Tempelherrenhaus (House of the

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) was a venue in

Park an der Ilm The Park an der Ilm (Park on the Ilm, short ''Ilmpark'') is a large '' Landschaftspark'' (landscaped park) in Weimar, Thuringia. It was created in the 18th century, influenced by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and has not been changed much, preserving ...

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...

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, which emerged in the 18th century. It was ruined during a bombing during the Second World War.

History

When the

was developed in the 1780s, the former ''Welsche Garten'' was included in the park. An old greenhouse, the ''Alte Orangerie'', was converted to a romantic lounge in the park for the ducal court. The conversion was based on a design by Johann Friedrich Rudolf Steiner ( de). It is located near the Roman House. It was used for social events, small receptions, exhibitions and concerts. The upper corners of the roof were adorned in 1788 by court sculptor

Martin Gottlieb Klauer Martin Gottlieb Klauer (29 August 1742, Rudolstadt - 4 April 1801, Weimar) was a German sculptor, and one of the first teachers at the Weimar Princely Free Drawing School. Life and work His father, Johann Michael Klauer, was a tailor. He lear ...

, who created four wooden life-size sculptures representing

Templar knight , colors = White mantle with a red cross , colors_label = Attire , march = , mascot = Two knights riding a single horse , equipment ...

s. The name of the house, derived from them, came in use around 1820. The wooden statues were replaced in 1818 by sandstone statues by . In March 1945, the end of the Second World War, the house was destroyed by a bomb attack on the town. All that remained was the 1816 tower. Only one torso of a Templar figure remained in place. The other three are located in the basement of the Roman house, in an exhibition of the history of the ''Park an der Ilm''. The tower was restored in 1998.

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