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Weimar

Weimar is a city in the central German state of Thuringia. It has played a very important role in the history and cultural heritage of Germany. Here you can find an automatic compilation of DW content on Weimar.

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Donald Tusk, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron standing alongside each other

Weimar Triangle starts preparing for a standoff with Russia

Germany, France, and Poland are renewing the forgotten Weimar Triangle to bolster the EU's defense.
PoliticsJune 27, 2024
(L-R) French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands while posing for the cameras

Scholz, Tusk, Macron hold talks on Ukraine

The leaders of Germany, France and Poland have concluded talks on Ukraine with a promise of 'ceaseless' support.
PoliticsMarch 15, 202402:38 min
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk join hands

Scholz: 'more arms for Ukraine' after Berlin trilateral meet

The leaders of Germany, France and Poland met in Berlin to discuss ways on working together to support Ukraine.
PoliticsMarch 15, 2024
Erfurt Cathedral Hill lit up at night.

10 reasons to love Thuringia

Thuringia, Germany's most central location, is home to plenty of nature, history and some regional specialties.
TravelJanuary 25, 202410 images
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish President Andrzej Duda attend a previous news conference

Macron, Scholz, Duda discuss Ukraine, NATO, migration

Poland's president pressed for a clearer roadmap for Ukraine to join the NATO defensive alliance.
PoliticsJune 13, 2023
Hitler is mobbed by supporters while standing in a car during a rally

Could Adolf Hitler's seizure of power have been prevented?

Hitler's rise to power on January 30, 1933 changed world history. A new Berlin exhibition imagines other possibilities.
CultureJanuary 30, 2023
A line of people wearing hats, standing along a street in Berlin.

1923: How Weimar combatted hyperinflation

100 years ago, prices in Germany were soaring by 50% each month. How did the young republic rein in inflation?
HistoryJanuary 1, 2023
Four Ukrainian soldiers carrying weapons, in white camouflage against snow

Time to make new alliances?

Europe is using various dialogue formats trying resolve the Ukraine conflict. There's been talk of a new military pact.
PoliticsFebruary 20, 2022
Walther Rathenau

Meet Germany's only Jewish foreign minister

Assassinated by terrorists in 1922, Walther Rathenau remains the German government's most prominent Jewish member ever.
HistoryFebruary 1, 2022
DW: Germany's 16 states: Thuringia

Germany's 16 states: Thuringia

Thuringia, home to great thinkers like Luther and Goethe, is said to be Germany's green heart and geographical center.
TravelDecember 22, 2021
Preisträger der Goethe-Medaille 2019 | Doğan Akhanlı

Dogan Akhanli: 'Writing is my weapon'

The German-Turkish human rights activist and writer Dogan Akhanli died on October 31 after a short illness. He was 64.
CultureNovember 1, 2021
Toshio Hosokawa

2021 Goethe Medals awarded

This year's prize is going to Marilyn Douala Bell of Cameroon, Toshio Hosokawa of Japan and Wen Hui of China.
CultureAugust 28, 2021
Friedrich Ebert

Why Friedrich Ebert is still relevant today

Born 150 years ago today, Germany's first democratically elected head of state is still very present in the public eye.
CultureFebruary 4, 20217 images
Friedrich Ebert with Konrad Adenauer

Friedrich Ebert: Germany's pioneer of democracy

Both admired and controversial, Ebert led Germany at a pivotal moment in its history.
HistoryFebruary 4, 2021
People walking around a pink cube which is the installation "Gropius Room Pavilion"

Germany from A to Z: Weimar

We're taking a tour through Germany and will introduce you to a town in the alphabet. This week W takes us to Weimar.
TravelOctober 26, 202010 images
Deutschland Weimar | DW | Daily Drone

Classical Weimar

Let us show you the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Classical Weimar" from the perspective of a drone.
TravelJuly 10, 202001:00 min
Daily Drone DD Bauhaus Dessau mit

