a city of Germany, capital of the grand duchy of Saxe Weimar, in the midst of hills partially wooded, on the left bank of the Ilm, 13 miles E. of Erfurt. This little town is justly famous as having been at one time the residence of the most illustrious men of letters in Germany, under the patronage of the duke Charles Augustus; but though the names of Goethe, Schiller, Herder, and Wieland will always shed a lustre on Weimar, its celebrity is now a thing of the past rather than of the present, and the town itself contains little that is interesting or attractive. It is well built, but irregularly laid out, and contains a number of handsome public edifices. Among these are the grand-ducal palace, a simple and elegant building, with rooms adorned with fine frescoes, and a large park attached to it; the city church, built in 1400, containing the graves of the Elector John Frederick, the patron of Luther, of Duke Bernhard, who was celebrated in the thirty years' war, and of Herder; the public library of 148,000 volumes, occupying a circular tower, formerly a powder magazine; the town hall; and the theatre, which was erected in 1825 under the influence of Goethe. Weimar has a gymnasium, a normal seminary, a geographical institution, and the Landes-industrie-comptoir, an institution for the publication of works chiefly geographical and statistical. There are also several charitable establishments. The town has manufactures of metallic goods, cards, and hosiery, and some trade in corn and wool; but its prosperity depends chiefly on its being the residence of the court. The houses of Goethe, Schiller, Herder, and Wieland are to be seen here, and statues of these poets adorn the public places. Goethe and Schiller are buried in the large new churchyard. Pop. (1853) 12,954.