The successor of the Weimar Court Theatre, whose director was once Goethe. The neoclassical structure was completed in 1908. Over the decades, it has been rebuilt a number of times and also hosted several important political events, the best-known of which is the foundation of the Weimar Republic. Nowadays the German National Theatre is home to the most important theatrical company in Thuringia as well as the Staatskapelle Weimar orchestra.