Classical Weimar (World Heritage Site)

Classical Weimar (German: Klassisches Weimar) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of 11 sites located in and around the city of Weimar, Germany.[1] The site was inscribed on 2 December 1998. The properties all bear testimony to the influence of Weimar as a cultural centre of the Enlightenment during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. A number of notable writers and philosophers lived in Weimar between 1772 and 1805, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Schiller, and Christoph Martin Wieland. These figures ushered in and participated in the Weimar Classicism movement, and the architecture of the sites across the city reflects the rapid cultural development of the Classical Weimar era.[1]

Statue of Goethe and Schiller.

Classical Weimar
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Schloss Weimar (Residence Palace)
LocationWeimar, Germany
IncludesSchloss Belvedere, Goethe House, St. Peter und Paul, Herders residence, Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Historical Cemetery, Weimar, Park an der Ilm, Schillerhaus Weimar, Tiefurt House, Ettersburg Castle and Park, Schloss Weimar, Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium, Wittumspalais
CriteriaCultural: (iii), (vi)
Reference846
Inscription1998 (22nd Session)
Coordinates50°58′39″N 11°19′43″E
Classical Weimar (World Heritage Site) is located in Germany
Classical Weimar (World Heritage Site)
Location of Classical Weimar in Germany
Classical Weimar (World Heritage Site) is located in Thuringia
Classical Weimar (World Heritage Site)
Classical Weimar (World Heritage Site) (Thuringia)

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References

  1. "Classical Weimar". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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