Weimar

Classical Weimar
UNESCO-World Heritage since 1998

The unparalleled role of the city as a centre of intellectual life in the 18th, 19th and 20th century shapes the city’s face with buildings and park grounds of great cultural importance.

The conferral of world heritage status upon three sites in Weimar brings to the UNESCO list a cultural treasure which is a highly authentic representation of the ”Classical Weimar”, the creation of ”Bauhaus” and the handwritten works of Goethe (UNESCO “Memory of the World” list), preserved by the Goethe-Schiller-Archive.

This includes magnificent examples of interior design in the European Classicist style dating from around 1800. The places where the poets and their patrons lived and worked remain as witnesses to Classical Weimar: Goethe’s home, Schiller’s home and the three palaces - Belvedere, Ettersburg and Tiefurt with their unique grounds.

Other examples are the sites where Herder lived and worked, the Wittumspalais where the illustrious intellectuals met, the renowned Anna Amalia library and the Ducal Vault in the Historic Cemetery. UNESCO acknowledged the global impact of the ”Bauhaus” in Weimar in 1996 and the treasures of the ”Goethe-Schiller-Archive” which was listed in the ”Memory of the world” in 2001.

Route Suggestion
From Hildesheim via Goslar, Quedlinburg and Weimar to Wartburg Castle