar North) Motorway A9 Berlin – Munich: An der Sackpfeife PUBLIC 30 km from motorway junction for cars, off of route B85 TRANSPORTATION Hermsdorfer­ Kreuz B7: Kassel – Eisenach – Erfurt – BUS PARKING Weimar has a well-developed city Weimar – Jena – Gera Welcome Center, Friedensstraße 1 public transportation network. All bus B85: Bayreuth – Kulmbach – Kronach – (only busses, free of cost, maximum 1 lines pass through the central hub at Saalfeld – Rudolstadt – Weimar – hour) Goetheplatz. From here, there are several Kyffhäuser lines that travel to the Hauptbahnhof (Bier- und Burgenstraße or Beer and PARKING LOT FOR CARAVANS (Main Rail Station); electronic marquees Castles Road) AND RV’S inform about departure times of the Hermann-Brill-Platz (near the stadium) various bus lines. Children under 6 years BY TRAIN of age and Weimar card holders can ride … you can choose between regional CAR PARK for free. Information subject to change trains or the fast ICE train via ICE-hub Am Friedhof, Berkaer Straße Erfurt (15 min from Weimar). Whichever DISTANCES way you choose – it is always a pleasure UNDERGROUND PARKING AND to arrive at Weimar main station. PARKING GARAGES Leipzig ...... 130 km ä www.bahn.com Am Goethehaus, Beethovenplatz Dresden ...... 200 km Atrium, Friedensstraße 1 Berlin ...... 270 km BY BUS (LONG-DISTANCE BUS) Hauptpost, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße Frankfurt/Main ...... 270 km from: Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, congress centrum neue weimarhalle, Stuttgart ...... 370 km Hamburg, Hanover, Karlsruhe, Munich, Bertuchstraße (all charge parking fees) Cologne ...... 380 km Nuremberg, Osnabrueck, Stuttgart, Please note: There is no free parking Munich ...... 390 km Wuerzburg, Zurich in the city center. Hamburg ...... 450 km

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1 Goethe National Museum, Goethe Residence 10 Liszt Museum 19 Weimar House 28 Weimar Main station 2 City Castle 11 Nietzsche Archive 20 Haus Am Horn 29 Bauhaus-Settlement »Neues Bauen Am Horn« 3 House of the Weimar Republic 12 Historical Cemetery, Ducal Vault 21 Ginkgo Museum 30 Haus Hohe Pappeln 4 Neues Museum Weimar 13 Belvedere Castle 22 Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar 31 Bauhaus-Museum Weimar 5 Schiller Residence, Schiller Museum 14 Tiefurt Mansion 23 Convention centre weimarhalle 32 Tourist information, market square 6 Wittumspalais 15 Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek 24 Historical Town hall 33 Russian Orthodox Church 7 Goethe Gartenhaus 16 Municipal Museum 25 Fürstenhaus (Ducal palace) 8 Roman House 17 Buchenwald Memorial 26 Bauhaus University Weimar 9 Park Cave 18 City Church St. Peter & Paul 27 St. Jacob´s Church

42 SIGHTSEEING (SELECTION) Neues Museum Weimar KEY TO SYMBOLS Jorge-Semprún-Platz 5

Tourist Information Weimar Entrance completely accessible for wheelchairs Access: ground level, up Markt 10 to 6 % incline by elevator or ramp, Door width: minimum 90 cm Schiller Residence Entrance only partly accessible for wheelchairs Access: maximum 1 step, Schillerstraße 12 from 6 % to 12 % incline by elevator or City Castle ramp, Door width: minimum 80 cm Limited access to WC for wheelchairs Burgplatz 4 Door width: minimum 80 cm, space to the left or right of WC: min. 90 cm wide, Museum of the Earliest and Ancient depth of WC-bowl: min. 70 cm, free space in front of WC: min. 120 x 120 cm History of Thuringia Designated handicapped parking Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Humboldtstraße 11 available Size: 3.5 x 5 m

Platz der Demokratie 1 Elevator available

Elevator completely accessible for wheelchairs Door width: min. 90 cm, floor space: min. 110 cm wide, Municipal Museum Weimar min. 140 cm deep, Height of controls: Goethe National Museum Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 5–9 85 to 105 cm Frauenplan 1 Special and personal support for people with disabilities Support for the blind and visually impaired­ Large print, tactile instructions, Buchenwald Memorial listening cassettes, etc. Bauhaus Museum Weimar 99427 Weimar Support for the hard of hearing Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1 Induction loops, sign-language trans- lators, etc.

