Weimar

American

[vahy-mahr, wahy-] / ˈvaɪ mɑr, ˈwaɪ- /

noun

a city in Thuringia, in central Germany.

Weimar British

/ ˈvaimar /

noun

a city in E central Germany, in Thuringia: a cultural centre in the 18th and early 19th century; scene of the adoption (1919) of the constitution of the Weimar Republic. Pop: 64 409 (2003 est)

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Weimarian

adjective

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Weimar

His son, Wilhelm, survived his service in the Wehrmacht, only to be arrested after Weimar changed from American to Soviet control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Founded amid Germany’s defeat in World War I, the Weimar Republic ended in 1933 when Adolf Hitler took power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A Protestant born in 1885, Weirich opened his shop in Weimar shortly before the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Germany continued paying debt from the Weimar Republic into the 21st century.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

For the rest of his life he was thoroughly cosmopolitan, travelling widely, living for twenty years in Weimar, and for six years near Rome, where he took holy orders.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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