- Weimar 1999 European Cultural Capital With the openning of the Weimar City Museum and the street events on the first of January, this eastern Germany city took the title of the European cultural capital, as a first city from the Eastern Europe. The project European Cultural Capital was launched in 1985, on the proposal of the former Greek Ministry of Culture Melinne Mercury, as a way of making ...www.emins.org/english/eplus/no10/8.htm