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Castle Stories

Your memories of the Weimar City Castle – take part!

For the period since 1900, we are looking for your memories, documents, and stories related to Weimar Castle. Fleeting, fragmentary, or difficult recollections are also welcome – whether personally experienced or passed down through parents, grandparents, or acquaintances.

Share your memories with us at Co-Labor via our online form or by email at 
co-labor@klassik-stiftung.de.

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Your contributions will be preserved for future research and will only be made accessible or published at a later date with your consent.

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Castle Stories in Pictures

1982 (01 April) – meadow in front of the south wing – architecture students sketching, Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1982-0401-015, Fotografie: Jürgen Ludwig
1967 – restoration workshop in the castle – conservator at work, Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-F0220-1002-003, Fotografie: Hubert Link
c. 1970 – south-east wing – conversion of the former teaching institute classrooms into office space
1971 (27 September) – Platz der Demokratie – architecture students sketching on site, Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-K0929-407, Fotografie: Hubert Link
1967 – Castle Museum – gallery hall with a paintings by Rubens, Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-F0220-1002-002, Fotografie: Hubert Link
1959 – Tower at the South Wing – Renovation, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 10-117-160_3, Fotografie: Margarete Börner
Date unknown – Reading Room of the Central Library in the Castle, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 10-158-44, Fotografie: Sigrid Geske
2003 (17 September) – West Wing – Reading Room, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 50-2016-0078_09, Fotografie: Angelika Kittel
Date unknown – Fireplace Room in the South Wing – Color slide with no further details. View into the reading room, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 70-2025-0797
c. 1993 – South Wing – Faust Collection, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 90-2022-0003_02, Fotografie: Simone Schubert
1987 (April) – Great Hall in the East Wing – Restoration Work, Stadtarchiv Weimar, Sammlung Kurt Schindler, 60 10-5/1 Bd. 2
Date unknown – ‘Castle Liqueur Factory’ – Do you have any further information?
c. 1973 – Grüner Markt – Postcard with a view towards the Bastille, Stadtarchiv Weimar, Sammlung Kurt Schindler, 60 10-5/1 Bd 2
1985 – Group of Visitors in the Castle, Stadtarchiv Weimar, Sammlung Kurt Schindler, 60 10-5/1 Bd. 2 (751/12)
1985 – Museum in the Castle, Stadtarchiv Weimar, Sammlung Kurt Schindler, 60 10-5/1 Bd. 2 (526/66)
Date unknown – Castle Tower – Construction work with a view of Herder Church and St James’s Church, Stadtarchiv Weimar, Sammlung Kurt Schindler, 60 10-1/1
Date unknown – Market, north side – View of the Bastille, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 70-2025-0742
2002 (28 August) – Castle Courtyard – Goethe Birthday celebration, Mozart Band open-air concert, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 50-2024-0332_59, Fotografie: Angelika Kittel
1993 – Castle Courtyard – Assembly of the cube for the Kunstfest Weimar, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 30-2022-0003, Fotografie: Renno
1974 (8 June) – Castle Courtyard – Workers’ Festival of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 10-2011-0222, Fotografie: Claus Beyer
1959 – South Wing Portal – Flag display for the 10th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Fotothek, 10-117-161
Nach der Monarchie, 2022

Curious to learn more about the castle?

The most recent research on the history of Weimar Castle from 1918 onwards can be found in the following german publication:

Nach der Monarchie
Das Residenzschloss in Weimar 1918-2018
Funktion und Nutzung im Wandel

Edited by Gert-Dieter Ulferts with the assistance of Sebastian Dohe for the Weimar Art Society von Cranach bis Rohlfs e. V. in cooperation with the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.
With contributions by: Arno Barnert, Anne Brannys, Sebastian Dohe, Michael Enterlein, Lothar Ehrlich, Christian Faludi, Katharina Krügel, Franz Nagel, Jens-Jörg Riederer, Manuel Schwarz, Wolff Christian Stottele, Gert-Dieter Ulferts, Erdmann von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

Weimarer Verlagsgesellschaft in der Verlagshaus Römerweg GmbH, 2022, 272 pages, ISBN: 978-3-7374-0295-8

Reserve and borrow:
Online catalog of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek

Projects of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the State Chancellery of Thuringia, Department of Culture and the Arts.