Educational programmes, class trips & group tours at the EJBW in Weimar

Are you looking for an ambitious, interdisciplinary and diverse educational programme for your next class trip or project week? EJBW serves as a gateway to Weimar, the European Capital of Culture 1999. group trips All our offers pertain to the city and its cultural, philosophical, historical, political and international heritage. We encourage parti- cipants to take these issues with them and think about how they will shape the future. We offer a rich and methodologically diverse seminar programme. Are you planning a class trip or group excursion for your organisation interdisciplinary projects combined with your own educational programme? Are you looking for a suitable venue with accommodation and dining? We would be happy to assist you!

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43 GUIDED TOURS FOR GROUPS

// Theater Square © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH // Herder Square © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH // Tiefurt © Marcus Glahn, Schatzkammer Thüringen

CITY TOURS City Castle, the City Church of St. Peter CLASSICAL CASTLES and Paul, Theater Square, Schiller’s house, AND PARKS BIG CITY TOUR Goethe’s house, alongside the Park on Enchanting castles and lush parks await This walking tour can be booked by the Ilm River and Goethe’s garden house, you in the immediate vicinity of Weimar. travel groups, clubs, conference partici- Democracy Square, Herzogin Anna Belvedere, Ettersburg, and Tiefurt – all pants, companies, and families. During Amalia Bibliothek. three are UNESCO World Heritage sites. the tour, the licensed city guides give Let yourself be whisked away to the you an insightful overview of Weimar, Duration: 1.5 hours extraordinary gardens and monuments. with plenty of anecdotes and enter- Price: 85 € for max. 25 people per group The guided tour can be customized to taining details from Weimar’s wealth of Foreign language surcharge: 20 € fit your interests. city history. The length and content of Languages: the tour can be extended on request. Duration: 2 hours (for each park) Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group Tours: only after prior written agreement Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Duration: 2 hours THEMED TOURS Languages: Price: 90 € for max. 25 people per group CLASSICAL WEIMAR Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Languages: UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SCENES OF LITERATURE SITES IN WEIMAR Where was world literature created in Three places are entered as the Weimar? Where were theater classics »Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and first performed? Where exactly did TOUR OF THE CLASSICAL ­Dessau« on the UNESCO World Heritage some of Weimar’s seventy writers at WEIMAR OLD TOWN List in Weimar, while the »Classical the beginning of the twentieth century Discover Classical Weimar in an hour and ­Weimar« entry comprises 13 sites. live? To find out the answers to all these a half: this walking tour is limited to the ­Goethe’s manuscripts are entered as questions and more, just book this old town and will lead you to the high- part of the »Memory of the World«. extraordinary guided tour. lights of the classical era and the places where Goethe, Schiller, Herder, and Duration: 2 hours Duration: 2 hours Wieland worked. You receive an informa- Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group tive overview of the main attractions in Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Weimar’s historic center. Route: Market, Languages: Languages:

44 // Bauhaus-Universität Weimar © T. Müller, weimar GmbH // Weimarhallenpark © Nivre Film u. Studio, weimar GmbH // Bauhaus Lantern Walk © weimar GmbH

