Cultural Events

On September 12, 18:00 a bus will bring the workshop's participants to Erfurt, the nearby Capital of Thuringia, right after the end of the session. We will visit the famous Erfurt Cathedral and climb the stairs to see one of the largest bells of Europe, Gloriosa. After this we recommend to have dinner in smaller groups in Erfurt's historic center and to get back by train to Weimar from Erfurt main station.

On September 13, 16:00 we will visit Goethe house at Frauenplan in the historic center of Weimar. Guided tours in English will be provided for the living house in three groups of about 20--25 persons at 16:00, 16:15 and 16:30. The collection dealing with Goethe's work shall be visited on individual basis. Other museums, as Schiller house, Liszt house, the Bauhaus Museum and the collections of the Palace and Castle of the former Dukes of Saxe-Weimar are close by.

Conference Dinner

The conference dinner will take place at Richard Wagner Ball Room of the historic

Hotel Elephant
on Friday, September 14, 2001, 7 p.m.

and is included in the conference fee. The hotel operates already for 300 years (since 1696 as an Inn, and since 1741 as a Hotel.) The hotel was frequented by Bach, Goethe, Schiller, Clara Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Liszt, Richard Wagner, Leo Tolstoi, Friedrich Hebbel, Thomas Mann, and many more famous artists, writers and composers since. Goethe used to drink his Madeira at the former historic vaults cellar.

Participants traveling with accompanying persons are asked to contact the registration desk to purchase additional tickets.