UNESCO World Heritage Bauhaus Weimar

The State Bauhaus in Weimar represents an important chapter in the more than 150-year history of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and an essential part of humanitys cultural heritage. In 1996, the »Bauhaus Sites in Weimar and Dessau« were officially added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage. In 2017, the ensemble was extended to »Bauhaus Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau«.

In its official statement, the UNESCO justified its selection, stating »the Bauhaus, with its sites in Weimar (Thuringia) and Dessau (Saxony-Anhalt), represents the so-called Bauhaus school of architecture which, between 1919 and 1933, applied revolutionary ideas to building design and town planning. The buildings of the Bauhaus professors, from Walter Gropius to Hannes Meyer, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy to Wassily Kandinsky, founded the Bauhaus style, which made a decisive mark on the architecture of the 20th century.«

Bauhaus sites in Weimar:

Main Building

The building was erected in 1911 according to plans by Henry van de Velde as a studio building for the »Großherzoglich Sächsische Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Weimar«, renovated in 1999 and is considered one of the most important art school buildings of the turn of the century. Walter Gropius founded the »Staatliche Bauhaus Weimar« here in 1919.

Van-de-Velde-Bau

The building of the former "Großherzoglich Sächsische Kunstgewerbeschule Weimar" was built in 1905 and 1906 by Henry van den Velde as an angular building and fundamentally reconstructed in 2009. Today it is the place of the Faculty of Art and Design.

Haus Am Horn

The Haus Am Horn is the only architecture realised by the Bauhaus in Weimar. It was built in 1923 as an model house for the Bauhaus exhibition and today belongs to the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Here, the masters and students presented for the first time how they envisioned contemporary building and living.

25 years UNESCO World Heritage Bauhaus Weimar Signet

25 years of UNESCO World Heritage

7 December 2021 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the inscription of the Bauhaus sites on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List. This is a good reason for the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to offer its guests, but especially students and staff, numerous events on the historical founding sites and their history. In cooperation with the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, in addition to lectures and exhibitions, guided tours to and in the three World Heritage buildings are planned.

Due to the current restrictions caused by the Corona pandemic, all events and offers will be postponed to 2022 and offered around the Unesco World Heritage Day on 5 June 2022.

Questions and suggestions about the anniversary are welcome to:

Thomas Apel
Amalienstraße 13, 3rd floor
99423 Weimar
e-mail: thomas.apel[at]uni-weimar.de
Phone: +49 (0) 36 43/58 20 19

Bauhaus Walks

Experience the historic Bauhaus and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Weimar today. Students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will guide you through the founding sites of the Bauhaus on the Bauhaus Walks, explaining the history and present of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. You can visit all three Weimar Bauhaus sites as part of the Long Bauhaus Walk.
For an individual tour, we recommend the "Where is Walter?" app.

Information for guests

The Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café is the central contact point for guests of the university. In the former Brendel Studio next to the Main Building, student employees offer information, a café invites you to linger and numerous souvenirs and products from the university can be discovered in the shop.
On the following sites you will find important information in advance, the opening hours of the buildings and further links to plan your visit to us.

Partner and Alumni

You feel connected to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, maybe you even studied here yourself? Do you want to work with us, get involved and contribute yourself, or just refresh contact with your former fellow students? Then get in touch and support us, for example through our Career Service, the »Freundeskreis der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar« or the Alumni Office. We look forward to talking to you.