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Weinfest

Wine festival

Four days of wine on the Frauenplan, timed so the toast falls on Goethe's birthday.

Four days around 28 August, every year

27–30Aug

The next edition has not been announced yet

The Weinfest on the Frauenplan: a white pointed tent with 'Weine aus Österreich', a 'Koch in Aktion' food trailer, café umbrellas and crowds between the houses of the square under a blue sky with clouds — The Frauenplan on a Weinfest evening in late August.(Weimar Web)

The Weinfest on the Frauenplan: a white pointed tent with 'Weine aus Österreich', a 'Koch in Aktion' food trailer, café umbrellas and crowds between the houses of the square under a blue sky with clouds — The Frauenplan on a Weinfest evening in late August.(Weimar Web)

A pointed white tent of the Bio-Weingut Hofschneider with 'Weine aus Österreich' at the Weinfest, guests with glasses at tables in front, poplars and the houses of the Frauenplan behind — An Austrian grower's tent at the Weinfest.(Weimar Web)

A pointed white tent of the Bio-Weingut Hofschneider with 'Weine aus Österreich' at the Weinfest, guests with glasses at tables in front, poplars and the houses of the Frauenplan behind — An Austrian grower's tent at the Weinfest.(Weimar Web)

Houses on the Frauenplan with the inn sign 'Zum Goethebrunnen', a chocolate shop and a restaurant, a white catering trailer and Weinfest tents with crowds in front under a cloudy sky — The houses of the Frauenplan during the Weinfest, with the 'Zum Goethebrunnen' inn.(Weimar Web)

Houses on the Frauenplan with the inn sign 'Zum Goethebrunnen', a chocolate shop and a restaurant, a white catering trailer and Weinfest tents with crowds in front under a cloudy sky — The houses of the Frauenplan during the Weinfest, with the 'Zum Goethebrunnen' inn.(Weimar Web)

Wine stands with 'WeinZEIT' lettering and rows of glasses on the Frauenplan, a crowd with glasses, the Hotel am Goethehaus and the houses of the square behind, a tall poplar at left — Wine stands across the Frauenplan on a Weinfest evening.(Weimar Web)

Wine stands with 'WeinZEIT' lettering and rows of glasses on the Frauenplan, a crowd with glasses, the Hotel am Goethehaus and the houses of the square behind, a tall poplar at left — Wine stands across the Frauenplan on a Weinfest evening.(Weimar Web)

The 'WeinZEIT — Badischer Wein & Sekt' stand at the Weinfest with a price board and hanging glasses, a yellow 'Weine Saale-Unstrut' banner, 'Zum Goethebrunnen' at left, a crowd under a cloudy evening sky — Baden and Saale-Unstrut wines side by side at the Weinfest.(Weimar Web)

The 'WeinZEIT — Badischer Wein & Sekt' stand at the Weinfest with a price board and hanging glasses, a yellow 'Weine Saale-Unstrut' banner, 'Zum Goethebrunnen' at left, a crowd under a cloudy evening sky — Baden and Saale-Unstrut wines side by side at the Weinfest.(Weimar Web)

About Weinfest

Four days of wine on the Frauenplan, laid out around the date so that the toast falls on Goethe's birthday, in front of his own front door.

The square does most of the work

The Frauenplan is small and Goethe's house takes up one side of it. Put a wine village of stalls and music in front of a building somebody lived in for fifty years and you get an atmosphere no purpose-built festival ground can manufacture — the setting is the programme, and the wine is only the reason to stand in it.

Timed to a birthday

Goethe was born on 28 August, and the festival is arranged so that the day falls inside it. Toasting a writer outside his own house is the kind of thing that could be unbearable and somehow is not, mostly because the town does it for itself rather than for visitors.

Dates

27–30 August 2026

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Where

The Frauenplan, in front of Goethe's house.

Part of Weimarer Sommer

Official website

Facts checked against the organiser on 29 August 2026

Places and people

Historical figures

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832 • writer • statesman • naturalist

It is his birthday, 28 August, that the wine is raised to.

Historic sites

Goethe's House and National MuseumMuseum

Frauenplan 1, 99423 Weimar

The festival stands on the square directly in front of the house.

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