Market Square Weimar
Markt Weimar
The central square of Weimar's old town, ringed by a neo-Gothic town hall, the Renaissance-style house where Cranach the Elder lived, and the century-old Hotel Elephant.
Market Square is the starting point for exploring Weimar on foot. To the west stands the 19th-century neo-Gothic town hall; to the east is the Cranach House, where the painter Lucas Cranach the Elder spent his later years; and to the south is the Hotel Elephant, which both Goethe and Thomas Mann wrote about. On weekdays the square hosts a farmers' market where you can try Thuringian grilled sausage. The Onion Market on the second weekend of October and the Christmas Market in December are both held here. The square is free to visit, and both Goethe's House and Schiller's House are within a five-minute walk.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Schiller's House Weimar
- Goethe's House Weimar
- Herder Church (St. Peter and Paul)
- Wittumspalais
- House of the Weimar Republic
- Duchess Anna Amalia Library
- Goethe–Schiller Monument
- Weimar City Palace