oh ah hi there, i'm hello, who will and i'm back on the road again in my little green b. so this time around exploring the state of to wynja. i'll be headed to weimar and i've been asked to see the legendary van bull capital. and my colleague lucas staker will be exploring the city of barefoot. let's go with

that's the right book capital up there. what a view am super intrigued to see what it's like a bear to let go. tourists aren't allowed to drive all the way up to the castle. so the veto get the we break the rag would capital in the 2 engine forest. it's fundamental to germany is history, which is why it's often referred to as the capital of the germans. as news, there's even an ancient drawbridge which paid off in the past. although barbara castle was often under siege. it was never conquered. it's atm and the gates are now open. but i'm still the only visit

i because i'm here so early means i've got the whole place to myself. ah, did you know the bad book is almost as i was in years old. unbelievable. ah. also, i, you, school world heritage site imposing edifice has inspired many famous people, including poet, johan wolf, grand goose, and composer, richard wagner. many tourists have now found their way to the castle, and the 1st gated tours are starting me today. i'm getting a private tour from my uncle camp instead of joining a group, which would be tricky since we're shooting footage for d. w and could hold everyone up. this is our medieval palace building, built in the 12th century, and it is the only residence from the late romanesque era that still exists in that

good condition for major part original. wow, impressive. maya tells me the legend behind the foundation of thought book castle a 1000 years ago. look big the jumper. ah, and right here you feel you take the jumper. you caught the jumper because he was imprisoned in a tower and jumped out of it into a river to his cape. the jumper is known as the founder of the castle in the year 1067, and the lead in the styling that he came to the hills. and he was so impressed by the landscape that he exclaimed, route back to boston, and both in white mountain, you shall be my capital. ah, not book castle gained great significance in the middle ages. and again, in the 1900 century when it was completely restored. ah oh,

this is gorgeous. it is for some 4000000 mosaics, a door in the wall as if lady elizabeth's chamber. they tell the story of this hungarian princess who was sent to the castle as a little girl, so she could become the wife of ludovic. the 4th day married when she was just 14. elizabeth was later declared a st for helping the poor and sick. oh, look at those chandeliers, there are more in the next room in the hall of minstrels. this is where according to legend, the contest of minstrels was held in the 13th century. this chamber also inspired one of germany's greatest composers in the 19th century, m. richard wagner, a very famous composites at that time. yeah. was riding through the forest of there in just seeing bible castle on the hill. and he was imagining how good it was. oh, how impressive is it was to compose an oprah. and so he combined this minstrel with

the legend of the minstrels war with the town hall is a legend story about a night in the middle ages. and so the opera ton hoisin and the minstrels, water bottle cost, an entire title came rely this is the cancels great hall. it's known for it. fabulous acoustics and exquisite decor. renovated in the 19th century . it has now become a major tourist attraction. mm . see that flag over there. it's a reminder of the 1817 bought book summit. when students from all over germany gathered here, the students came here to fight for unified nation unified germination. you have to imagine that germany was separated into more than $200.00 smaller states at that time. and so they were, i think, for unified nation democratic rights for everyone,

cuz constitutional rights that in have that. so they came here to fight against aristo chrissy. ok. so that must be why this is the castle of the germans. then for that reason, in the next down, the tours highlight long. and if i'm not wrong, we're about to enter. maybe the most famous study in germany, right. it is, yes. ah, you've probably guessed it. this is where in 1512 protestant reform or martin luther translated the bible, or more specifically the new testament into german luther fled to that book castle to hide from his enemies. at his time it was, it was so important for the people to to have an accessible bible in their own language. and that's what martin luther tried to that problem. he tried to solve,

he was using such a pictorial language that everyone could understand it. and he was developing the german language that actually was no juma language at his times, were talking about so many dialect that martin booted with a tried to combine and to develop one understandable language nationwide. actually impressive work it was, it was. and so important for the people because it was trying to, to liberate them, to free them from the restrictions of the catholic church. oh, mighty and bad book castle is coming to an end. but before we leave, let head up the capital tower. to enjoy this back killer view that the castle holds a special place in german history. this is where luther translate to the bible and

back now drew inspiration for one of his major alcaraz. this is also, in some sense, the birthplace of a modern united to germany. no wonder they call it the most german of all castles. it's apn closing time. ah, ah. surely i'll be dreaming of nights and minstrels to night. i hope you had just as much fun up here and the bad book as i did. ah. my beatle and i are done for the day, so my colleague lickers stay will be exploring the city of air for it. he's visiting a very special building there. ah

