Paulinenstift, A building in Weimar, Thuringia

The Paulinenstift is a multi-storey building at Washingtonstraße 53 in Weimar, erected in 1886 by Karl Vent in the style of the Italian Neo-Renaissance and built mainly of travertine. It was conceived as a training institute and hostel for young girls preparing for domestic service after confirmation.

The Paulinenstift was built in 1886 by Karl Vent for Hereditary Grand Duchess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. It opened as a training school and hostel for girls preparing for domestic service after confirmation, and also sheltered girls who had become, by the standards of the day, without honour or employment. In 1901 a kindergarten in Ramsla was linked to the foundation.

The building is named after Erbgroßherzogin Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the hereditary grand duchess who commissioned it in 1886. Its purpose was to train young girls for domestic service after their confirmation and to house those who had become "dishonourable and without service" by the standards of the time. The linked Paulinenstift foundation also ran a kindergarten built in 1901 in Ramsla, among the oldest in the region.

The building stands at Washingtonstraße 53, a street once called Schröterstraße after the actress Corona Schröter. It is a residential house today, so visitors see the travertine facade from the public street rather than the interior.

The building's name comes from Erbgroßherzogin Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, who commissioned it in 1886; she was the hereditary grand duchess, not a duchess. The architect was Karl Vent, and the facade is travertine, not brick. The house stands at Washingtonstraße 53, a street once called Schröterstraße after the actress Corona Schröter.