Cities / Weimar
Germany
Weimar: Goethe, Schiller, the Bauhaus, a constitution and a camp.
Weimar is a small town where German history keeps happening. A historian walks Goethe’s house and Schiller’s, the theatre where the Republic’s constitution was written in 1919, the first Bauhaus building, and the road up the Ettersberg to Buchenwald.
The timeline the walk follows
Invited by an eighteen year old duke; he stays for life.
The two poets, the theatre and Weimar Classicism.
The National Assembly writes the constitution in the theatre.
Gropius founds the school; it leaves for Dessau in 1925.
The camp on the hill above the town.
Themes
Choose one, or name your own.
Two hours covers one theme well. Three hours links two.
- Goethe and Schiller’s Weimar
- The Bauhaus, 1919 to 1925
- 1919: a Republic born in the theatre
- Buchenwald and the memory of the town
- Anna Amalia and the library
Private walk
Your group only, your questions, your pace.
Group walk
Schools, companies, cruise and coach groups. Larger groups split.
Your theme
A period, a person, a family story. We find the historian who knows it.
Led by
A historian from Weimar, from LocalBini’s vetted network
Meeting point
Central, confirmed in your booking email
Not included
Entry tickets to monuments and museums
Questions
About Weimar.
Is Buchenwald part of the walk?
It is a separate half day with the bus, led by the same historian. We recommend the town first.
Museum tickets?
Goethe House and the Bauhaus Museum have tickets; the walk explains both from outside.
Cancellation?
Free cancellation up to 7 days before the walk. Within 7 days the walk is non refundable, since the historian has reserved the time. We reschedule for severe weather at no cost.
Walk Weimar with a historian.
Date, time, length and theme. We reply within a day and confirm your historian within two to three.