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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road map D4. * 62,000.
n Markt 10 (03643-74 50).
_ Thüringer Bach-Wochen (Mar),
Spiegelzelt (May/Jun), Kunstfest
(Aug/Sep), Fest an Goethes
Geburtstag 28 Aug), Liszt-Tage
(Oct), Zwiebelmarkt (Oct).
∑ weimar-tourist.de
Picturesque Baroque summer residence known as Schloß Belvedere Transport
£ Schopenhauerstraße
+ Herzogin-Anna-Amalia Open Apr–Oct: 9:30am–6pm, Nov– @ Washingtonstr.
Bibliothek Mar: 9am–4pm. Closed Mon. &
Platz der Demokratie 4. Tel (03643) 54 ∑ klassic-stiftung.de
52 00. Open 9:30am–2:30pm Tue–Sun. This house was presented to Franz Liszt lived here in
This former Mannerist palace, Goethe by Duke Carl Augustus. 1869–86, while he composed
also known as Grünes Schloß Here the writer wrote his most the Hungarian Rhapsody. His
(green castle), became the famous work, Faust. The museum apartment and the room in
duchess’ library in 1761–6. Its shows items associated with which he worked have been
oval Rococo interior is one of Goethe and other Enlightenment preserved to this day.
the finest of its type in Europe. poets from Weimar.
Environs
+ Schloß Belvedere Y Goethes Gartenhaus Buchenwald, 8 km (5 miles)
Tel (03643) 545 400. Open Apr–Oct: Park an der Ilm. Open Apr–Oct: north of Weimar, was the site of a
10am–6pm Tue–Sun. & 10am–6pm Wed–Mon; Nov–Mar: concentration camp set up by
This ducal summer residence, 10am–4pm Wed–Mon. & the Nazis. During the period 1937
which was built between 1724 Goethe’s first home in Weimar, to 1945, over 54,000 people were
and 1732 in Belvedere Park, has this small villa is in the pleasant killed here. It is now a place of
a fine collection of decorative park alongside the River Ilm remembrance, a museum and a
art from the Rococo period and which Goethe helped design. documentation centre.
a wonderful park.
P Liszt Museum E Buchenwald
E Goethes Wohnhaus and Marienstraße 17. Tel (03643) 54 54 01. Tel (03643) 430 100. Open Apr–Oct:
National Museum Open Apr–Dec: 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. 10am–6pm Tue–Sun; Nov–Mar:
Frauenplan 1. Tel (03643) 54 53 00. Closed Jan–Mar. & 10am–4pm Tue–Sun.

Hauptbanhof
Weimar City Centre 600 m (650 yds) Neues Museum
1 Stadtmuseum Stadtmuseum Jakobskirche
Weimar-
2 Deutsches Nationaltheater hallenpark KARL- LIEBKNECHT-STR. JAKOBS TRASSE
3 Bauhaus-Museum SCHWANSEESTRASSE
4 Wittumspalais G R A B E N
5 Schillerhaus
6 St Peter und St Paul GOETHEPLATZ und St Paul Krims-
St Peter
Krackow-Haus
7 Krims-Krackow-Haus CO UD R AY STR A SS E
8 Stadtschloß GELEITSTRASSE HERDERPLATZ Stadtschloss
9 Grünes Schloß HEINRICH-HEI NE-STR. BURGPLATZ
0 Goethe-Museum Bauhaus-Museum S C HLO S S G A S S E Ilm
Stadthaus
PLATZ
Deutsches THEATER- Wittumspalais GRÜNER
MARKT
Rathaus
Nationaltheater MARKT
Schillerhaus Rotes Schloss
FRAUENTORSTR DEMOKRATIE Grünes Schloss
ERFURTER STR.
PLATZ DER
SCHILLERSTR.
FRAUEN Gelbes Schloss
PLAN Fürstenhaus
Goethe-Museum Park an A M H O R N
der Ilm
ACKERWAND
S T E U BE N ST RA S SE
HUM BO LDTSTR. AMALIENSTRASSE MARIENSTR ASSE Park an der Ilm Gartenhaus
Goethes
SCHUBERTSTRASSE
0 metres 300 Museum für Ur- und Liszt-haus
Frühgeschichte Thüringens
0 yards 300 Schloss Belvedere
Alter Friedhof
Key to Symbols see back flap
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