Thuringia
Erfurt
Erfurt grew rich where long-distance trade, church power, university learning and a major Jewish community met in central Germany. This guide follows the city through merchants’ houses, medieval worship, religious argument, fortification and civic art, showing how an unusually intact centre preserves both prosperity and persecution.
Stories in Erfurt
- Krämerbrücke — A Street Built Over Water
- Old Synagogue — A Community Rediscovered
- Erfurt Cathedral — Power on the Domberg
- Augustinian Monastery — Luther Before Luther
- Predigerkirche — Meister Eckhart’s Erfurt
- Fischmarkt — The City Governs Itself
- Petersberg Citadel — A City Under Watch
- Angermuseum — When Civic Wealth Became Culture