Weimar, which can be seen in a day, has a strong connection to Germany's most famous poets and philosophers (primarily Goethe and Schiller). Though it was never the nation's capital, Weimar lent its name to Germany's government between the world wars (the Weimar Republic) after the new democracy's constitution was signed there.
Among the sights are the Goethe National Museum, the tomb of Goethe and Goethe's Garden House. There's also the beautiful Park an der Ilm along the Ilm River, just south of town, which was designed by Goethe himself. Places connected to Schiller include the Schiller House and his tomb in the Alter Friedhof. There is also the Liszt House (where Liszt wrote his
Hungarian Rhapsody) and Tiefurt Palace northeast of the city. Also nearby is the Buchenwald National Memorial, at the site of a Nazi concentration camp.
200 mi/320 km southwest of Berlin.