ah ah ah ah, do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to live in the middle ages? will i do? and that's why i'm an hour for today. the old town here is typically met even effort is the state capital of their india and lives right in the middle of germany . about half way between berlin and munich in the middle ages, several trade routes crossed here, making our foot rich and powerful city. he can still see that in the old town today . there are many beautiful buildings,

but there is one place in particular that is known far beyond f would as a tourist, an effort. this is the 1st place i must see. the came up wicker, that came up, lincoln or merchants, bridge is old. it has spent this river the giga for almost 900 years and the bridge is lined with houses. something like this is rare from this angle. you can clearly see it's a bridge ah, from above the came applica looks just like any street in the old town. this spot is a major draw for tourists, though many don't take the time to stop by the small shops co face studios. that's a shame because they're such a large part of the cable gast chart. as

in the middle ages, the shopkeepers sell their products here. for example, small fine goods, such as spices, fabrics, paints, and books. there's one thing i can really appreciate while strolling across the claim, applica in other cities, they are like a 100 souvenir shops in a place like this. but not here. i stopped by a bullet, i shot almost guillory. she works with textile ars. at 1st glance, many of her works look more like paintings, but the closer look reveals that they're actually collages of different textiles. marina wool, silk and other fabrics, as she explains the houses became a booker or coveted in order to be able to move in here. you have to present a good concept like honestly, in fact, yeah, and it wasn't so easy to get a spot here. i'd applied many years ago, but nothing came as

a dentist. and then after a few years they contacted me and then come on. monahan of me so as malicious. so you have to come up with a convincing idea before you can live at work year old. all buttoned up, jenkins indeed was a but sorry idea has to win them over and that has to be a good fit. came up with a plan of like a foundation, make sure of that how it is, and that there's some link to the ard sir craft. in fact, it has to fit in with the atmosphere to smoke. and for here it is atmosphere with the came up with the has undergone many changes over time. it burned down and was rebuilt, houses were merged. they used to be a church at either end of the bridge, but only one has survive. st. charles church, i recommend climbing the tower, like i do. the way up is an experience in itself. it's $128.00 steps to the top. and how's that for a view?

that's the came up liquor from above me. the golden rule for our foot all town is that nothing is ever more than a 15 minute walk away. and sooner or later, you always come back to the claim public in the late afternoon, the bridge quiets down. the tourist trouts thin out and there is time to enjoy the atmosphere in peace. lou, i'd like to know what it's like to live in a house on the claim. uh, book. oh, just try my luck. ah, hello, hello. hello. like, what do you sell? and he is always busy. yeah, yeah. something. what do you have for him? would you like to come in to arrive? dabilla has been selling antiques on the came up for 20 years. she's easy to talk

to and she lives right on the ridge. blinks here. this room has a very old ceiling, dick. it dates back to the year 1518 equities, so the renaissance, and so very old. as it with a new songs and what we're allocated, dick, he does it. this painted breed motif here is typical of that time. this is an original as though we're going to live upstairs and move rhoda need. you know, i live in the 2nd house over house. can we take a look? are you sure we could do that? i'm a little curious. yes, i can tell and i couldn't go shut my mouth. okay. as far as his death. witnesses a living ruin? this is how we live on the clean up of come came up with

. can might we take a look at the balcony yard? gavin rose. oh, wonderful. oh, what, how does it feel to live on the cream of liquor down below? it's often crowded with locals and tourists. it's been loyal f. what me to listen about in that rather not during the week too. so you do have some peace and quiet, nice job aids. often after work i sit up here and read or have some friends over in did die as it does it's. it's a nice light. on the warm summer evenings the people off our foot meet on the cream applica and soak in the atmosphere. you could join them and imagine for a moment what it must have been like in the middle ages.

welcome back to the tour in my e. b. tell my favorite travel companion. i am in weimar now, a city with a glorious but also dark history. there are a few other cities in germany where a high culture and assorted past lie so close together. by my represents the hey day of the classical period. it stars at the poet's johan vote, gun from gutter, and frederick schiller. ah, the vow house was also in by mark the school which revolutionized arch design and architecture at the beginning of the 20th century. but weimar is also associated with the terrors of the nazis. they built book invite one of the largest concentration camps in germany near by my center. here in by mar, we can see the great contradiction in germany, sol between the enlightened heights of gerda and the experimental ism of pow house . and some of the darkest moments, enjoyment history. so how does by mar,

deal with his heritage? well, that's play what i'm going to find out today. let's start in a very idyllic way. my 1st stop is the park on the m v park, so to speak. this is where the story of classical weimar begins. enlightenment period of the 18th century. weimar attracted numerous artists in 1776, the already famous poet johan vogue con. good to moved into this house, which was given to him by duke kyle august with the health of good to august gradually turned this rather small residential town into a cultural stronghold. ah,

