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AREA:
269,17 km²
POPULATION:
210.374
TOWN'S LANDMARK:
St. Mary´s Cathedral
HIGHLIGHTS:
Kramerbrücke and a big centre of Old Town
nearby castles: WARTBURG of Eisenach, Weimar, the Thuringia Forest and Caves
TYPICAL DISH:
Rostbratwurst (worlds best grill sausages), Thüringer Klöse (special potato balls best made by gradma)
BIGGEST PARTY:
music itself by Bach, Poetry by Goethe and Schiller while Carl Zeiss was working on his first Microscope; Krämerbrückenfest beside the New Orleans Jazzfestival
MOST RIDICULOUS SOUVENIR:
a garden Gnome or an Erfurter Puffbohne
SUGGESTED DAYTRIP:
The nickname “green heart of Germany” tells you, you´re right in the Middle – of Germany, Europe, the world! And Erfurt its capital! Perfect basecamp for day-trips, such as to the Wartburg in Eisenach, Jena, the Thuringer Forest and many more “must see’s”.
Just around the corner – 25 km – drop into Weimar. Linger through the Classics, history and modernity, centre of Bauhaus and UNESCO world heritage. Cobble-stones lead you into villa-loaded neighbourhoods, find yourself lost in the maze of the Belvedere Palace, rest in shady parks or cafes where famous men like Bach, Goethe, Herder, Liszt, Carl August or Kandinsky felt home. The hopper-ticket gets you on the trains all day and night for just 6 €.