Erfurt (German pronunciation:[ˈɛʁfʊʁt] ) is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia. It lies in the wide valley of the River Gera, in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest, and in the middle of a line of the six largest Thuringian cities, stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east, close to the geographic centre of Germany. Erfurt is 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Leipzig, 250 km (155 mi) north-east of Frankfurt, 300 km (186 mi) south-west of Berlin and 400 km (249 mi) north of Munich.
The Principality of Erfurt was a small state in modern Thuringia, Germany, that existed from 1807 to 1814, comprising the modern city of Erfurt and the surrounding land. It was subordinate directly to Napoleon, the Emperor of the French, rather than being a part of the Confederation of the Rhine. After nearly 3 months of siege, the city fell to Prussian, Austrian and Russian forces. Having mainly been Prussian territory before the Napoleonic Wars, most of the lands were restored to Prussia by the Congress of Vienna.
Louis III, nicknamed Louis the Pious or Louis the Mild was a member of the Ludowingians dynasty who ruled as Landgrave of Thuringia from 1172 until his death.
Timeline of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
The Erfurter Bahn is a railway company and public transit system serving the city of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, Germany. Erfurter Bahn is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Erfurt city council, and Süd-Thüringen-Bahn, operating between Erfurt and Meiningen, is a subsidiary of the former. Services are operated by Regio-Shuttle RS1 and Bombardier Itino trains.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mainz, Germany.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hanover, Germany.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chemnitz, Germany.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Duisburg, Germany.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Magdeburg, Germany.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mannheim, Germany.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kassel, Germany.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Linz, Austria.
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Petersberg Citadel in Erfurt, central Germany, is one of the largest and best-preserved town fortresses in Europe. The citadel was built on Petersberg hill, in the north-western part of the old town centre from 1665, when Erfurt was governed by the Electorate of Mainz. It is surrounded by over two kilometres of stone walls and is 36 hectares in size.
The Angermuseum is an art museum in Erfurt opened on 27 June 1886.
The Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstraße, is a museum in Erfurt, Germany, which is housed in a former prison used by the East German Ministry for State Security (Stasi). It is informally known as the Stasi Museum.
Wilhelm Brückner is an East German violin maker.
The history of the Jewish Communities in Erfurt begins in the High Middle Ages with the first settlement of Jewish merchants in Erfurt. In the following centuries, the community developed into one of the largest and most important in the Holy Roman Empire. Research distinguishes between the first and second medieval Jewish communities of Erfurt. The beginnings of the first community were in the 12th century, its dissolution marked by the Plague Pogrom of 1349. The second community was founded after the resettlement of the first Jewish families in 1354 and lasted until the termination of Jewish protection by the council in 1453. It was not until the 19th century that a new Jewish Community was then formed again, from which today's Jewish State Community of Thuringia in Erfurt emerged.
