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| − | '''Weimar''' is a city in the [[German]] federal state of [[Thuringia]]. | + | '''Weimar''' is a city in the [[German]] federal state of [[Thuringia]]. It is not important because of its size (60,000 inhabitants), but because of its history: it is synonymous with the classic age of German literature - the Weimar Classic, when both [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] and [[Friedrich Schiller|Friedrich von Schiller]] resided in the town. |
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| + | [[File:The Goethe and Schiller statue in Weimar, created by Ernst Rietschel.jpg]] | ||
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| + | The [[Goethe]] and [[Friedrich Schiller]] statue in Weimar, created by Ernst Rietschel | ||
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| + | in front of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
* [[Weimar Republic]] | * [[Weimar Republic]] | ||
[[Category:German Cities and Towns]] | [[Category:German Cities and Towns]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:33, April 27, 2015
Weimar is a city in the German federal state of Thuringia. It is not important because of its size (60,000 inhabitants), but because of its history: it is synonymous with the classic age of German literature - the Weimar Classic, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller resided in the town.
The Goethe and Friedrich Schiller statue in Weimar, created by Ernst Rietschel
in front of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar.