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School trip to Weimar

Goethe, Gropius and History

Goethe, Schiller, Herder, Wieland – the impressive library of the Duchess Amalia - along with beautiful castles, parks, and important insights into literature, art and theatre. The Bauhaus Avantgarde dedicated to Walter Gropius will be of particular interest to older students. In Eisenach there are romantic half-timbered houses in windy alleys. The medieval Wartburg Castle presides over this town and is where Martin Luther found exile in 1521.

Accommodation
Program example
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Activities
Getting there

Accommodation

Hotel

Leonardo Hotel Weimar

The Hotel Leonardo Weimar is suitable for guests over the age of 17. They can choose between single and shared rooms with shower and toilet. Accompanying staff can choose separate single or double rooms with shower and toilet. The restaurant offers a breakfast buffet, lunch and dinner at a surcharge. There is a terrace and beer garden outside. The hotel card gives you free entrance to the town castle.

Hostel

a&o Hostel Weimar

The centrally located a&o Hostel Weimar offers single, double and shared rooms with shower and toilet. Accompanying staff can choose separate single or double rooms with shower and toilet. There is an all-you-can-eat-breakfast buffet. Lunch and dinner can be added at a surcharge, and a barbeque is also available. Facilities and activities include football, basketball, table football, a pool table and a bar, as well as a guest kitchen and washroom. The terrace outside and the fruit garden are great places to get together.

Hotel

B&B Hotel Weimar

The Hotel B&B Weimar is more suitable for the older student. Guests can stay in double or shared rooms with shower and toilet. Accompanying staff can choose separate single or double rooms with shower and toilet. There is a breakfast buffet on offer.

Program example

5 days / day trips / adaptations as desired

Day 1 – Departure from your hometown – arrival in Weimar – Goethe’s Garden house Arrival in Weimar and check in at your accommodation. Enjoy a little stroll in this charming town centre. Not far from the centre you can find the idyllic »Park an der Ilm«.
Day 2 – Day of culture, art and history Explore the city of poets and thinkers. Goethe's and Schiller's homes or the sensational Rococo Hall with the famous Duchess Amalia Library are an absolute must on the city tour through Weimar.
Day 3 – Memorial Buchenwald Today's excursion to the Buchenwald memorial site focuses on a dark chapter of German history. The visit to the extensive place of remembrance will take place with a guided tour depicting the everyday life of the prisoners and the extent of human suffering at these original sites.
Day 4 – Excursion to Eisenach – visit of the Wartburg Enjoy a stroll through this town and its medieval alleys, the birthplace of the world-renowned composer Johann Sebastian Bach. A subsequent visit to Wartburg Castle rounds off the day.
Day 5 - Arrival at home After a very cultural and historical trip to Weimar it is time to go home again.

Gallery

Educational Trip

Project days at the Classics Foundation

With workshops, guided tours and independent exploration, the cultural history themes are integrated into extracurricular lessons using modern media.

Activities

Goethe National Museum Life and work of Johann Wolfgang Goethe in his home more
Weimar-House modern exhibition of the history of Weimar more
Goethe’s garden house Goethe’s first home in Weimar was in this idyllic park next to the river Ilm more
Residences by Schiller, Herder, Wieland, Liszt, Cranach, Gropius, Klee, Kandinsky and many more
Duchess Anna Amalia Library famous library since the 18th century more
Co-Lab Outdoor venue - free entry - anyone can join in more
Archives by Nietzsche, Schiller and Goethe

Castle Belvedere summer residence of the Sachsen-Weimar family built in 18th century more
Bauhaus Museum built by Walter Gropius - the world's oldest Bauhaus collection mehr
Museum "Neues Weimar" Art and Design around 1900 more
Castle MuseumUnder Reconstruction - Reopening at the End of 2023
Schiller's residence and Schiller Museum temporary exhibitions, designated a cultural monument since 2018 more
Tiefurt Mansion and Park Duchess Anna Amalia's country residence, park and palace are UNESCO World Heritage Sites more
Weimar City Castle former residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach more

UNESCO World Heritage Parks Park an der Ilm with Goethe Garden House, Belvedere and Tiefurt
Park Cave Experience is an underground tunnel system in the Park an der Ilm with an underground museum more
Wartburg Eisenach castle in Thüringen, UNESCO-World heritage, exile of the reformer Martin Luther more
Memorial Buchenwald concentration camp from 1937 until 1945 situated on the Ettersbeg near Weimar more
D.A.S. Youth theatre in the Kulturbahnhof Stellwerk famous cultural youth project
Zeiss-Planetarium Jena oldest Planetarium of the world more
German National Theatre Drama, concerts, music theatre, theatre in the vaults, improvisation theatre workshop more

Getting there

Coach

We organise the arrival and departure with our reliable partners in a coach.

Train

A good alternative to coach transport is the train journey to Weimar. This is especially recommended for small groups.

Map overview

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