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Hope Village
Weimar University, formerly Weimar Institute, Weimar College and Weimar Center of Health & Education, is a private university in Weimar, California. It operates a college, academy, and lifestyle-oriented health care center. It highlights Historic Adventist, traditional Seventh-day Adventist principles of health and Seventh-day Adventist education, education, especially as espoused by early Seventh-day Adventist founder Ellen G. White, who wrote extensively on health and education. Although founded by Adventists, it has never been legally affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. History Weimar University is located on the property formerly occupied by the Weimar Joint Sanatorium (AKA Weimar Chest Center and Weimar Medical Center), which operated from 1919 to 1972. Following the closure, the property changed hands several times and in 1975 it reopened as ''Hope Village'', a temporary relocation center for Vietnamese people, Vietnamese refugees. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weimar, California
Weimar (formerly, "New England Mills" or "Weimer") is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, located in the Sacramento area. Weimar is located south-southwest of Colfax. As of 2010, its population is 209. Weimar has a campground in it, and also has access to the North Fork of the American River. Education Weimar Institute The former Weimar Sanitorium, a Tuberculosis treatment hospital, is now Weimar Institute, home to the NEWSTART Lifestyle Program. The Institute also includes Weimar College, and Weimar Academy, a boarding school for high school students, both associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is also home to the Weimar Hills Public School, which offers grades 4th through 8th. Geography By car, Weimar is about 80 minutes from Reno, Nevada and about one hour northeast of Sacramento, California on east I-80. It is directly adjacent to Interstate 80. Amtrak stops at Colfax, California which is about 5 miles east on I-80 past Weimar. Weimar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |