Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Erfurt, Germany
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10 km
133 m
Experience Erfurt in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in ErfurtSight 1: Erinnerungsort Topf & Söhne
The Topf & Söhne memorial site is a place of remembrance with an exhibition and adjoining rooms for educational work in the former administration building of the J. A. Topf and Sons company in Erfurt, which supplied part of the technical equipment for the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp and other concentration camps.
Sight 2: Reglerkirche
The Reglerkirche 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. In times of East Germany, it was considered a centre of church music in Erfurt.
Sight 3: Bartholomäusturm
St Bartholomew's Church in the historical city centre of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, was a Gothic church building at the western Anger square. Today, only its tower, the Bartholomäusturm, remains; since 1979, it has been housing a carillon.
Sight 4: DenkNadel
A memorial pin is used in Erfurt to commemorate Jews from Erfurt who were deported and murdered during the Nazi era, similar to Gunter Demnig's stumbling stones. The Denknadel project was developed by the Erfurt Commemoration 1933–1945 working group and, after a competition in 2007, decided in favour of Sophie Hollmann's design. Since then, nine Denknadel have been installed in the Erfurt city area.
Sight 5: Barfüßerkirche
The Barfüßerkirche in the historical city centre of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, belonged to the most important church buildings of the city and was one of the most elaborate mendicant churches in Germany until its extensive destruction by bombing in 1944. It was mainly built in the 14th century as a monastery church of the Franciscans, who were also called Barfüßer. The choir was restored in the 1950s; beside the nave's ruin, it is situated west of the Schlösserbrücke bridge on the right bank of the Breitstrom, a branch of the Gera river.
Sight 6: Kurmainzische Statthalterei
The Electoral Mainz Lieutenancy is a baroque, three-storey four-winged complex around an inner courtyard from the 16th to 18th centuries. It is located on the corner of Regierungsstrasse and Meister-Eckehart-Strasse in the centre of Erfurt.
Sight 7: Sankt Wigbert
St Wigbert's Church in the city of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, is a Roman Catholic church building dating from the 15th century. Today, it is a subsidiary church of the Catholic parish of St Lawrence's Church.
Sight 8: Haus Vaterland
The House of Fatherland in Erfurt, the state capital of Thuringia, is located at government road 72. The European Information Center and service spaces of the Thuringian State Chancellery are housed in the Haus Vaterland, the former Weimar Resthems in Erfurt. The building is a protected monument.
Sight 9: Hirschgarten
The Hirschgarten is a partly park-like green space in the old town of Erfurt. It was the first public green space in the city. Today it is a "park duo" consisting of the historic Hirschgarten from the 18th century and a part to the west of it, which was designed on demolition site in the years 2007 to 2009.
Sight 10: Neue Synagoge
The New Synagogue is the synagogue of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, Germany. It is located on Juri-Gagarin-Ring and is the only (used) synagogue in Thuringia and one of only two synagogues built in GDR times. It serves as a prayer room for the Jewish State Community of Thuringia, which has around 850 members. In addition to her, there are the old and the small synagogue in Erfurt, both of which are no longer used for church services.
Sight 11: Kartause
Erfurt Charterhouse is a former charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery, in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany. It was founded in the 1370s: building works began in 1372 and the monastery was accepted into the Carthusian Order in 1374. Work started on the church in 1375.
Sight 12: Sankt Crucis
The Neuwerkskirche at the edge of the historical part of the city of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, is a Roman Catholic church building dating from the 15th century. Today, it is a branch church of the Catholic parish of St Lawrence's Church.
Sight 13: Brunnenkirche
The Roman Catholic fountain church is located in the old town of the Thuringian state capital Erfurt. It is used by the Erfurt Augustinian Convent and belongs to the Erfurt Deanery of the Diocese of Erfurt.
Sight 14: Roßbrücke
The Roßbrücke is a road bridge in the city centre of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, and is one of the oldest preserved natural stone bridges in the city. It is located on Herrmannsplatz, spans the Walkstrom, a tributary of the Gera, and serves the development traffic of the western city centre.
Sight 15: Brühler Garten
The Brühler Garten is a small park in the old town of Erfurt. It is located in Brühl in the southwestern city center.
Sight 16: Sibyllentürmchen
The Sibyllentürmchen is a devotional column on Gothaer Platz below the Cyriaksburg in the west of Erfurt (Brühlervorstadt). It was built between 1370 and 1380 in the Gothic style.
Sight 17: Christuskirche (SELK)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Christ is a church in the Brühlervorstadt district of Erfurt. It serves as a place of worship for the Erfurt congregation of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK) and belongs to the church district of Saxony-Thuringia.
Sight 18: Hohenzollernbrücke
The Hohenzollern Bridge is a road bridge that spans the flood ditch of the Gera in Erfurt. It is the only bridge in the city with artistic sculptural decoration. It is a listed building.
Sight 19: Luisenpark
Dreienbrunnenpark is a park in the south of Erfurt, Germany.
Sight 20: Cyriakkapelle
The Cyriak Chapel in Erfurt is a so-called diaspora chapel designed by the architect Otto Bartning. Built in 1950, it is part of the series church follow-up program of the Bartning-Notkirchen. It is located in the southwest of Erfurt in the Cyriak settlement and is a church of the Evangelical Preachers' Community.
Sight 21: Zitadelle Cyriaksburg
The Cyriaksburg Citadel in the southwest of the Thuringian state capital Erfurt is an originally municipal, later Swedish, Electoral Mainz and Prussian city fortress of the 17th to 19th centuries. It is located on the 265-metre-high Cyriaksberg, in the middle of the egapark Erfurt.
Sight 22: Deutsches Gartenbaumuseum
The German Horticultural Museum is located in Erfurt in the historic defense barracks of the Cyriaksburg citadel on the grounds of the Erfurt horticultural exhibition Egapark. In its exhibitions and workshops, lectures and guided tours, visitors can find out about the relationship between humans – plants – the environment from its beginnings to the future. The topics are assigned to two areas: commercial horticulture and landscaping. The commercial horticulture section deals with the commercial cultivation of foodstuffs such as apples, tomatoes and cabbage as well as ornamental plants and trees. The field of landscaping includes the design of green spaces and can pursue aesthetic, social or environmental goals.
Sight 23: Villa Festge
The Villa Festge is an upper-middle-class residential building in Erfurt, Cyriakstraße 39. It was built between 1897 and 1899 and is a listed building.
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