Hababusch Hostels

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What appears to be a charming small town buried in reminiscence of its glorious past, emerges to have an extensive selection of noteworthy places.

Deriving from its massive historical gravity, a heritage of writers and thinkers, a wealth of remarkable and contrasting architecture, picturesque parks and kooky social diversity.
An influx of young and (sub)culturally active individuals adds creative tension to this seriously nostalgic place.
Goethe, Schiller, Nietzsche, Bach, Liszt, Luther, Herder, Cranach, Kandinsky, Feininger, Klee, Gropius and Van de Velde enjoyed the quaint idyllic setting before you.
Antique renaissance buildings next to modern art & architecture of the "Art Noveau" and Bauhaus eras.
The ill-fated "Weimar Republic" was founded here.
Gloomy and distressing Buchenwald Concentration Camp towering over the city as a permanent reminder.
Four dinky castles and their surrounding landscape parks within walking or cycling distance .


Hababusch Hostel is run as a non-profit organization by students and offers a simple, low-budget accommodation.
We life in the old largely unrenovated baroque house and furnish it ourselves.
The hostel is located in the historic city centre between Goetheplatz, Marktplatz, Theaterplatz and Herderplatz.

The available beds in the system may not reflect the actual state of bookings. For a confirmation of your booking and a reservation of single/ double rooms please contact us at: post (at) hababusch (speck) de.

There is a shared kitchen, shared showers and we can do the laundry for you.
We do not offer breakfast, but you can use the kitchen or visit the numerous cafés and bakeries nearby.

We are an independent backpackers hostel, i.e. no membership/ curfew/ lockout.
Check-in between 9 AM and 12 PM.
Please vacate your bed by 11 AM. You can leave your luggage in the lounge until you depart.

Sheets are an extra 2.5€. Towels are .5 to 1€. Internet access 1€ per 30 minutes. Ask us for bicycle hire.


The Hostel is named after Lieselotte Hababusch. She lived in the 18th century in this house. Interestingly she met Goethe himself during a journey to Santiago de Compostella.


Weimar, the great artistic and philosophical home of Geman culture.
Walk through the ambient cobblestone streets and alleyways of the old centre and experience this unspoilt compact town on the picturesque Ilm river; bordered by beautiful parkland where some of the great minds of Europe once relaxed and found inspiration.
Experience the cultural treasures of this town set in a magnificent artistic past.
Fittingly named "Heart of German Culture" in the official ad messages, it is centered in the state of Thueringen which in turn is the "Green Heart of Germany".
The place where Martin Luther, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Nietzsche spent most of their lives.