Behind this door you will find the registry office and a venue for marriages. The building is a reconstruction but the portal dates back to Renaissance period.
Tag: Thuringia
Ilm Valley cycle route in Thuringia
Impression of the Ilm Valley cycle route (Ilmtal-Radweg) in Thuringia, Germany.
German National Theatre in Weimar
The Deutsche Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar is a twin institution consisting of the Deutsche Nationaltheater (German National Theatre) and the Staatskapelle (Symphony Orchestra) of Weimar. The edifice depicted above is the main venue (Großes Haus) of this institution.
Goethe and Schiller in Weimar
Probably the most known photo scene of Weimar: The monument to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller. It is located on the Theaterplatz (Theatre Square) in front of the Deutsche Nationaltheater (German National Theatre).
Bauhaus Museum in Weimar
The Bauhaus Museum displays works by teachers and students of the Bauhaus school (1919-1933), including seminal works by Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Lyonel Feininger and Marcel Breuer.
Goethe National Museum in Weimar
This door was the former main entrance of Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s home in Weimar. Today the building houses the Goethe National Museum and is part of the World Cultural Heritage Site ‘Classical Weimar’.
City hall of Weimar
The city hall of Weimar was built in 1841 in neo-Gothic style. In the tower you can listen to a Glockenspiel made of Meissen porcelain.
Weimarer Stadthaus in Weimar
The Stadthaus of Weimar (Weimarer Stadthaus) is a Renaissance building at the market place of Weimar. After demolition in WWII the building has been reconstructed in the 1970s.
Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar
The Duchess Anna Amalia Library (Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek) houses a major collection of German literature and historical documents. In 2004 a large part of the library became destroyed by a terrible fire. In the ground floor there is a worth seeing exhibition telling about how scientists rescued damaged documents.
Bauhaus University in Weimar
The designer of this building was Henry van de Velde. It housed the sculptor studios at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School at that time. Today, the main building of the Bauhaus University is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar and Dessau”.
Skywalk at Leuchtenburg Castle
The skywalk of Leuchtenburg Castle offers not only a fine view. It is also the place for a fun ritual. Guests of the Porcelain Worlds write a personal wish onto a plate and throw it down. The wish may come true.
Lace figurines in Thuringia
The combination of textile and porcelain was first achieved in the German state of Thuringia in the 1880s. The technique of lace figurines is one of those techniques which are explained at the Porcelain Worlds of Leuchtenburg Castle.