Editing Weimar (section)

=== Sights and architectural heritage ===
==== Religious buildings ====
The city's main church is the Evangelical [[St. Peter und Paul, Weimar|St. Peter and Paul]] on the Herderplatz (known as Die Herderkirche). It was rebuilt in late Gothic style after a fire around 1500. Between 1726 and 1735, the interior underwent a Baroque remodelling by Johann Adolf Richter. [[Johann Gottfried Herder]] was the dean of the church between 1766 and 1803. The second old Evangelical church of Weimar is St. James on Rollplatz, rebuilt in 1712 in Baroque style. The Roman Catholic parish church of Weimar is dedicated to the Sacred Heart and was built between 1888 and 1891 in historicist forms imitating [[Florence Cathedral]]. Another church is the Russian Orthodox Chapel within the historic cemetery. It was built in 1862 as the funerary chapel of [[Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859)|Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna]] and was one of the first Russian-styled buildings in Germany.

Interesting churches in the suburban districts are the Lutheran parish church of [[Gelmeroda]], which was the inspiration for many paintings by [[Lyonel Feininger]], and the Lutheran parish church of [[Oberweimar]], which was a former monastery, and is a good example of Gothic architecture in Weimar.
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File:Weimar Stadtkirche Peter Pa.jpg|St. Peter and Paul's Church
File:Die Jakobskirche in Weimar.jpg|St. James' Church
File:Herz-Jesu-Kirche Weimar2.JPG|Sacred Heart Church 
File:Russ orthodoxe kirche we2.JPG|Russian-Orthodox Chapel
File:GelmerodaKirche1.JPG|Gelmeroda Parish Church
File:Kirche Oberweimar.jpg|Oberweimar Parish Church
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==== Castles and palaces ====
Due to its function as a ducal residence, Weimar is rich in early-modern castles and palaces. The biggest one is the ''[[Schloss Weimar|Stadtschloss]]'' at Burgplatz in the city centre. Today's four-wing building was started after a great fire in 1774. The tower and the Bastille building at its south-western edge are relics of older castles in this place.

The ''Fürstenhaus'' at Platz der Demokratie was the first parliament building in Weimar, established in the 1770s. Today it is in use by the Weimar School of Music. The ''Green Castle'' next to the Fürstenhaus was built in the 1560s in Renaissance style and hosts today the [[Duchess Anna Amalia Library]]. The ''Yellow Castle'' at Grüner Markt was built in 1703 and is the municipal library today. The neighbouring ''Red Castle'' is also part of the library and was built in the 1570s. The ''Wittumspalais'' is a smaller widow mansion near Theaterplatz, established in 1768. Outbildings of the ducal residence are the ''Husarenstall'' (1770), the later residence of [[Charlotte von Stein]] at Ackerwand street, the ''Marstall'' (1870s) at Kegelplatz, today used as Thuringian State Archive and the ''Reithaus'' (1710s) within the ''Park an der Ilm''.
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File:Weimar, castello 06.JPG|Court of the Stadtschloss
File:Weimar Fürstenhaus 2012.jpg|Fürstenhaus
File:Weimar Grünes Schloss (HAAB).jpg|Green Castle
File:Rotes Schloss in Weimar.jpg|Red Castle
File:Weimar Wittumspalais2.jpg|Wittumspalais
File:Weimar Charlotte von Stein.jpg|Husarenstall
File:Reithaus im Ilmpark.jpg|Reithaus
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Furthermore, there are some impressive ducal country residences around Weimar. They are marked by their beautiful parks and gardens. [[Schloss Belvedere, Weimar|Schloss Belvedere]], south-east of Weimar was built between 1724 and 1732 in Baroque style with an orangery near to a ducal hunting forest. North-east of Weimar, at [[Ettersburg]] lies another ducal hunting lodge next to the Ettersberg mountain and its forest, [[Schloss Ettersburg]]. It was established between 1706 and 1711 also in Baroque style. The third summer residence, [[Schloss Tiefurt]], is located in [[Tiefurt]], north-east of Weimar. The small lodge in a wide park in Ilm valley was rebuilt in 1775 in late-Baroque forms.
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File:Belvedere weimar1.jpg|Schloss Belvedere, main building
File:Beethovenhaus & Bachhaus des Schloss Belvedere (Weimar).jpg|Schloss Belvedere, side buildings
File:Schloss Ettersburg.JPG|Schloss Ettersburg
File:Schloss Tiefurt.JPG|Schloss Tiefurt
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==== Other sights ====
*The town hall at Marktplatz was built between 1837 and 1841 in Neo-Gothic style by ''Heinrich Heß'' after the former one (15th-century) burnt down. 
*The two main buildings of [[Bauhaus University, Weimar|Bauhaus University]] at Marienstraße are icons of 20th-century early-modern architecture. Both were built by [[Henry van de Velde]] between 1904 and 1911. They mark the transition from older Historicism and Art Nouveau to the new international modern style in Germany by their functional forms (e. g. skylights for better working conditions inside). 
*The German National Theatre at Theaterplatz was built in 1906/07 in neo-classicist forms. Two predecessors were in use after 1779 and 1825 as ducal court theatres during Weimar's golden age. In 1919, the [[Weimar National Assembly]] developed the Weimar Constitution in this theatre.
*The ''Gauforum'' at Weimarplatz is a Roman-fascist style representative government district between the city centre and the main station. This Gauforum, designed by [[Hermann Giesler]], was the only realized Nazi government district outside Berlin (whereas there were plans for all German state capitals). Today it hosts the Thuringian Administration State Department.
*The ''[[Park an der Ilm]]'' is the city's largest park along [[Ilm (Thuringia)|Ilm]] river between the ducal palace and the district of Oberweimar. It was established between 1778 and 1833 and is an [[English landscape garden]] today, part of UNESCO world heritage. Sights inside the park are ''Goethe's garden house'' (1690s) and ''Römisches Haus'' (in the style of a Roman temple, 1790s). 
*The Historic Cemetery at Karl-Haußknecht-Straße was opened in 1818 and hosts the graves of Goethe, Schiller and many other famous people from Weimar. 
*The ''Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal'' at Theaterplatz is the most famous memorial in Weimar. It was made by [[Ernst Rietschel]] between 1852 and 1857 and is dedicated to Goethe and Schiller, the most important poets of German classical literature.
*A rather unknown monument is the Lenin-light-box inside the theatre hall "La Redoute". It's a copy of a stained window by Alexander Leonidovich Korolev that shows Lenin in Petrograd (St. Petersburg).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://leninisstillaround.com/2017/03/14/the-light-box/ |title=The light box |date=14 March 2017 |access-date=12 May 2020 |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814204833/https://leninisstillaround.com/2017/03/14/the-light-box/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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File:Rathaus Weimar, 2023.jpg|Town hall
File:Bauhaus University Weimar 03.JPG|Southern main building of Bauhaus University
File:Van-de-Velde-Bau in Weimar (Südgiebel).jpg|Northern main building of Bauhaus University
File:Theater Weimar.JPG|Theatre and Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal
File:Weimar - Goethe und Schiller Statuen am Theaterplatz.jpg|Goethe-Schiller-Denkmal
File:Gauforum Weimar Westseite.JPG|One building of the Gauforum
File:Römisches Haus im Park an der Ilm (Weimar).jpg|The Römisches Haus in Park an der Ilm
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