Weimar
Weimar is a city in the middle of Germany, in the state of Thuringia. About 60,000 people live there. It has a university.
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Location of Weimar
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| Coordinates: 50°59′0″N 11°19′0″E / 50.98333°N 11.31667°ECoordinates: 50°59′0″N 11°19′0″E / 50.98333°N 11.31667°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Urban district |
| Subdivisions | 12 districts |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor | Peter Kleine |
| Area | |
| • Total | 84.420 km2 (32.595 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 208 m (682 ft) |
| Population (2007-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 64,720 |
| • Density | 766.64/km2 (1,985.60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 99401–99441 |
| Vehicle registration | WE |
| Website | www |
Most famous citizens in the past were the German poets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller.
The city is well known for the Weimar Republic. It was founded in Weimar in 1919.
Weimar Media
The Kasseturm is a relic of the former city wall at Goetheplatz.
Market Square with some 16th-century Renaissance patricians' houses
- Weimar(Merian)
The Goethe-Schiller Monument in front of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar
Buchenwald's main gate, with the slogan Jedem das Seine ("to each his own")
The destroyed Anna Amalia Library in 2004
District-Map of Weimar in Thuringia.
History of population until 2010
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References
- ↑ Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. "Population data". Retrieved 2007-08-10.
Other websites
Media related to Weimar at Wikimedia Commons
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