Bauhaus Sites

The Bauhaus set new standards in architecture, art and design.
TravelJune 14, 202001:05 min
Yiddish Summer Weimar

Why Yiddish is having its moment

Yiddish enthusiasts are kvelling and plotzing at the revival of their favorite language in popular culture.
CultureMay 18, 2020
04.2016 Check-in (Sendungslogo)

Weimar's traditional and modern classics

Weimar: the home of Goethe and Schiller, Gropius and Bauhaus, sausage and dumplings
CultureApril 25, 202026:06 min
A woman in a summer dress walking along a stream in a park

Daydream escape: Germany's most beautiful parks and gardens

Travel is not allowed during the coronavirus pandemic, but day dreaming is. So join us on a virtual walk!
TravelApril 9, 202010 images
Berlinale Das Wachsfigurenkabinett

German Expressionist cinema revival at the Berlinale

The Berlinale refocuses Weimar era culture with Expressionist masterpieces and a reworked "Berlin Alexanderplatz."
CultureFebruary 25, 2020
Marlene Dietrich (Koloriert)

Potsdam, first UNESCO Creative City of Film in Germany

Potsdam is the first German city to be named UNESCO Creative City of Film, thanks largely to its Babelsberg Studios.
FilmNovember 29, 2019
Kasumi Itokawa

The appeal of studying music in Germany

Students who pass the concert exam in Germany have a good shot at the international market.
CultureNovember 21, 2019
Deutschland Thüringer Verfassungsgericht weist Prüffall-Klage der AfD ab | Verfassungsgerichtshof

Weimar court dismisses far-right AfD lawsuit

Thuringia state's constitutional court has dismissed a complaint by the far-right AfD party.
PoliticsNovember 20, 2019
A row of Doner kebab rotisseries

Doner kebab gets Weimar name change

The eastern German city now says kebabs made with additive-laced meat must be described as drehspiess (rotisserie).
SocietyOctober 27, 2019
Bildergalerie Berlin City West - Zoo Palast

Berlin's celebrated Zoo Palast cinema turns 100

When a vast new movie theater next to the Berlin Zoo opened on September 18, 1919, a cinematic institution was born.
CultureSeptember 18, 2019
Mondfinsternis 2018 | Deutschland

House of Hohenzollern struggles to make restitution claims

The Prussian royal heirs are trying to regain properties and riches expropriated after both wars. But it's complicated.
CultureJuly 19, 2019
Yiddish Summer Weimar 2019

Rediscovering Yiddish arts and culture between the wars

Yiddish Summer Weimar explores the impact of Yiddish culture on the creative fervor associated with Weimar-era Germany.
CultureJuly 12, 2019
A model of the planned German ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires, based on a design from The Architects Collaborativ

Walter Gropius' daring but doomed 'Bauhaus in the trees'

The Bauhaus master was 85 years old when he agreed to design a new building in Buenos Aires, but it never got built.
ArchitectureJuly 2, 2019
Deutschland | Argentinien | Botschaft | Buenos Aires | Modell

Walter Gropius in Argentina: A final adventure

The Bauhaus mastermind was 85 when he agreed to design a new residency for the German ambassador in Buenos Aires.
ArchitectureJuly 2, 20196 images
Demonstrators march through Berlin in 1920

Treaty of Versailles: A fragile peace

The fighting in World War I ended in November 1918. But it took seven months until an official peace treaty was signed.
ConflictsJune 28, 2019
Three people holding up signs related to Germany's Basic Law anniversary

The German constitution: Putting people first

The radical humanism of the German Basic Law was a response to the bitter experiences of the Nazi dictatorship.
PoliticsMay 22, 2019
Check-in, Shortcut

The classic city of Weimar

A visit to Weimar's big attractions: Goethe's house, the Bauhaus Museum and Hotel Elephant
TravelMay 3, 201909:45 min
William Shakespeare

