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You obtain a - German language - city map of Weimar and surroundings with hiking and cyclings trails via Abebooks UK or via Abebooks US/Canada.

You also get a German language hiking and cycling map of Weimar's surroundings including the Ilm Valley Cycling Trail via Abebooks UK or Abebooks US/Canada.

You can buy a book with photographs of 'Classical Weimar' accompanied by English, French and German text via Abebooks UK or via Abebooks US/Canada

You get a translation of Martin Luther's sermon on secular authority via Abebooks UK or via Abebooks UK/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk .

The film 'Luther' with Joseph Fiennes and Sir Peter Ustinov is available via amazon.com or - posted from Germany - via jpc.de. The film shows the original scenery of Eisenach, Erfurt and the Wartburg Castle.

You find a translation of Thomas Muentzer's 'Highly Provoked Defense' in the Cambridge Textbook 'The Radical Reformation' available via Abebooks UK or Abebooks US/Canada.

You get Werner Schade's illustrated book "Cranach, a family of master painters" Abebooks UK or via Abebooks US/Canada.

You get recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach posted from Germany by jpc.de or from the US by iclassics.com e.g. a DVD of the Suites No. 1 - 4, Bach's complete organ works and editions of Bach's cantatas starting with volume 1 and 4 CDs with examples of Bach's works taken from the catalogue of the Naxos record company and set in the context of a narration of his life and times.

Or you order Bach's music via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk. A DVD of Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Weimar's baroque Herder church performed by the Monteverdi Choir under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner is available via amazon.co.uk or - posted from Germany - via jpc.de.

Wieland's satire on provincial narrow-mindednes "The History of the Abderites" first published in 1774 has been translated into English: You can buy a copy via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

You get translations of Herder's philosophical writings via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

You find an English translation of Jean Paul's 'Army Chaplain Schelzle's Journey to Flaez' and 'Life of Quintus Fixlein' via Abebooks UK or via Abebooks US/Canada.

You find translations of Schiller's works online at the Gutenberg Project, printed copies are available via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

Franz Liszt was a star of the 19th century music business, the image, he created for himself, his love affairs, his admiration for Wagner, the tensions in his family intrigue biographers until today: Out of a three volume set on the life of Franz Liszt written by Alan Walker available via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk you can buy the very detailed biography of Liszt's Weimar Years.

You obtain the first two volumes of the 'Annees de Pelerinage' published during Liszt's stay in Weimar 'Annees de Pelerinage': 'Suisse' und 'Italie' posted from Germany by jpc.de or posted from the US by iclassics.com e.g. a complete edition of 'Annees de Pelerinage' performed by Alfred Brendel and Zoltan Kocsis. Recordings of 'Annees de Pelerinage' are also available via amazon.co.uk.

You can also buy two CDs with examples of Liszt's works taken from the catalogue of the Naxos record company and set in the context of a narration of his life and times via jpc.de posted from Germany.

You can buy CDs with the music of Richard Strauss posted from Germany by jpc.de or from the US by iclassics.com, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk .

Rudolf Steiner's work is available via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com, or via amazon.co.uk.

Rudiger Safranski's highly praised 'Nietzsche - a philosophical biography' is available via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

Franz Kafka's diaries 1910-1923 are available via Abebooks UK, Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

You can order from international booksellers:

Elie Wiesel's account 'Night' via Abebooks UK, Abebooks US/Canada,via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

Jorge Semprun's 'Literature or Life' via Abebooks UK, Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk

Imre Kertesz's 'Fateless' via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Candada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

Jean Amery's 'At the Mind's Limits' via Abebooks UK/Canada, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk

and

Eugen Kogon's 'The theory and practice of hell' via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

You can order Dietrich Bonhoeffer's 'Letters and Papers from Prison' via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk

DVDs on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life are available via amazon.co.uk, via amazon.com, or posted from Germany via jpc.de.

