Quote: The concentration camp at Buchenwald, on the northern outskirts of Weimar, is a very sobering experience. Many of its buildings have been torn down, but a few have been left standing to give you an idea of what… Read More

Quote: Übermütig sieht's nicht aus, hohes Dach und niedres Haus. … Read More

Quote: Goethe National Museum For many Germans, and scholars of German literature, a visit to Weimar is first and foremost a pilgrimage to the houses of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. As Goethe’s status and stature… Read More

Quote: Schloßmuseum (Castle Museum) Weimar sometimes appears to be one big celebration of Goethe, but in the art collection of the Schloßmuseum (Palace Museum), Goethe for once has to take a backseat. True, Goethe… Read More

Quote: Weimar is foremost the city of the German classicists. At the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, Weimar was the center of intellectual thought in Germany. Art, especially… Read More

Quote: The Domplatz (Cathedral Square) in Erfurt is an enormous open space, the size of six football fields. It is used for markets and all kinds of festivals but on a recent cold, grey February morning, it was… Read More

Quote: Giant trees, shuttered windows, and extra nice pavement combine to make Schillerhaus the most photogenic, most photographed house in town. Everybody, even those who don’t tour the home, must pass it regularly on… Read More

Quote: "It moves us not!--Great God, I’d rather be A pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have… Read More

Quote: "City Church" is the most historically important one in Weimar, as it reveals the interactions of famous artists, musicians, theologians, and royalty throughout the centuries and particularly during the… Read More

Quote: I first learned about the Bauhaus Movement in architecture and design when I read From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe, America’s most irreverent art critic who really hated Bauhaus. It’s a good book,… Read More