Photo: Alexander Burzik
Main Building | Fürstenhaus
Platz der Demokratie 2 | 3President's Office
Concert Hall
Library | Media Library
Recording Studio
The Dean's Office, Faculty 1
String Instruments
Piano
Harp
Early Music
Composition
Studio for Electroacoustic Music
Porters Office, Letter boxes, Information
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 22:00
Saturday: 08:00 - 22:00
Sunday: 09:00 - 22:00
Main Building "Fürstenhaus"
The main building at The LISZT SCHOOL of Music Weimar, located on the Platz der Demokratie, has an especially interesting history. As a representative building for the estates of the country, building began in 1770. After the devastating fire of 1774 in the castle located opposite the building, the Fürstenhaus served as a residence for the ducal family – this is where the name Fürstenhaus comes from (“Fürst” can be translated into English as ruler or prince). After this it served various governmental purposes. From 1808 to 1816 it served as a domicile for the “Free Drawing School”. From 1848 to 1920, the Fürstenhaus was the house of parliament for the grand duchy Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. From 1920 to 1933 it was the house of parliament of Thuringia. From 1933-1945, the NSDAP-Gauleitung, the governor of Thuringia in the Third Reich, and high-level SS and police administration resided in the building.
The government and parliament of Thuringia, including the Ministry of the Interior, which had also been located in the Fürstenhaus, have worked since 1950 in the new capital of Thuringia, Erfurt. The administration of The LISZT SCHOOL of Music managed to acquire the building in 1951. A thorough renovation of the building, which was in relatively bad shape, could not be undertaken. With great effort, the building was furnished and the most critical building modifications were able to be made. The building lying directly to the north-west of the school was also transferred to The LISZT SCHOOL.
The urgently needed restoration of the building took place from 1992 to 1999; this took place while the school was in session except for the last two years. A significant part of the building was replaced; in 1997, the entire middle section of the building was taken out to rebuild the festival room, which was actually originally conceived in 1770, but never realised. Since 1999 the festival room has been the core that characterises the educational and artistic centre of the school. A modern sound studio and a studio for electroacoustic music are also located in the Fürstenhaus. On the ground floor one can find the school’s library as well as the media library. String players, pianists and composers have their main place of study in this building, and from here the rectorate manages the school.
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