Thomas Mann's 'Lotte in Weimar.The Beloved Returns' is availabe via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

You can order Thomas Mann's 'Dr Faustus. The life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as told by a Friend' from international booksellers via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com, or via amazon.co.uk.

since 1741 Weimar's famous guests have slept at Markt 19, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz was here, Ludwig Boerne, Felix Mendelsohn-Bartholdy, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Artur Rubinstein, Lotte was here, said Thomas Mann ...
Hotel Elephant
Markt 19
from (ca.) 111 Euro onwards
>> book online via hotel.de or
>> via booking.com

...alternatively Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, Robert and Clara Schumann stayed at Goetheplatz 2, Ivan Turgeniev was here, too...
Grand Hotel Russischer Hof
Goetheplatz 2
from (ca.) 90 Euro onwards
weekend specials, short breaks, getaways
>> book online via hotel.de or
>> via booking.com

next to Goethehaus you live in
Amalienhof Hotel & Apartment
Amalienstrasse 2
from (ca.) 55 Euro onwards
>> book online via hotel.de or
>> via booking.com

between Goethe House and Schiller's Residence
Hotel am Frauenplan
Brauhausgasse 10
from (ca.) 47 Euro
>> book online via hotel.de or
>> via booking.com

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The residence of Johann Sebastian Bach at Markt no 16 no longer exists. A plaque commemorates him and two of his sons, who were born here: Carl Philipp Emanuel and Wilhelm Friedemann. You can get recordings of his music posted from Germany by jpc.de or from the US by iclassics.com e.g. a DVD of the Suites No. 1 - 4, Bach's complete organ works and editions of Bach's cantatas starting with volume 1 and 4 CDs with examples of Bach's works taken from the catalogue of the Naxos record company and set in the context of a narration of his life and times.

Or you order Bach's music via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk . Available via amazon.co.uk is a DVD of Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Weimar's baroque Herder church performed by the Monteverdi Choir under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.

posted from Germany by jpc.de you get a German language DVD showing Johann Sebastian Bach's music in the places of origin including a performance of the concerto C-Dur, BWV 984 for Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar performed in the Weimar town palace.

Franz Liszt was a star of the 19th century music business, the image, he created for himself, his love affairs, his admiration for Wagner, the tensions in his family intrigue biographers until today: Out of a three volume set on the life of Franz Liszt written by Alan Walter available via Abebooks UK or via Abebooks US/Canada, you can buy the very detailed biography of Liszt's Weimar Years.

You obtain the first two volumes of the 'Annees de Pelerinage' published during Liszt's stay in Weimar 'Annees de Pelerinage': 'Suisse' und 'Italie' posted from Germany by jpc.de or posted from the US by iclassics.com e.g. a complete edition of 'Annees de Pelerinage' performed by Alfred Brendel and Zoltan Kocsis. Recordings of 'Annees de Pelerinage' are also available via amazon.co.uk.

You can also buy two CDs with examples of Liszt's works taken from the catalogue of the Naxos record company and set in the context of a narration of his life and times via jpc.de posted from Germany.

In 1938 the New York Museum of Modern Art showed the Bauhaus for the first time in the USA. You can buy reprints and originals of the exhibition catalogue 'Bauhaus 1919-1928' edited by Walter Gropius, Ise Gropius and Herbert Bayer via Abebooks UK or via Abebooks US/Canada.

'Bauhaus 1919-1933' by Magdalena Droste and the Berlin Bauhaus Archive is a coffetable book published by Taschen, available via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada., via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

You find all of Bauhaus, from Germany to the US, in Hans Wingler's: 'Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago. You can buy the comprehensive 658 illustrated pages via Abebooks Uk, via Abebooks US/Canada., via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

You can order from international booksellers:

Elie Wiesel's account 'Night' via Abebooks UK, Abebooks US/Canada,via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

Jorge Semprun's 'Literature or Life' via Abebooks UK, Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk

Imre Kertesz's 'Fateless' via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Candada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

Jean Amery's 'At the Mind's Limits' via Abebooks UK/Canada, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk

and

Eugen Kogon's 'The theory and practice of hell' via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk.

You can order Dietrich Bonhoeffer's 'Letters and Papers from Prison' via Abebooks UK, via Abebooks US/Canada, via amazon.com or via amazon.co.uk

DVDs on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's life are available via amazon.co.uk, via amazon.com, or posted from Germany via jpc.de.