WEIMAR MODERNISM WEIMAR MODERNISM Lantern Walk follows the tradition of AND THE BAUHAUS the annual lantern festival celebra- THE EARLY BAUHAUS This tour focuses on Weimar at the ted by the Bauhäuslers back in the The Bauhaus (1919–1933) was Germany’s­ beginning of the 20th century, putting day. The 90-minute walk begins at most famous school of classical the cultural developments of the time Theater Square. From there it goes by Modernist art and design. In 1919 the into a political and sociological context. the former residences of Gropius and Grand Ducal Saxon School of Art was It describes van de Velde’s Seminar for Schlemmer, the main building of the fused together with the Arts and Crafts Arts & Crafts and the founding of the Bauhaus Universität Weimar and on to Seminar founded by Henry van de Bauhaus, as well as the Weimar Republic the Tempelherrenhaus, through the Velde in 1907. Under its new name, the and the National Socialist sentiments in Ilm Park to the House Am Horn and on »State Bauhaus in Weimar«, the school the city. The »Quarter of Modernism« to the houses where Klee, Itten and moved into van de Velde’s premises. illustrates how the city now deals with Moholy-Nagy lived. The tour ends at The influence of the Bauhaus was so its multi-faceted history. the Sternbrücke (stone castle bridge), great that the term »Bauhaus« is often and the guests are left to explore the equated with Modernist­ architecture Duration: 2 hours night on their own. and design. At the Bauhaus, areas which Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group were traditionally kept separate – fine Foreign language surcharge: 20 € The Lantern Walk was developed by arts, applied arts and performing arts – Languages: the Bauhaus Walk team at the Bauhaus were brought together under one um- Meeting point: subject to advance agreement Universität Weimar in 2009. brella concept, which in turn profoundly influenced painting, performing arts Duration: 2 hours and music. BAUHAUS LANTERN WALK Price: 180 €, in English: 200 € for max. 25 Experience interesting details about people per group Duration: 2 hours the early Bauhaus in Weimar on an Languages: Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group ­evening walk. You are guided by Meeting point: German National Theater, Foreign language surcharge: 20 € lanterns ­through the streets and the Theater Square Languages: ­atmospheric Ilm Park to the former residences and ateliers of the Bau- haus masters. On the way, you learn historical facts and hear anecdotes about the Bauhaus beginnings. The

45 // Liszt Museum © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH // Bastille © C. Bauerfeind, weimar GmbH // Quarter of Weimar Modernism © T. Müller, weimar GmbH

MUSIC TOURS jacent to the Hotel Elephant. Nowadays CELEBRATED AND ABUSED – a plaque denotes where Bach’s home WEIMAR AS AN INSTRUMENT THE MUSIC SCENE once stood and also mentions his two OF POLITICS Weimar has experienced important sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp The darkest chapter in Weimar’s history periods as a city of music: when Johann Emanuel, who were both born here. The is closely entwined with the Buchen- Sebastian Bach came to Weimar in route leads on towards the Ilm river, past wald concentration camp. Yet National 1708, it not only marked the beginning the City Castle to the City Church St. Peter Socialism also left its mark in the form of a highly productive era for him, but and Paul (Herder Church), where Bach and of the architectural remains of the Weimar itself also gained in importance. his cousin Johann Gottfried Walter played so-called Third Reich right in the middle This significance was revived many the organ and four of Bach’s children were of town. The tour visits the sites where ­years later when Franz Liszt was appoin- baptized. large political events took place, inclu- ted court conductor. The music scene ding the former Grand Ducal Marstall, remains an important component Duration: 2 hours (unless arranged otherwise which became the headquarters of the of the city of culture to this day. in advance) Gestapo under the National Socialists. Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group Along with the provisional admin­ Duration: 2 hours Foreign language surcharge: 20 € istration barracks with its double-walled Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group Languages: interrogation room there was an impro- Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Meeting Point: as arranged in advance vised prison with twelve jail cells in the Languages: former carriage house of the Marstall that had been constructed by prisoners HISTORIC TOURS of Buchenwald. There is an exhibition BACH – A BAROQUE GENIUS there today in memory of this part of It is a little-known fact that Johann HISTORIC SITES OF THE Weimar’s history. ­Sebastian Bach lived in Weimar for REFORMATION IN WEIMAR almost ten years. He actually lived in Luther visited Weimar several times. Duration: 2 hours (unless otherwise arranged Weimar twice during his life. The first A licensed city guide will lead you in advance) time, in 1703, he spent six months in the in his footsteps, to sites such as the Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group residence city just after he returned from Jakobskirchhof cemetery, the Franciscan Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Lüneburg. After organist positions in monastery, the Lutherhof building, and Languages: Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, he returned to the City Church of St. Peter and Paul. Meeting point: Subject to advance Weimar in 1708, in the meantime 23 years arrangement old, and was employed by Duke Wilhelm Duration: 2 hours Ernst until 1717. The themed walking tour Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group begins at Market Square, where the com- Foreign language surcharge: 20 € poser lived while in Weimar, directly ad- Languages:

