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39°02′13″N 120°58′35″W / 39.03682°N 120.976392°W / 39.03682; -120.976392 Weimar Center of Health & Education, historically known as Weimar Institute, is a private educational facility in Weimar, California, offering high school and collegiate level courses. It highlights Seventh-day Adventist principles of health and education, especially as espoused by an early Seventh-day Adventist founder Ellen G. White, who wrote voluminously on health and education. Although founded by Adventists, it has never been legally affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In 1919, Weimar Institute opened as a small tuberculosis sanitorium. It was later used for the care of the mentally ill. In 1957, it changed focus to the Weimar Chest Center, treating other pulmonary diseases. It was then renamed the Weimar Medical Center in 1960 and in 1966 Weimar Medical Center developed into a general community hospital. The hospital was closed 1972 due to financial cuts by the state and counties. Following the closure, the property changed hands several times and in 1975 it reopened as Hope Village, a temporary relocation center for Vietnamese refugees.^[1]

In May 1977, a group of Seventh-day Adventists purchased the 457 acres (1.85 km²). In 1978 it was registered as the nonprofit organization, Weimar Institute of Health & Education. In 1981 Weimar Academy was established as a private four-year Christian boarding high school.^[2]

In early 2008, Weimar Institute merged with Amazing Facts. A combined board will oversee the operations of Weimar Institute and its divisions.

"After two years of heartfelt prayer, study, discussion, and observing the leading of the Lord, Amazing Facts and Weimar Institute voted on April 6, 2008 to proceed with a bold new joint venture. Their respective boards approved an agreement whereby the operations of Weimar Institute will be administered by Amazing Facts with a new board of directors providing direction to both ministries."

The NEWSTART Program is one of their most popular programs. NEWSTART stands for Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance, Air, Rest and Trust in Divine Power.

In 1978, Weimar College opened on the semester system, offering degrees and certificates in Religion and various Personal Ministries. Weimar College is not accredited by any recognized accreditation body in the United States. According to the US Department of Education, unaccredited degrees and credits might not be acceptable to employers or other institutions, and use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions.^[3]

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