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Weimar
View of Weimar
View of Weimar
Flag of Weimar
Flag
 Coat of arms of Weimar
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Urban district
Elevation
208 m (682 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)
 • Total 65,620
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
99401–99441
Dialling codes 03643, 036453
Vehicle registration WE
Website www.weimar.de

Weimar is a city in the middle of Germany, in the state of Thuringia. It has about 60,000 inhabitants and a university.

Most famous citizens in the past were the German poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller.

The city is well known for the Weimar Republic, too. It was founded in Weimar in 1919.



Images for kids

  • Kasseturm in Weimar

    The Kasseturm is a relic of the former city wall at Goetheplatz.

  • We-marktplatz01

    Market Square with some 16th-century Renaissance patricians' houses

  • The Grand-Ducal Palace, Weimar

    The Grand-Ducal Palace

  • Anna amalia bibliothek weimar brandschaden 03092004 nachmittag

    The destroyed Anna Amalia Library in 2004

  • Weimar Stadtgliederung

    Districts of Weimar

  • Weimar Bahnhof

    Weimar Railway Station

  • Bauhaus University Weimar 03

    University's main building

  • 030430-goethehaus

    Goethe-Nationalmuseum

  • Schiller Weimar

    Schiller-Museum

  • Goethe-Schiller-Archiv Weimar

    Goethe- und Schiller-Archiv

  • Bauhaus Museum Weimar 01

    Bauhaus-Museum

  • Neues Museum Weimar2

    Neues Museum

  • Stadtmuseum Weimar im Bertuchhaus

    Stadtmuseum

  • Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Thüringens (Westansicht)

    Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Thüringens

  • Weimar Stadtkirche Peter Pa

    St. Peter and Paul's Church

  • Die Jakobskirche in Weimar

    St. James' Church

  • Herz-Jesu-Kirche Weimar2

    Sacred Heart Church

  • Russ orthodoxe kirche we2

    Russian-Orthodox Chapel

  • GelmerodaKirche1

    Gelmeroda Parish Church

  • Kirche Oberweimar

    Oberweimar Parish Church

  • Weimar, castello 06

    Court of the Stadtschloss

  • Weimar Fürstenhaus 2012

    Fürstenhaus

  • Weimar Grünes Schloss (HAAB)

    Green Castle

  • Rotes Schloss in Weimar

    Red Castle

  • Weimar Wittumspalais2

    Wittumspalais

  • Weimar Charlotte von Stein

    Husarenstall

  • Reithaus im Ilmpark

    Reithaus

  • Belvedere weimar1

    Schloss Belvedere, main building

  • Beethovenhaus & Bachhaus des Schloss Belvedere (Weimar)

    Schloss Belvedere, side buildings

  • Schloss Ettersburg

    Schloss Ettersburg

  • Schloss Tiefurt

    Schloss Tiefurt

  • Rathaus, Weimar - 1

    Town hall

  • Bauhaus University Weimar 03

    Southern main building of Bauhaus University

  • Van-de-Velde-Bau in Weimar (Südgiebel)

    Northern main building of Bauhaus University

  • Theater Weimar

    Theatre and Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal

  • Weimar - Goethe und Schiller Statuen am Theaterplatz

    Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal

  • Gauforum Weimar Westseite

    One building of the Gauforum

  • Römisches Haus im Park an der Ilm (Weimar)

    The Römisches Haus in Park an der Ilm

See also

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