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Weimar

Weimar is a city in the German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouring cities of Erfurt and Jena, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia, with approximately 500,000 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of 65,000. Weimar is well known because of its cultural heritage and importance in German history.

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Weimar is a city in central Germany with a population of 65,000 that serves as part of a larger metropolitan area in the state of Thuringia. It is historically and culturally significant to Germany, though the specific reasons for its importance are not detailed in the provided information.

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Key facts

German place.district: Kreisfreie Stadt
German place.elevation: 208
German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_flag: Hissflagge Weimar.svg
German place.image_coa: DEU Weimar COA.svg
German place.image_plan: Thuringia WE.svg
German place.plantext: Location of Weimar within Thuringia
German place.image_caption: View over Weimar with Schloss Weimar and the Goethe-Schiller Monument in front of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar
German place.state: Thuringia
German place.area: 84.48
German place.postal_code: 99423, 99425, 99427, 99428
German place.area_code: 03643, 036453
German place.licence: WE
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 16 0 55 000
German place.divisions: 12 districts
German place.mayor: Peter Kleine
German place.leader_term: 2024–30
German place.Bürgermeistertitel: Oberbürgermeister

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Weimar
Population: 65611
Area: 84.48
Elevation: 208
Official website: www.weimar.de
Image: Stadtansicht Weimar mit Schloss und Herderkirche.jpg
Dialing code: 036453
Licence plate code: WE

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Commons gallery: Weimar
Commons category: Weimar
postal code: 99427
short name: Wim
native label: Weimar
P8168: barrel
P12749: Bundesstraße 56
time of earliest written record: 0899-00-00
hashtag: Weimar

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Contents

History
Prehistoric times
Middle Ages
Early Modern Period
Golden or Classical Age (1758–1832)
Silver Ages and The New Weimar (1832–1918)
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany and World War II
Since 1945
Geography and demographics
Topography
Climate
Administrative division
Demographics
Culture, sights and cityscape
World Heritage Sites
Museums
Cityscape
Sights and architectural heritage
Religious buildings
Castles and palaces
Other sights
Events
Economy and infrastructure
Agriculture, industry and services
Transport
By rail
By road
By aviation
By bike
Bus service
Education
Politics
Mayor and city council
Lord Mayor
Twin towns – sister cities
Friendly cities
Notable people
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

The city was a focal point of the German Enlightenment and home of the leading literary figures of Weimar Classicism, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. In the 19th century, composers such as Franz Liszt made Weimar a music centre. Later, artists and architects including Henry van de Velde, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, and Walter Gropius came to the city and founded the Bauhaus movement, the most important German design school of the interwar period.