Weimar

St. Peter and St. Paul (Herderkirche)

von Eva Schmidt †, Peggy Große, Sebastian Kircheis

32 Seiten, Heft

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The city church St. Peter and Paul is closely connected with the Ernestine
princely house, serving as the burial place for the dukes of Saxony-Weimar
from Johann Friedrich I to Wilhelm IV. They furnished the church with funerary
monuments, which rank among the masterpieces of German Renaissance
sculpture. Connected with the history of the city church are a number of significant
historical figures, such as Martin Luther, who was supported by the Ernestines
and who preached here on a number of occasions between 1518 and 1540, and
Johann Sebastian Bach, who had four of his children baptized in the city church.
Under the regency of Anna Amalia, who in 1807 became the last member of the
princely house to be buried in the choir, Johann Gottfried Herder came to Weimar
in 1776. Together with Christoph Martin Wieland, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
and Friedrich Schiller, he belongs to what is known as the traditional Viergestirn
(four stars) of Weimar. Until his death in 1803, the poet, theologian, and philosopher
served as the superintendent and high priest of the city church.

• Reihe: Kleine Kunstführer / Kleine Kunstführer / Kirchen u. Klöster
• ISBN: 9783795473921
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.08.2025
• Genre: Sachbücher/Kunst, Literatur/Kunst
• Verlag: Schnell & Steiner
• Illustrationen: Constantin Beyer