[Germany Travel] Weimar | Historic City where Goethe once lived | Relax Travel Vlog 📖🍃
Hello everyone 🌞 On this day, we visited the town of Weimar, where Goethe had lived for many years, and visited Goethe’s house, his Garden House, and the Bauhaus Museum 🏠🌷 We hope everyone will enjoy this video. Please watch until the end 🙋💓 First, we headed straight to Goethe’s house!
We had purchased tickets online for the 9:30 am time slot, so we showed the QR code to the staff and completed the check-in process. After leaving our belongings in the lockers at the reception, we started our tour of Goethe’s house 🏁 Unfortunately, we weren’t allowed to film inside,
So we’ll show you the interior through photos. They provided information in not only German and English but also Japanese ✨ (which was a surprise). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe lived in this house on Frauenplan Street, built in the Baroque style, for about 50 years. For Goethe, the poet and politician, and his family,
This was more than just a residence or workspace; it held greater significance. The rooms, designed based on his artistic ideals and diverse interests, functioned as spaces for social, cultural, and scientific exchanges. Visitors are always amazed at how modestly decorated the small rooms are. But Goethe loved it this way. He said, “Comfort, whatever its form, has never really suited me.
In my room, there isn’t a single sofa. I’ve always sat on my old wooden chair, and it was only a few weeks ago that I added something to lean my head on. When I’m surrounded by comfortable, elegant furniture, I can’t focus my thoughts and drift into a kind of passive stupor.
If I had grown up in such an environment, it might be different, but flashy rooms and stylish furniture are for people who can’t or won’t think.” This way of thinking gave birth to significant works like “Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship” and “Faust”. On March 22, 1832, in the daytime,
Goethe passed away while sitting in his bedroom on a chair. Shortly after the death of his last grandson, Walter von Goethe, Goethe’s historic residence and his collection of art and natural science were entrusted to the management of the Goethe National Museum, established in 1885. The Goethe National Museum is located in the building
Connected to Goethe’s residence, where the reception is housed. Here, they also introduce Goethe’s life and achievements. Next, we’ll take a short walk to Goethe’s Garden House in the park. By the way, in Germany, you usually need 1 Euro to use lockers in most museums. It’s recommended to have a 1 Euro coin on hand because it can be inconvenient if you don’t have one when you need it 💫 We’ve arrived 🍂 ! The first floor is the reception and kitchen, and the second floor is where the exhibits are, but it’s quite narrow, so we only took a few photos. Since we’re here, we’ll take a short stroll in the garden and the park before heading to the Bauhaus.
In Weimar, not only Goethe, but also the poet, historian, and playwright Schiller lived 📚 There are 11 world cultural heritage sites in Weimar, including Schiller’s house, Goethe’s house, and the Garden House. Germany has many UNESCO World Heritage Sites, making it quite a worthwhile country to visit! And on the following day,
We visited Goethe’s hometown, Frankfurt, so please look forward to the next update 🏡 Let’s go and explore that building over there 👀 ! On this day, in addition to the previously mentioned Onion Festival, there was also a marathon event taking place 🏃💨 Electric scooters are great, right? This park is incredibly large 😅
Covering about 48 hectares! To give you an idea, it’s approximately 60 football fields in size 😮 On the other hand, it is only one seventh of the Central Park in New York 😆 This building was constructed under Goethe’s guidance, modeled after an ancient Roman villa. It was a favorite residence
And hideaway of Goethe’s friend, Grand Duke Carl August of the region of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 🌿 It seems like the city streets here double as a marathon course 🏃💨 It’s stylish, but running on cobblestones could be tough on the feet 😅💦 At the Bauhaus Museum, where we’re heading next, you can learn not only about the history of Bauhaus but also about the history of Weimar 📚
We’ll also share photos from inside the Bauhaus Museum 📸 We bought our tickets at the reception 🎟 The lockers are almost the same as those in Goethe’s house! The period known as the “Weimar Republic” in German history (1919 to 1933) was when the first democratic government system
Was established in Germany after World War I. The name comes from the fact that the German national constitution (the Weimar Constitution) was enacted in Weimar in 1919. After World War I, Germany faced the immense cost of the war and the heavy reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
This put severe pressure on the country’s finances, leading to hyperinflation in the early 1920s. Here’s the currency from that time (with a lot of 0s 😱💦). The Weimar of this time is also known as the birthplace of the Bauhaus movement. This movement introduced innovative approaches in industrial design, architecture, and the arts,
Significantly influencing modern design. Bauhaus, an art school founded in Germany in 1919, adopted the principle of “form follows function.” This concept emphasized practical and simple design, eschewing ornamentation, and had a significant impact on later modernist design. The faculty and students at Bauhaus created innovative works in various fields, including furniture design, architecture,
Graphic design, and performing arts. Their influence spread internationally, laying the foundation for contemporary design. However, due to political pressure, Bauhaus was closed in 1933. (The Nazi Regime viewed its avant-garde style and internationalist tendencies as a threat.) While the Bauhaus school itself no longer exists, its educational principles and approach continue to thrive
In the fields of design and architecture today, continuing to exert influence. Next time, we’ll be visiting Frankfurt, where we’ll share our visit to Goethe’s childhood home and the world’s largest book fair, so stay tuned for that 🌿💫 Our journey in Weimar ends here. Did you enjoy this video?
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🎥 Recorded on: October 14-15, 2023
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This time, we visited the city of Weimar, where the literary giant Goethe lived for many years.
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