Im Fokus

In the spring of 1797, the writer Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813) purchased the Oßmannstedt estate, which he managed and lived on with his large family until April 1803. It was here that he wrote his last great novel, Aristipp und einige seiner Zeitgenossen. Wieland received numerous visitors here, including Goethe, John Gottfried Herder and his wife, and Duchess Anna Amalia, who came from nearby Weimar, his early love, Sophie von La Roche, with her granddaughter Sophie Brentano, the writers Jean Paul, Heinrich von Kleist, Johann Gottfried Seume, and many others. The volume tells the history of the house and park of the Wieland Estate Oßmannstedt and accompanies the exhibition at the Wieland-Museum, which provides an introduction to the life and work of Christoph Martin Wieland and shows his significance for German literature.