Weimar is a
city in the federal state of
Thuringia,
Germany. It is located between
Erfurt in the west and
Jena in the east, approximately southwest of
Leipzig, north of
Nuremberg and west of
Dresden. Together with the neighbour-cities
Erfurt and
Jena it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, whereas the city itself counts a population of 65,000. Weimar is well known because of its large cultural heritage and its importance in German history.