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Landkreis Weimarer Land

Platz der Demokratie and Carl August Monument

Landkreis Weimarer Land

Platz der Demokratie and Carl August Monument

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Platz der Demokratie and Carl August Monument

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Location: Landkreis Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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Frank Rmr

January 14, 2024

The Square of Democracy (formerly Fürstenplatz) is one of the largest squares in Weimar. It is characterized above all by the Duchess Anna Amalia Library and the Princely House, which has served as a music college since 1951. It was originally built as a state administration building, was temporarily a temporary prince's residence and from 1848 served as the parliament building of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach and from 1920 of the state of Thuringia. In the center of the square is the equestrian statue of Carl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who reigned as Duke from 1758 and as Grand Duke from 1815.

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Wolf Beyenburg

May 19, 2024

Behind the music college, behind a high iron fence, there is a ginkgo tree that is protected as a natural monument. Goethe himself is said to have planted it. When evening falls in Weimar, the shops are closed and the tourists are having dinner, an astonishing, educated middle-class charade is performed. Middle-aged ladies and gentlemen gather under the tree and search the ground for fallen ginkgo leaves, which are sparse. You can faintly hear the multi-voiced slogan "the leaf of this tree, entrusted to my garden from the east, gives a taste of secret meaning, which edifies those who know..." This legitimizes the higher cultural interest that takes precedence over the preservation of natural monuments, which also allows the good senior teacher to grab leaves on the tree in the setting dusk in the circle of cultural conspirators. Since the tree has been pretty much grazed by the educated middle class, the offspring, who have been brought along as a precautionary measure for educational purposes, happily help out, and can use this opportunity to get their first taste of Goethe and a feeling of cultural belonging. Of course, the spoils are generously shared among the legitimate attendees.

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Mademoiselle Unterwegs

February 18, 2024

Square in front of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library and the University of Music

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3. House of the Weimar Republic – Weimar Market Square loop from Südstadt

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