this little house actually has unesco, world's heritage status. that's because as good as garden house, his 1st home buyer mm. for 6 years, johan vote on good to lived and worked in this house until he later moved to a larger apartment in the center of i'mma. so what brought good had to have. i'm are in the 1st life good. i had studied the law and he had a position and as it well at a, at a chamber and but he was born there. so he started writing because she really wanted attention. and he wrote the sort of young vito, which became very popular because he kind of broke the rules in this book. he rode very enthusiastically about emotions and in the unfair title,

don't know how familiar with that or kills himself. and suicide, of course, is the taboo. and when book becomes a best seller, obviously. right. and our young duke was just 18 at the time. he read that and he was fascinated. and he of a was wondering if he could meet the author. and of course, he was a duke, so it was arranged and term they talk. and the duke realizes that grew to is a person, he likes his young, his smart to, his educated, his lawyer. right. so, and he decides to invite good, who weimar and for the 1st couple of months as they basically party. but then the duke says, okay, i'm going to put him to work. and i to make good in order to make a good to the stay. he gives him this house the guarded house as a present. and also the duke offers grew to a job in his cabinet. and now to the 2nd cultural achievement that weimar it's famous for at the beginning of the 20th century, via i copious found in the bow house design school here. this is the birthplace of

bow house. everything that you touch from your i volunteer sofa was influenced by the minds that met in this very building. with in the main building of the bow house university weimar, you'll find a bow house dow staircase and the office of vital scorpius, the finder of the bow house, who actually was scrupulous, but i will pierce, wasn't architect. he combines the arts and crafts school and the school for the fine arts, and he forms a school that is based on workshops. so they work in the workshops in the morning. but in the afternoon it's the theory lessons that may all the difference. those are taught by most famous painters of a day on the line of finding a polka, leave a silly kind in ski. it's the really big names, and they all come to weimar b. chris, the idea of the one school where you can become a craftsman, an artist,

or an architect that's appealing to everyone. what would you say? oh, how stands for? yes, it is very difficult really. i mean, i said something already the bow horse at that time as a school tries to develop prototypes for new products for new technologies. that in its simplest form, it's simplest. yeah, well, form follows function. i mean, they're not the 1st to say that, but this is what it's really important to them. and if you look at, for example, the chair or of the desk, it is really very simple and functioning. is the main thing. it's not about designed necessarily. it's about being practical, being affordable. all right, now it's time for the last and admittedly most difficult part of my trip to by mar, just outside the city center. is the book and bad memorial. huh?

oh the concentration camp operated for almost 8 years until its liberation. in april 1945, a total of 266000 people were imprisoned here although conveyed wasn't an extermination camp. many prisoners were still murdered by the s s. r died from the n humane working and living conditions. so this is where the barracks put a fin. listen and the fan pull through. you see the outline and they have all the barracks where the prisoners lift are in the camp where demolished. but they get 100 left markers for us kind of as a memorial. yes. yes. yeah, and i think also, so you can, when you visit the site, you can imagine what it looked like or try to imagine what it looked like. so some

a better visual on impact really? oh, for me, one of the most haunting places in the memorial is the crematorium. it's estimated that 56000 people lost their lives and book and fight. this room certainly has a strange atmosphere to it. yes. so this is where the people were created, i mean, on somewhere killed, some just died off exhaust or some had dizzy smith and generally they were not very well no reached and sold. a lot of people died here, but be through so also i have to work on very heart and then they would be brought to this place and you can see how efficient they try to deal with this math of bodies really, on the his carts on this rail so they would put the body up there and then they could push it into the into the oven. shortly after the liberation of the concentration camp, the americans forest,

many by my residence to visit it. cool conveyed, has been a memorial site since 1958 last year, 250000 people visited, confronting this dark part of german history. ah, the tension between the positive and negative aspects of history is foamed again and again and by mar. good to himself stayed here at the venerable hotel elephant, but sorted out of hitler. he liked to stay here frequently with now it's time to grab some food. hey. hey, i'd love to try to call to engine sausage with

yeah, that's a pretty good kind of spicy. good. of course, there is no easy way to explain. hi weimar reckons with his heritage. perhaps the coexistence of high culture i'm not through history, is actually a reason to look further into the time. weimar doesn't try to cover up it's past. in fact, it encourages visitors to learn about some of the darkest moments in german history . with barbara castle, the city of air for it, and weimar here the state of to india is beautiful and also has a really interesting history. personally, i think the state has a lot to offer and i would definitely recommend it till next time.

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