Shakespeare: Always contemporary

"Shakespeare and Translation" was the subject of this year's conference of the Weimar-based German Shakespeare Society.
CultureApril 29, 2019
DW Euromaxx - Tecta, Bauhaus

Bauhaus-Classics Re-interpreted

The Bauhaus movement still influences many areas of design and lifestyle.
ArchitectureApril 8, 201904:26 min
three teens and a woman standing around a table, doing an experiment

"Weimar: The Essence and Value of Democracy"

Democracy is a constant struggle, the Berlin exhibition "Weimar: The Essence and Value of Democracy" shows.
CultureApril 5, 2019
A flag with the face of Marie Juchacz

Marie Juchacz: A life for justice and equality

On February 19, 1919, social reformer Marie Juchacz became the first woman to address a German parliament.
CultureFebruary 19, 2019

New Objectivity exhibition: 'World in Transition: Art of the 1920s'

A show in Hamburg hones in on the New Objectivity and New Vision movements of the Weimar Republic era.
ArtsFebruary 11, 20190 images

New Objectivity: Showing the Weimar era as it was

The Hamburg show "World in Transition. Art of the 1920s" mixes New Objectivity paintings and New Vision photographs.
CultureFebruary 11, 2019
Politicians gathered for the 100th anniversary commemoration of the signing of the Weimar constitution

Germany marks 100 years since Weimar Constitution

The progressive but flawed document, a "turning point in German history," has been remembered with a note of nuance.
HistoryFebruary 6, 2019
Women's suffrage campaigners advocating for their candidate in January 1919, ahead the first election in which German women could vote

Weimar, 1919: Birth of Germany's first democracy

German women first voted in 1919 — in an election that was to play a pivotal role in the country's history.
HistoryJanuary 19, 2019
The restaurant Kornhaus an der Elbe in Dessau-Roßlau

Myths and misunderstandings

Many who love Bauhaus reduce the fundamental ideas to one bold formula: square, practical, good.
CultureJanuary 8, 2019
Weimar Kunstschule spiralförmiger Treppenaufgang

8 misunderstandings about Bauhaus

A lot of labeling fraud occurs when it comes to the term "Bauhaus."
CultureJanuary 8, 20198 images
USA Film Geschichte Liza Minelli im Musical Cabaret 1972

A tour of cabaret-era Berlin as populism rises

A rising interest in the Weimar Republic's hedonist lifestyle comes as many see worrying far-right parallels.
CultureDecember 28, 2018
BG Reportage Bauhaus Dessau

Bauhaus Dessau and Weimar

TravelDecember 21, 201801:06 min
Bundeskunsthalle | Ausstellung "Kino der Moderne - Film in der Weimarer Republik"

The Weimar Republic, a pivotal era

The Weimar Republic is often summarized as a period of "dancing on a volcano" ahead of the Nazi era. There's more to it.
FilmDecember 14, 2018
Bundeskunsthalle | Ausstellung "Kino der Moderne - Film in der Weimarer Republik"

Modernist cinema: Film in the Weimar Republic

The exhibition "Modernist cinema" in Bonn museum focuses on one of the most fertile periods of German film.
FilmDecember 14, 201811 images
Judge's gavil

Life sentence for murder of girl 27 years ago

A court has sentenced a 66-year-old man to life in prison for sexually abusing and murdering a 10-year-old girl in 1991.
Law and JusticeNovember 30, 2018
04.2016 Check-in (Sendungslogo)

Weimar, the cradle of modernism

100th Anniversary of the Bauhaus: Weimar gets ready for 2019.
CultureNovember 17, 201826:00 min
Scene from Seine Frau, die Unbekannte shows a couple smoking

Silent films that speak volumes: Weimar cinema retrospective

Weimar era centennial marked by silent movie retrospective at the German Historical Museum in Berlin.
CultureOctober 31, 2018