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About the Town of Weimar
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, Johann
Sebastian Bach and Franz Liszt, Lucas Cranach and the Weimar
School have all made their mark on the town. In the late
18th and early 19th centuries, Weimar played an important
role as an intellectual centre. The town's awareness of its
history, both recent and more distant, has enabled it to
realise its vision of a state-of-the-art cultural centre. As
Goethe once asked, "Where else do you find so many good
things in such a small place?"
The artistic and
cultural importance of
Weimar's historical
architecture and
landscape parks, as well
as the town's role as an
intellectual centre in
the late 18th century,
were the reasons for its
designation as the
"Classical Weimar"
UNESCO World Heritage
site. A second UNESCO
World Heritage site, "
Bauhaus sites in Dessau
und Weimar", was
designated because of
the foundation here of
the Bauhaus School by
Professor Walter Gropius,
who had a profound
influence on 20th
century architecture.
Weimar is surrounded by remarkable landscape parks, with the
park on the River Ilm right in the centre of town. The
carefully tended parks and gardens are closely associated
with different eras in the town's history and reflect their
founders' philosophies. |
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Weimar Tourist Information
Tel: 0049 3643 7450
www.weimar.de
tourist-info@weimar.de
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