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When was the Bauhaus school founded in Weimar?

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The Bauhaus school was founded in Weimar in April 1919.1

It was established by the architect Walter Gropius, who united the Grand Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts and the Grand Ducal Saxon Academy of Arts into a single institution known as the Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar.12