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Johann Sebastian Bach Monument, Weimar
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Volker + Fahrrad
April 6, 2026
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Before it found its current location, the monument changed its position several times. It stood, among other places, directly in front of the ruin of the residential building on the market square, in the castle chapel, and was even temporarily stored in a warehouse. Only on December 7, 1995, was the bust inaugurated in its current location on a shell limestone pedestal on the initiative of the Lions Club Weimar. Actually, this musician deserved a more magnificent monument in a city where he worked for nine years.
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Romy ☮️🕊️
September 23, 2019
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) lived and worked in Weimar for nine years. From 1708 to 1717 he was court organist, violinist and Kapellmeister. On the occasion of the …
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Leo Pold
October 14, 2020
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Small memorial for Johann Sebastian Bach, who was employed at the court in Weimar twice: 1703 for a few months as a musician in the band and from 1707 to 1717 as chamber musician and court organist. The Bach family's house no longer exists today, but was diagonally across from this memorial, a memorial plaque set into the wall commemorates this house.
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