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Weimar Weimar
Weimar , city (1994 pop. 58,807), E Thuringia , central Germany, on the Ilm River. It is an industrial, transportation, and cultural center. Manufactures include agricultural machinery, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and furniture. Known in the 10th cent., Weimar became important only in the 16th... Read more
Weimar Republic Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic the German government in the post-World War I period, so called because the Reichstag (national assembly) met in the town of Weimar. The republic was proclaimed on November 9, 1918, and its constitution was adopted on July 31, 1919. The Weimar Republic ended with the ascension of... Read more
Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach , 1685-1750, German composer and organist, b. Eisenach; one of the greatest and most influential composers of the Western world. He brought polyphonic baroque music to its culmination, creating masterful and vigorous works in almost every musical form known in his period. Life... Read more
Max Liebermann Max Liebermann
Max Liebermann , 1847-1935, German genre painter and etcher. He went to Paris in 1873, where he was impressed by the Barbizon school of painters. In Holland he was influenced by Frans Hals and Jozef Israëls . His early works were realistic, but beginning about 1890 he developed a style... Read more
Buchenwald Buchenwald
Buchenwald , village, Thuringia, S central Germany, in the Buchenwald forest, near Weimar. It was the site of a large concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) regime in 1937. It held approximately 20,000 prisoners during World War II.... Read more
Wilhelm Karl Severing Wilhelm Karl Severing
Wilhelm Karl Severing , 1875-1952, German statesman. A Social Democrat, he served (1907-33) in the Reichstag, was German minister of the interior (1928-30), and was Prussian minister of the interior during most of the period from 1920 to 1932. He supported the Weimar Republic.... Read more
Eisenach Eisenach
Eisenach , city (1994 pop. 42,580), Thuringia, central Germany. It is an industrial center and rail junction. Industries include tourism, the manufacture of machinery, metal and wood products, chemicals, and electrical goods. The well-known Wartburg automobile factory was forced to close in 1991 due... Read more
Henri van de Velde Henri van de Velde
Henri van de Velde , 1863-1957, Belgian designer and architect. Beginning as a painter, critic, and crafts designer in Belgium and in France, he received his first great acclaim for the interiors that he exhibited at Dresden in 1897. Van de Velde played a leading role in the development of ... Read more
Friedrich von Schiller Friedrich von Schiller
Friedrich von Schiller 1759-1805, German dramatist, poet, and historian, one of the greatest of German literary figures, b. Marbach, Württemberg. The poets of German romanticism were strongly influenced by Schiller, and he ranks as one of the founders of modern German literature, second only... Read more
center center
center in politics, a party following a middle course. The term was first used in France in 1789, when the moderates of the National Assembly sat in the center of the hall. It can refer to a separate party in a political system, e.g., the Catholic Center party of imperial and Weimar Germany, or to... Read more

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