Tourist Attractions in Weimar, Germany
Weimar, famed as the city of Goethe and the great center of German classical literature, lies in the valley of the Ilm in the southeast of the Thuringian Basin, to the south of the Grosser Ettersberg.
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Goethe House
The Goethe House in Weimar marks the last residence of Goethe, between the years of 1782 and 1832. The upper floor of Goethe House serves as a National Museum dedicated to Goethe.
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Art Collections
(Weimar Schloss)
The Weimar Schloss displays a variety of paintings and other works by a number of well known Italian, Dutch, Flemish, and German artists.
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Frauentor Cemetery
The Frauentor Cemetery is the final resting place of both Goethe and Schiller, along with their family members. The cemetery also contains a neo-Classical chapel and a monument commemorating the 1848 Revolution.
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Herder Church
One of the main tourist attractions in Weimar is Herder Church. This Late Gothic structure can be found in the old town.
Kirms-Krackow House
Northeast of the Weimar Herder Church, at Jakobstrasse 10, is the Kirms-Krackow House. Originally Late Gothic, it has a plain Baroque facade. Features of the interior are a courtyard with a wooden gallery, a garden with a tea-house and residential apartments and offices in neo-classical style. It now houses a Herder Museum.
Lucas Cranach House
Among the old houses round the Weimar Markt (many of them rebuilt) is the Lucas Cranach House (1549), a handsome two-gabled Renaissance building in which Lucas Cranach the Elder spent the last year of his life.
National Theater
In Theaterplatz in Weimar stands the German National Theater. The present building, the third on the site, dates from 1907. Goethe was director of the original theater for some years, and Franz Liszt and Richard Strauss were musical directors of its 19th C. successor.
In front of the Theater is a statue of Goethe and Schiller (by Ernst Rietschel, 1857).
In front of the Theater is a statue of Goethe and Schiller (by Ernst Rietschel, 1857).
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
Theaterplatz 2
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Theaterplatz 2
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Park on the Ilm
Designed by Goethe, Park on the Ilm is one of the town's principle sights.
Schiller House
At Schillerstrasse 12 in Weimar can be found the Schiller House (1777), in which the dramatist lived from 1802 until his death in 1805. The rooms are furnished in period style (restored 1986-87).
Schiller House
Schillerstrasse 12
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Schillerstrasse 12
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Hours
May 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | 9:00 | Closed | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
November 1 to April 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Always closed on:
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Schiller Museum
Adjoining the Schiller House in Weimar is the new Schiller Museum (opened 1988) with a rich collection of material on his life and works.
Hours
April 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
November 1 to March 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | Closed | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
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Weimar Schloss
The Great Hall, the Falcon Gallery, the Luisenzimmer, and the Goethe Gallery are all highlights of the neo-Classical, Weimar Schloss..
Wittumspalais
Adjoining the Kunsthalle in Weimar is the Wittumspalais (1767), home of the Dowager Duchess Anna Amalia and a great center of social and literary activity during Goethe's early years in Weimar. Period furniture; paintings; Wieland Museum.
Hours
April 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
November 1 to March 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Bauhaus Museum
The Bauhaus Museum exhibits mainly 20th C art representative of the Bauhaus movement.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Ettersberg
To the north of Weimar rises the Ettersberg (478m/1,568ft). Here in 1937 the Nazis established the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp in which 56,000 people died. It is now a memorial site (Gedenkstätte Buchenwald).
The memorial site, with the Grove of Honor and a bell-tower, was laid out between 1954 and 1958 on the southern slope of the hill, the site of the mass graves. On the site of the camp itself is a Museum of the Resistance.
The memorial site, with the Grove of Honor and a bell-tower, was laid out between 1954 and 1958 on the southern slope of the hill, the site of the mass graves. On the site of the camp itself is a Museum of the Resistance.
Kasseturm
In Goetheplatz, the hub of Weimar, from where a pedestrian boulevard runs south to Theaterplatz and Schillerstrasse, rises the Kasseturm, a round tower (rebuilt in the late 18th C) which formed part of Weimar's medieval fortifications. It now houses a student club.
Kunsthalle
Opposite the Weimar National Theater is the neo-classical facade of the old Kulissenhaus (theater store), now the Kunsthalle (art exhibitions).
Memorial Buchenwald
Memorial Buchenwald is a former concentration and internment camp. There is a historical exhibition on the premises.
Hours
April 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
November 1 to March 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Municipal Museum
In Karl-Liebkneccht-Strasse stands the Weimar Bertuchhaus (1802-06), a neo-classical building with a spacious hall and a double staircase, the home of F. J. Bertuch, an early 19th C. Weimar businessman. It is now occupied by the Municipal Museum.
Hours
April 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
November 1 to March 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
New Museum Weimar
The New Museum Weimar contains a collection of contemporary art by Paul Maenz.
Hours
April 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
November 1 to March 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 | 16:30 |
St James's Church
There are a number of fine buildings around St James's Church (Jakobskirche; 1712) in Weimar, an aisleless Baroque church with a double row of windows; west tower with onion dome.
St James's Churchyard
St James's churchyard, in the northwestern district of Weimar, contains the vault in which Schiller was originally buried and the graves of Lucas Cranach the Elder, Goethe's wife Christiane and many other noted Weimar figures.
St Peter and St Paul Church
St. Peter and St. Paul Church in Weimar is a Gothic church and hall with three naves. It has a Baroque decor and Cranach triptych.
Hours
May 1 to September 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
October 1 to April 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 |
| Close | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
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