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.
Language eruptions.
A Walk through Weimar (6. May – 30. September 2022)
„Not that, which full of life, instinct with power,
Makes known its present being; that is not
The true, the perilously formidable.
O no! it is the common, the quite common,
The thing of an eternal yesterday.
Whatever was, and evermore returns,
Sterling to-morrow, for to-day ’twas sterling!“Friedrich Schiller, The Death of Wallenstein, trans. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1800.
For a year devoted to the theme of language, Klassik Stiftung Weimar has scattered quotations in the city centre of Weimar – like fragments scattered by ‘Language Eruptions’. Here, in front of his house, you see lines from a play by Friedrich Schiller. They are from the last part of his Wallenstein trilogy, which was first performed at the court theatre in Weimar in 1799. This passage has given the German language the word Ewiggestrige – ‘thing of an eternal yesterday’ in Coleridge’s rather less concise translation – one of many phrases that are used regularly today although few people know who coined them.
Weimar+ app
The Weimar+ app offers more language eruptions and captivating audio stories in downtown Weimar. Stroll through the cultural city with the multimedia guide and discover the highlights from different perspectives.