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Weimar UNESCO world heritage sites

Weimar city

Goethe's House at Frauenplan 1
The Goethe House (Goethes Wohnhaus) is the main house lived in by the writer, poet, and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe whilst in Weimar, Germany, though he did live in several others in the town.

Schiller's House at Schillerstrasse 12
Today the house presents a vivid impression of the tastes of the time and the everyday life of the Schiller family, with its many authentic exhibits, such as a coffee pot made of Thuringian porcelain. One major attraction is the study with its largely original furnishings.

Dower Palace at Am Palais 3
Now a museum, this splendid Baroque two-winged palace features fine décor, period furniture, and portraits and busts of the Ducal family and courtesans, as well as portraits of Goethe and Schiller in the Poet's Room. Also of interest is the Round Table Room, where guests like Goethe were entertained... and did the entertaining.

The church of Ss Peter and Paul at Herderplatz 8
It is the most important church building of the town, and is called Stadtkirche (town church), opposed to the courtly Schlosskirche (court chapel).

City Castle at Burgplatz 4
The Schlossmuseum presents exhibitions focused on paintings from 1500 to 1900 related to the history of Weimar.

Duchess Anna Amalia Library at Platz der Demokratie 1
The research library today has approximately 850,000 volumes with collection emphasis on the German literature. Among its special collections is an important Shakespeare collection of approximately 10,000 volumes, as well as a 16th-century Bible connected to Martin Luther.

Goethe's Garden House at Park an der Ilm
The former vineyard cottage in the Park on the Ilm, probably built around the end of the 16th century, was the first home acquired by Johann Wolfgang Goethe in Weimar in 1776, a few months after his arrival in Weimar, together with the surrounding garden.

Haus am Horn *** at Am Horn 61
It was the very first building constructed based on Bauhaus designs which were to prove very influential in international modern architecture.

Roman House at Park an der Ilm
The former retreat of Duke Carl August, with its four-column Ionic vestibule, is reminiscent of ancient temples.

Weimar surroundings

Castle and Park at Am Schloss 1, Ettersburg
This woodland has been the hunting ground for the Dukes of Weimar since the 17th century.

Tiefurt Mansion and Park at Hauptstrasse 14
Gently sloping fields with beautiful groups of trees stretch to the bank of the river. A steep slope covered with dense forest rises on the far side. Numerous memorials and park constructions invite visitors to linger.

Bauhaus-University *** at Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse 8
Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art School, it gained collegiate status on 3 June 1910. In 1919 the school was renamed Bauhaus by its new director Walter Gropius and it received its present name in 1996

Old cemetery at Berkaer Strasse 4A
Since 1832, the members of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach have shared their tomb with the two most famous poets of Weimar classicism, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. As a result, the mausoleum has been a popular site of veneration for the poets ever since the mid-19th century.

Belvedere Castle at Belvederer Allee 103
Duke Ernst August had a Baroque summer residence built to the south of Weimar between 1724 and 1748.