Park on the Ilm

Park on the Ilm

The Ilm is a river.

It flows through Thuringia.

There is also a park by the river.

The park was planned by Duke Carl August and

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Goethe's Garden House and the Roman House

are inside the park.

 

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Park on the Ilm in spring

Roman House

Duke Carl August was a sovereign of Weimar.

He sometimes used to live in the Roman House.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had the idea for the house.

Goethe liked to travel to Italy.

That is why the house looks like a typical Italian house.

 

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View on the Roman House

Goethe Gartenhaus

Goethe used to live in this house

before he moved to the house at Frauenplan Street.

He wrote many books in the garden house.

You can visit the house.

You can see a lot of furniture and artworks

that belonged to Goethe.

 

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View of the Goethe Gartenhaus

Liszt House

The musician and composer Franz Liszt used to live in this house.

Franz Liszt came to Weimar mainly in the summer.

Then he taught young musicians on the grand piano.

In the house you can see Franz Liszt's living room and office.

And you can also listen to his music.

 

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Liszt House in Weimar

Park Cave Experience

The Park Cave Experience is in the park on the river Ilm.

The cave was built by people.

It is made of sand and gravel.

It is very cold in the cave.

That is why Duke Ernst August stored his beer in the cave.

During the Second World War,

the cave protected people from the bombs.

 

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Park Cave

 

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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.