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Erfurt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁfʊʁt] ⓘ) [3] is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000.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 (Thüringer Städtekette), stretching from ...
Thuringia, [a] officially the Free State of Thuringia, [b] is one of Germany's 16 states with 2.1 million people, its 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, its 11th-largest in area. [4] Erfurt is the capital and largest city. Other cities include Jena, Gera and Weimar.
It was enlarged to 15,585 km 2 by the Prussian Erfurt administrative district and received a new constitution on 20 December 1946. With the July 1952 reorganization of the East German states into districts , Thuringia transferred its administrative functions to three new districts, and the state was formally dissolved in December 1958.
Erfurt is the capital and largest city in the state of Thuringia. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin , within the wide valley of the Gera river . It is located 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Leipzig , 300 km (186 mi) south-west of Berlin , 400 km (249 mi) north of Munich and 250 km (155 mi) north-east of Frankfurt .
According to § 18 of the Thuringian Electoral Law for the Landtag, [9] the Landtag election must take place on a Sunday or public holiday at the earliest 57 months after the beginning of the current parliamentary term on 5 February 2020 and at the latest 61 months after, i.e. at the earliest in August 2024 and at the latest December 2024.
Division of Thuringia into municipalities, municipal associations and districts (as of 1 January 2024) This is a list of the towns, cities and municipalities in Thuringia in Germany. The German federal state of Thuringia consists of a total of 631 politically independent cities, towns and municipalities (as of 1 July 2021).
Erfurt Cathedral (German: Erfurter Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Marien zu Erfurt, [1] English: Cathedral Church of St Mary at Erfurt), also known as St Mary's Cathedral, is the largest and oldest church building in the Thuringian city of Erfurt, central Germany. It is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt.
The Krämerbrücke (pronounced [ˈkʁɛːmɐˌbʁʏkə]; Merchants' bridge) is a medieval arch bridge in the city of Erfurt, in Thuringia, central Germany, which is lined with half-timbered shops and houses on both sides of a cobblestone street. It is one of the few remaining bridges in the world that have inhabited buildings.