46 // German National Theater © T. Müller, weimar GmbH // Barrier-Free City Tour © Thomas Müller, weimar GmbH // Walking Tour For Children © Andre Mey, weimar GmbH

WEIMAR DEMOCRACY. BARRIER-FREE ANECDOTE TOUR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY The two-hour walking tour begins at OF 1919 BARRIER-FREE CITY TOUR the Market Square and leads across The tour leads you to the main places This tour for visitors with impaired Democracy Square to Herder Square.­ of interest in regard to the National mobility, people with disabilities, and Among other places, we will visit the ­Assembly in Weimar. The sites include wheelchair users is not only available famous Park on the Ilm River and the the City Castle as the headquarters of with an individually tailored route and Historical Cemetery. At the Goethe the Reich government with room for pace, but the topics are also adapted to ­Residence on Frauenplan you will hear meetings of the parliamentary parties, the respective route. The routes have how Christiane Vulpius was received the Marstall with accommodations been tested in advance by experienced by Weimar social circles, and what for civil servants, the Hotel Elephant, city guides in collaboration with the consequences the battle at Jena and where the parliamentary parties stayed disability association. Auerstedt had on her life with Goethe. and which was also the headquarters of the Reich’s Nutritional Office, and Duration: 2 hours Duration: 2 hours the German National­ Theater, where Price: 90 € for max. 25 people per group Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group the constitution was negotiated and Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Foreign language surcharge: 20 € ratified. The exhibit at the Municipal Languages: Languages: Museum (Stadtmuseum), »Weimar Meeting Point: as arranged in advance Democracy. The National Assembly of 1919« with numerous original objects, MORE TOURS documents, photographs and film WALKING TOUR FOR footage documenting the period of GREAT WOMEN OF WEIMAR CHILDREN the National Assembly in Weimar is Over the centuries, famous women An exciting little journey animates children ­included in the tour. have always helped shape the history to investigate for themselves and discover of Weimar: Anna Amalia, Charlotte the city. The senses of sight, touch and Note: On Mondays the Stadtmuseum is von Stein and Maria Pawlowna, to ­hearing are stimulated. Are you curious? closed, so the tour does not include the name only a few. This tour will tell you Here we go… Suitable for families, pre- exhibition. all about these and other renowned school children, primary school classes, ­women from Weimar. and even children’s birthday parties. Duration: 2 hours (unless otherwise arranged in advance) Duration: 2 hours Duration: ca. 1.5 hours Price: 105 € for max. 25 per group Price: 105 € for max. 25 people per group Price: 70 € for max. 20 people per group Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Foreign language surcharge: 20 € Languages: Languages: Languages: Meeting point: as arranged in advance Meeting Point: as arranged in advance

47 GROUP HOTELS & Stars Beds Facilities YOUTH HOSTELS (SELECTION)

Best Western Premier WC Grand Hotel Russischer Hof WC «««« plus 220 Goetheplatz 2, 99423 Weimar www.russischerhof-­weimar.de

Dorint Am Goethepark Weimar WC Beethovenplatz 1/2, 99423 Weimar «««« 284 WC www.dorint.com/weimar

Hotel Elephant Weimar no WC Markt 19, 99423 Weimar 99 ­classification www.hotelelephantweimar.de

Youth hostel »Am Poseckschen Garten« youth hostel 101 WC Humboldtstraße 17, 99423 Weimar www.weimar-posgarten.jugendherberge.de

European Youth Education Centre (EJBW) youth hostel 162 WC Jenaer Straße 2/4, 99425 Weimar www.ejbweimar.de

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48 GROUP RESTAURANTS Opening Vegan Vegetarian Number of seats Cuisine cuisine cuisine (SELECTION) hours inside outside yes, on request yes, on request

Restaurant AnnA authentic, 12pm–10pm yes yes 80 62 yes Markt 19 ­regional, creative 99423 Weimar

Salon Carl Alexander & Kitchen regional, Salon von Maltitz 12pm–9.30pm Mediterranean, no no 140 20 yes Beethovenplatz 1/2 international 99423 Weimar

Gasthausbrauerei Felsenkeller Sat/Sun/holidays regional no yes 160 60 yes Humboldtstraße 37 5pm Thuringian 99425 Weimar

