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Sächsischer Hof

The Sächsischer Hof in Weimar: a tall white gable façade with red-framed windows and the inn's name in dark lettering across it, below it the parasol, tables and olive tree of the beer garden, a chalkboard menu at the right

The gable and beer garden of the Sächsischer Hof at the Eisfeld, in late summer.

The gable and beer garden of the Sächsischer Hof at the Eisfeld, in late summer.(Weimar Web)

Contact & Visit

Address

Eisfeld 12
99423 Weimar

Opening Hours

Thursday to Monday 11:00–22:00, Wednesday 17:00–22:00. Closed Tuesday.

About Sächsischer Hof

Sächsischer Hof is a traditional inn with a beer garden, standing by the Herder church and serving what it calls hearty Thuringian cooking — the unreconstructed version, with no apology attached. It's said to have two hundred years of hospitality behind it,[1] and keeps unusually long hours for a kitchen of this kind: from eleven in the morning, five days out of seven.

The beer garden by the church

The garden is at the Eisfeld, immediately by the Herder church, on the quieter side of the old town rather than on one of the squares that fill with visitors. Serving runs from eleven until ten, Thursday through Monday. Wednesdays it opens only in the evening, and Tuesdays not at all.

Questions visitors ask

How long has the Sächsischer Hof been serving?
Two hundred years, by its own account.[1]
Where exactly is the beer garden?
At the Eisfeld, immediately by the Herder church — the quieter side of the old town, not one of the central squares.

Sources (1)

  1. Sächsischer Hof, retrieved 29 August 2026

Stay and eat nearby

Historic sites

Herderplatz, 99423 Weimar

The house gives its own position as directly at the Herder church.

Where to stay

Eisfeld 1a, 99423 Weimar

Also on the Eisfeld, at number 12.

Interesting reads

Historical figures

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832 • writer • statesman • naturalist

Friedrich Schiller

1759–1805 • writer • poet • historian

Duchess Anna Amalia

1739–1807 • duchess • regent • patron • composer

Walter Gropius

1883–1969 • architect • founder and director of the Bauhaus • teacher

Historic sites

Frauenplan 1, 99423 Weimar

Platz der Demokratie 1, 99423 Weimar

Stéphane-Hessel-Platz 1, 99423 Weimar

Buchenwald, 99427 Weimar