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Location:
Christmas Market in Weimar
24 Nov - 22 Dec 2008
23 Nov - 23 Dec 2009
UNESCO World Heritage site
When the town centre of Weimar is lit up by fairy lights every evening, the aromas of roasted almonds and fresh Stollen cake waft through the streets, and the strains of carols can be heard, the Christmas Market has clearly opened again!
Apart from lapping up the cosy atmosphere, visitors can look forward to Christmas wares offered for sale by craftsmen and traders. Traditional pyramids and nutcrackers from the Erzgebirge Mountains, glassware from Lauscha, wooden toys from Thuringia: all this and many other surprises are waiting to be discovered.
Weimar may be famous for many things, but hardly anyone knows that the first public Christmas tree was erected in Weimar. Taking pity on the poor children of the town, one night before Christmas in 1815 or 1816, court bookseller Johann Wilhelm Hoffmann put up the first Christmas tree for the public anywhere in Germany outside his shop in Cranach House on the market square. The dream of a Christmas tree for all children had finally come true. To commemorate his gesture, every year the tall fir tree on the market square is erected to the accompaniment of carols performed by local choirs a few days before the Christmas Market opens.
If you find the popular German carol ‘O, du fröhliche’ being sung particularly frequently in Weimar during the Christmas season, there's a very good reason for it was written by local social education worker Johannes Daniel Falk and performed in Weimar for the very first time.
The Townhall is a big advent calendar, every day A window is opened by a child guided by Santa Claus.
Again this year, we will arrange a skating rink on the Platz der Demokratie with music and mulled wine.
Timings
10.00 to 18.00
Contact:
Weimar Tourist-Office
Markt 10
99423
tourist-info@weimar.de
Tel: 0049 (0) 3643 745 0
Fax 0049 (0) 3643 745 420
www.weimar.de |
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Weimar
The Christmas Season Special
Guided city tour on the traces of X-mas classics in Weimar,
including a cup of hot mullet and Original Thuringian grilled
Sausage on the Christmas market
Price per person: 15.00€
Our Christmas Market offer for groups including:
- Guided city tour for groups
- Festive Christmas Diner
- Visit of the Weimar Christmas Market
- Two overnight stays incl. breakfast in a 3 star hotel in Weimar
Price per person in a double starting from
135€ (single from 179€)
Program of Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
during the festive season
- 21st & 25th of December Tosca,
opera by Giacomo Puccini
- 23rd of December - The Magic Flute,
opera by Mozart
- 31st New Year's Eve Concert by Staatskapelle Weimar -
From Vienna to St. Petersburg
- 1st of January- New Year's Concert by Staatskapelle Weimar
From Vienna to St. Petersburg
Information and reservation:
Weimar Tourist-Office
Markt 10
99423 Weimar
Tourist-info@weimar.de
www.weimar.de
Phone: +49 (0)3643/ 745 0
Fax: +49 (0) 3643/ 745 420
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Weimar - Weihnachtsmarket |
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Weimar - Christmas tree in the Town Square |
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