Mo–Fr joHanns Hof 5pm–11pm regional, classic, no yes 65 60 no Scherfgasse 1 Sat steak restaurant 99423 Weimar 11.30am–2.30pm

Sächsischer Hof Weimar regional, Eisfeld 12 11am–10pm ­Mediterranean, yes yes 70 105 yes 99423 Weimar international

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49 OPENING HOURS FOR WEIMAR MUSEUMS FOR 2020 WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA Classical Weimar from to closed AND APPS Belvedere Castle and Orangery * Tue Sun Mon WEBSITE Goethe Residence and National Museum Tue Sun Mon

Goethe’s Gartenhaus Tue Sun Mon On our website Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek Tue Sun Mon ä https://www.weimar.de/en/ Schiller Residence Tue Sun Mon you can find a lot of useful information about the city, history, culture and the Wittumspalais Tue Sun Mon most important information for your Ducal Vault Wed Mon Tue visit, from events to brochures. Kochberg Castle * Wed Mon Tue Park Cave Wed Mon Tue SOCIAL MEDIA Roman House * Wed Mon Tue Weimar erleben (in German) Tiefurt Mansion * Wed Mon Tue Weimar guide (in English) Wieland Estate in Oßmannstedt * Wed Mon Tue weimar_erleben * Dornburg Castles Thu Tue Wed #weimarerleben Goethe-Schiller Archive open daily Weimar @Weimarerleben Bauhaus & Modernism from to closed

Kunsthalle Harry Graf Kessler Tue Sun Mon APPS Municipal Museum Tue Sun Mon Bauhaus Museum Weimar Wed Mon Tue These apps will help you to discover Haus Am Horn Wed Mon Tue more in the city. Haus Hohe Pappeln Wed Mon Tue The topography of Neues Museum Weimar Wed Mon Tue modernism­ Nietzsche Archive Wed Mon Tue Experience the diversity House of the Weimar Republic open daily of Weimar Modernism by visiting its venues – the ­app Other sites from to closed takes you to the ­places Palais Schardt Tue Fri Mon, Wed, Thu, in Weimar where the first German Sat, Sun democracy and revolutionary new art Museum for Pre- and Early History of Tue Sun Mon developed. Discover town and buil- Thuringia Bach in Weimar. Experience Site Tue Sun Mon dings, which reflect the founding of the Weimar Republic and the State Bauhaus. Kirms-Krackow-Haus * Fri Sun Mon–Thu Learn about the ­modern and trail-bla- German Bee Museum Wed Sun Mon, Tue zing ideas on freedom and the unity of Pavillon-Press Mon Fri Sat, Sun, holidays art and technology that emerged here. Railway Museum Thu Sat Sun–Wed Liszt Museum Wed Mon Tue Zeitfenster Weimar »Zeitfenster Weimar« ACC Gallerie open daily ­accompanies you on a Ginko Museum open daily ­journey through time to Weimar Haus open daily Weimar Modernism. * Closed in winter from October till end of March

50 Zwiebelmarkt Weimar – with you to the museums. It helps you Thuringia.MyCulture. Onion Festival prepare for and follow up your visit Explore the many faces of The Zwiebelmarkt App is an with in-depth information, interviews culture in Thuringia with a application for the oldest with the curators, video features of the mobile travelling compani- traditional festival in Thurin- artists and event recommendations. on: Thuringia.MyCulture. gia. Here you can find all the Scan content with your information you need, from the festival Where is Walter? smartphone or tablet to learn more program to parking. The students of the Bau- about Thuringia and its cultural haus-Universität Weimar highlights via augmented reality. Relive Bauhaus+ examined the inheritance history, follow in the footsteps of The Bauhaus+ app offers a and the traces left by famous Thuringians and get to know wide array of multimedia the Weimar Bauhaus in fascinating places all over Thuringia. information on Weimar an artistic way. They compiled an Create your personal cultural travel Modernism and audio tours Audio Walk to familiarise visitors to guide by selecting your favourite tours of the exhibitions at the Bau- the historical founding location with and sight­seeing tips within the app. haus Museum Weimar, the Neues Mu- the history and stories surrounding seum Weimar and the Haus Am Horn. the Weimar Bauhaus and its founder This app is the perfect guide to take Walter Gropius.

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