Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Weimar, Germany

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 2.1 km
Ascend 48 m
Descend 40 m

Explore Weimar in Germany with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Weimar

Sight 1: Ilmpark

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The Park an der Ilm is a large Landschaftspark in Weimar, Thuringia. It was created in the 18th century, influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and has not been changed much, preserving a park of the period. It forms part of the World Heritage Site "Classical Weimar along with other sites across Weimar bearing testimony to the city's historical importance as a cultural hub during the Weimar Classicism movement in the late 18th and 19th centuries".

Wikipedia: Park an der Ilm (EN), Heritage Website

1243 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 2: Adam-Mickiewicz-Denkmal

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The Adam Mickiewicz Monument is a bronze bust in Weimar, Germany.

Wikipedia: Adam-Mickiewicz-Denkmal (Weimar) (DE)

327 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: municipality, temporary place of Lord Mayor

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The Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium is a secondary school on Herderplatz 14 in Weimar, Germany. Founded in 1712 by Duke William Ernest of Saxe-Weimar, it is the oldest school building in the city. Numerous notable figures such as Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Heinrich Voss, Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer and Johann Karl August Musäus studied here. It is a designated historic site and is one of the few secular buildings of the pre-classical period still remaining in Weimar. It is prominently located in the urban center and is one of three sites forming the UNESCO World Heritage Site Classical Weimar, created in 1998.

Wikipedia: Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium (EN), Website, Heritage Website

76 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Stadtkirche St. Peter und Paul

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The church of St Peter and Paul in Weimar, Germany, is also known as Herderkirche after Johann Gottfried Herder. It is the most important church building of the town, and is called Stadtkirche, opposed to the courtly Schloßkirche. It has been the church of a Lutheran parish since 1525, after the Reformation. The church is part of the World Heritage Site Classical Weimar, together with other sites affiliated with the Weimar Classicism movement. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1998, these sites bear testimony to the cultural importance of Weimar during the late 18th and 19th centuries and the outstanding architecture that arose in response to the cultural values of the time.

Wikipedia: St. Peter und Paul, Weimar (EN), Heritage Website

84 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Herderhaus

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The former Herder residence of the theologian and philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder is located in the centre of the old town of Weimar at Herderplatz 8, to the left behind the town church of St. Peter and Paul, called "Herderkirche" for short, where he worked until his death as senior pastor and general superintendent of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar.

Wikipedia: Herders Wohnhaus (DE), Heritage Website

337 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Brunnen am Graben

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To the left of the Kasseturm in Weimar at the Böhlau-Haus (city archive) there is a fountain that used to have a different location as a city wall fountain or as a fountain on the ditch and was called Bankstraßebrunnen because it stood in Bankstraße, today Bettina-von Arnim-Straße at the Jägerhaus. The Graben is a listed street.

Wikipedia: Brunnen am Graben (Weimar) (DE)

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