Private company

Klassik Stiftung Weimar

Logo: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Cultural institution in Weimar, Germany

The Klassik Stiftung Weimar (roughly "Weimar Classicism Foundation") is one of the largest and most significant cultural institutions in Germany. It owns more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses and parks, as well as literary and art collections, a number of which are World Heritage Sites.2 It employed 384 people in 2019.1 Its revenue was €34.8 million in 2019.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 1, 2003Founded1
  • HeadquartersWeimar, Germany1
  • Websitewww.klassik-stiftung.de
  • Legal formpublic foundation1
  • Kind of organizationCultural foundation1
  • LEI9676002L27Z6J38EJL923
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBurgplatz 4, 99423 Weimar, Germany3
  • Registered withThuringia State Administration3
Goethes Gartenhaus in Weimar 04
Photo: Dr. Bernd Gross, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Klassik Stiftung Weimar (roughly "Weimar Classicism Foundation") is one of the largest and most significant cultural institutions in Germany. It owns more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses and parks, as well as literary and art collections, a number of which are World Heritage Sites.2

Corporate structure

Klassik Stiftung Weimar sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Klassik Stiftung Weimar Weimar, Germany
    • Bauhaus Museum, Weimar Subsidiary · Weimar, Germany
    • Weimarer Fürstengruft Owned · Weimar, Germany

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Klassik Stiftung Weimar reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Weimarer Fürstengruft

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The Weimarer Fürstengruft is the ducal burial chapel of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and is located in the Historical Cemetery (Historischer Friedhof Weimar). It houses the tombs of Goethe and Schiller. It is part of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and since 1998 it and the cemetery have been part of the Classical Weimar World Heritage Site. The cemetery also houses the Monument to the March Dead.

From Wikipedia’s article on Klassik Stiftung Weimar, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Bauhaus Museum, Weimar

Also owns

  • Weimarer Fürstengruft

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20193841

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 201934.8M EUR1

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2003Founded Founded1