The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-13
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poets city," and the German Ath ens," was chosen for the gathering of the first German national assembly, it is said, because it is non-Prussian town. It is situated in fertile val ley on the River I'm, small tribu- tary of the Saale, and has a poAula- tion of less than 50,00O.
 Here, amid the old buildings that remind one of medieval past, the 40 representatives of the German people, elected on January 20, have assembled to adopt, reject or amend the draft of a constitution which has been prepared by the Ebert govern ment, and to form, perhaps, union of states on the modern American Il principle.
 Home of Famous Men Sleepy old Weimar, famous as the home of Goethe, Schiller and Liszt, is said to have existed more than eleven centuries. Under Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxe-Weimar-E -Eisenach, the town became a center of liberal ism as we'll as art Its most impor- tant building is the palace, described as "a huge structure forming three sides of a quadrangle, erected (1789- Goethe," only remnant of which, however, with tower, is still stand ing. It contains a series of rooms dedi- cated to the poets Goethe, Schiller, Herder and Wieland, all of which are : decorated lavishly with mural paint ings. Near by is the house where Goethe lived from 17S2 to 1882, a home of luxury for that day, but as a gift to the poet by Charles Augus- tus, and presented to him by his pa- tron upon Goethes return from his Italian tour.
 T Houses with high pitched gables and roofs give the town picturesque appearance, while the narrow, wind- ing streets of the older portion of the place, and the vestiges of the medieval walls, continually remind the visitor of it's historic character. The Stadtkirche, or parish house of worship, Gothic structure dating from about 14OO, Is a building of rare interest It has been slightly modern ized, but enough of the original edi- flee remains to show its age and classic outlines.
 Burial Place of Goethe and Schiller Fl Among the notables whose tombs are beneath it's roof are those of the princes of Saxe-Weimar- -Eisenach, in cluding the elector John Frederick the Magnanimous and his wife, and Duke Bernhard of Weimar, a hero of the Thirty Years war. "The altar piece is triptych," one writer says, the centerpiece representing the cru. cifixion; besides the cross stands Mar tin Luther, an open Bible in his hand, while the blood from the pierced side of the Savasr pours upon his head"
 Another ancient church is the Ja- obks or Hofikrcher, or court church, whose disused cemetery contains the graves of Lucas Cranach, the artist, 1 and Johann Musaeus, author of Ger man folklore Another burial ground contains the grand ducal family vault, in which Goethe and Schiller also lie, l side by side. Bronze statues of both l poets, the work of Rietschel, and grouped on one pedestal, stand in front of the site of a theater built in 1925 under the direction of Goethe, | time memorable as the golden age l of German drama" Here many oI Wagner's compositions were first given to the world. In 1907 the old structure was replaced by new 1 building.
 The genius of Goethe and Schiller characterize Weimar in other forms of civic beauty. Goethe, some years before his death, laid out large pub lie park in the form of garden, and without an inclosure of any kind. There quaint relic of its originator remains in the stone altar around which a serpent climbs to eat the votive bread. Upon the altar is an inscription to the genius hujus loci"
 Institutions of Learning
 Statues of Wieland, who came to Weimar as the tutor of Grand Duke Charles Augustus in 1772, the com poser, Hummel, and Franz Liszt, are among the other public embellish- ments of the city. The Grunes Schloss, built in the eighteenth cen tury. and containing 200 .OO0 volumes, Is an interesting library and contains also valuable collection of portraits. busts and literary and other curiosi- ties. Other public buildings are the Wit turnspalais. the old ducal dover house. containing Preller's famous mural paintings of the Odyssey; the Goethe .~.~ . <.