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The library is very well known in Germany.
Inside the library, there are a lot of books.
Most of them are on literature or art.
There is also a large hall.
It is on 3 floors.
The library is named after Duchess Anna Amalia.
Duchess Anna Amalia was the wife of Duke Ernst August.
Duke Ernst August ruled in Weimar for several years.
Duchess Anna Amalia ruled in Weimar for several years, too.
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The Goethe Residenceis located at the street Frauenplan.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe used to live and work in the house
for almost 50 years.
Inside the house,
you can see the living room.
And outside you can see a big garden.
You can see where Goethe wrote many of his books.
Next to the house there is the Goethe National Museum.
Here you can learn more about Goethe and his books.
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In an archive, old things are stored.
For example, writings or books.
In the Goethe and Schiller Archive
you can see many old handwritings.
In the past, books were first written by hand.
There are also many letters.
Many researchers visit the archive
to read the old handwritings.
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About 100 years ago,
the Bauhaus was founded in Weimar.
The Bauhaus was a famous university.
Many artists studied here.
Bauhaus is also a style of art.
For example, of lamps or furniture.
In 2019, the new Bauhaus Museum Weimar was opened.
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About 120 years ago,
art in Weimar changed.
It became much more modern.
In the Museum Neues Weimar, you can learn
different things about important artists.
For example, about Henry van de Velde.
Henry van de Velde was a famous architect.
He planned houses.
And he designed furniture and lamps.
In our museum you can also create things by yourself.
For example, a book or things made of wood.
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The poet Friedrich Schiller used to live
in the Schiller Residence for many years.
The house still looks the same as it was at Schiller's time.
The furniture and pictures are also from that time.
You can imagine how Schiller used to live here.
Next to the house there is the Schiller Museum.
There are exhibitions on various topics.
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In 1774 the palace of Duchess Anna Amalia burnt down.
She moved into the Wittumspalais.
Many famous people visited her there.
In the Wittumspalais you can still see the living room
of Duchess Anna Amalia.
There is also a large ballroom.
People used to celebrate and dance there.
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The Weimar City Castle was mainly home to dukes.
You can see magnificent rooms there.
And artworks from all over Europe.
There are also rooms that commemorate famous poets.
For example, Friedrich Schiller or Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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A vault is a cellar in a church.
There are various coffins in the ducal vault.
This is because the sovereigns of Weimar and their families are buried here.
The coffins of Goethe and Schiller are also to be found here.
However, researchers discovered:
It was not Schiller who laid in the coffin.
That is why the coffin is empty today.
There is also an old cemetery that can be visited.
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The Kassengewölbe is a small house.
You can see it on the right side in the photo.
It is on the old cemetery.
Friedrich Schiller was the first to be buried there.
Then his body was taken to the ducal vault.
People wanted him to be buried next to Goethe.
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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.