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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 (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 ...
In 1382, the Ägidiusglocke (St Giles' Bell) was cast; [4] after the Katharina in St Michael's Church, it is the second-oldest bell in the city of Erfurt. After several changes of patronage until the Reformation in 1525, the church belonged to the monks of the Schottenkloster (Scots monastery) and then to the Kaufmannsgemeinde (congregation of ...
The Reglerkirche (pronounced [ˈʁeːglɐˌkɪʁçə], "Church of the Regulated"; also called Augustinuskirche, "Augustine's Church") is a church building in the historical centre of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany. It serves a Lutheran parish as a place of worship and is one of the larger churches in the city's old part.
The heart of Erfurt. 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.
Thuringia, [a] officially the Free State of Thuringia, [b] is one of Germany's 16 states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. [4] Erfurt is the capital and largest city. Other cities include Jena, Gera and Weimar.
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.
The Bezirk Erfurt was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. ... becoming again part of the state of Thuringia. Geography