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11 unusual facts about Erfurt


Berno, Apostle of the Obotrites

For his protection and security Berno attended the court at Erfurt in November 1181, and on 2 December 1181 received the Emperor's confirmation of his ecclesiastical property.

Christmas market

Famous Christmas markets are held in the cities of Augsburg, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Stuttgart, making them popular tourist attractions during Christmas holiday season.

Dagny Juel

On 3 November 1882, two days after her confirmation, she left for Europe, to study music in Erfurt.

Emil Mollenhauer

Emil Mollenhauer was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 4, 1855, to Frederick Mollenhauer of Erfurt, Germany, who was himself a violinist.

Karl von Trier

On March 12, 1318 Karl accepted the position of Grand Master again during a general meeting in Erfurt, although he did not return to Prussia.

Marianus Brockie

He was doctor and professor of philosophy and divinity, and for a period superior of the Scotch monastery at Erfurt.

Sixt Birck

He continued his theological studies at Erfurt, Tübingen and Basel before returning to Augsburg as director (Magister) of the Gymnasium.

Sorbian March

Erfurt was the chief economic centre of eastern Thuringia at the time.

Thankmar

In 929, Henry I arranged for his succession and had the arrangement ratified by an assembly at Erfurt, just before his death.

U80701

It was manufactured by VEB Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" Erfurt (MME) in NMOS technology and encased in a CQFP-68 package.

U880

The U880 was developed and manufactured as a non-licensed reproduction by VEB Mikroelektronik "Karl Marx" (Erfurt).


Adalbert of Saxony

In order to protect the Thuringian areas of the Archdiocese of Mainz around Erfurt and in the Eichsfeld area, archbishop Diether von Isenburg and the cathedral chapter of Mainz appointed Aldalbert, who was still a minor, in 1477 as Provisor of the city of Erfurt and High Bailiff of Rusteberg Castle in Rustenfelde in the Eichsfeld.

Am Mellensee

They will provide the bread for the Communion wafers during the Eucharist for Papal Masses at Erfurt's Cathedral and in Berlin's Olympic Stadium to be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI for his September 2011 visit- his third as Pope- to Germany.

Andreas Bausewein

Andreas Bausewein (born 5 May 1973 in Erfurt) is a German politician (Social Democratic Party) and mayor of Erfurt.

Arbos – Company for Music and Theatre

„The Stories about Voyages“ a music theatre trilogy „The Singing of The Fools about Europe“, „The Concert of Birds“ and „UROBOS : Project Time“ by Dževad Karahasan and Herbert Gantschacher produced and presented in Odessa (Ukrainia), Prague, Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic), Berlin, Erfurt, Leipzig (Germany), Klagenfurt, Salzburg, Hallein (Austria) and Singapore (Singapore Arts Festival 2001).

Arthur Mülverstadt

After the war, Mülverstedt joined the Sicherheitspolizei on 15 September 1919 (later redesignated the Schutzpolizei) as a Hauptmann, and was assigned to posts in Berlin, Eiche, and Erfurt.

Bartholomaeus Arnoldi

Luther retained an affectionate regard for him and after the Heidelberg Disputation (May 1518) travelled in his company from Würzburg to Erfurt, during which he made efforts to wean him from his ecclesiastical allegiance.

Carl Ritschl

In 1804, still too young for a spiritual appointment, he began tutoring at their home the children of Johann Joachim Bellermann, the director of Erfurt's Gymansium zum Grauen Kloster.

Conrad of Megenberg

He studied at Erfurt and the University of Paris; at the latter university he obtained the degree of Master of Arts, and he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Paris for several years.

Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway

The new line runs north of the existing Erfurt-Weissenfels-Leipzig route in the Thuringian Basin past Buttstädt, crosses the Finn hills between Rastenberg and Bad Bibra and crosses the Unstrut near Karsdorf.

Erfurt–Weimar Airport

The airport used to have scheduled service from London Stansted Airport from Ryanair which ceased on 19 January 2005 when the airline moved services to Leipzig–Altenburg Airport leaving the airport with no regular flights operated by a low-cost carrier.

Helius Eobanus Hessus

Through the influence of Camerarius and Melanchthon, he obtained a post at Nuremberg (1526), but, finding a regular life distasteful, he again went back to Erfurt (1533).

Hermann Muthesius

Muthesius was born in 1861 in the village of Großneuhausen near Erfurt and received early training from his father, who was a builder.

Irakli Modebadze

He fouled on 14 July 2012 in an friendly game with his club FC Dila Gori, in the game against FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt the Libanese footballer Joan Oumari and provokes the breakup of the game.

Jacques Lauriston

He occupied Venice and the Republic of Ragusa in 1806, was made governor-general of Venice in 1807, took part in the Erfurt negotiations of 1808, was ennobled as a count, and served with the emperor during the Peninsular War in Spain (1808–1809), where he commanded the division that besieged and won Pamplona.

Joachim Mörlin

Mörlin went to Erfurt, thence to Arnstadt, and finally to Schleusingen, where he lived and preached in the castle of the count of Henneberg.

Johann Christian Lossius

Johann Christian Lossius (1743, Liebstadt near Weimar – 1813, Erfurt) was a German materialist philosopher.

Johann Hieronymus Schröter

Johann Hieronymus Schröter (August 30, 1745, Erfurt – August 29, 1816, Lilienthal) was a German astronomer.

Jörg Rüpke

Rüpke was dean of the Philosophies Faculty from 2004 to 2007, followed by the interim presidency of the University of Erfurt from January 14, 2008 to July 1, 2008, when he was succeeded by Kai Brodersen.

Julie von Massow

Such a meeting, however, was so controversial that when the organizer of the conference, the Catholic priest Friedrich Michelis, was seen after the conference riding the train from Erfurt to Halle with Protestant historian and conference participant Heinrich Leo, newspapers in Berlin and Rome reported the news, prompting speculation that the Jesuits were trying to forcefully convert Lutherans.

Kevin Möhwald

He made his debut for the club in December 2011, as a substitute for Nils Pfingsten-Reddig in a Thuringia derby against Carl Zeiss Jena which Erfurt lost 1–0.

Ludwig Western Railway

The Schweinfurt–Würzburg section, which had become part of the Berlin-Stuttgart(-Rome) link via Erfurt with the opening of the Brandleite tunnel in 1884, lost its importance for long-distance services after the division of Germany in 1945.

Maria Gloriosa

Maria Gloriosa, or the Erfurt Bell, is a well-known bell of Erfurt Cathedral, cast by Geert van Wou in 1497.

Michael Altenburg

From 1600 he taught at the Reglerschule in Erfurt; he was Kantor at St. Andreas from 1601 and rector of the school at St. Andreas in Erfurt from 1607.

Mid-Germany Railway

It is part of a possible direct rail connection from the Ruhr and Frankfurt am Main via Eisenach, Erfurt, Weimar, Jena West, Jena-Göschwitz, Gera, Gößnitz, Werdau, Zwickau, Chemnitz as far as Dresden and offers an alternative route to the route currently used by long-distance traffic from Erfurt to Dresden via Leipzig.

Nuremberg–Erfurt high-speed railway

Starting from Erfurt station the line runs west through the Gera valley on the northern side of the tracks of the Thüringer Bahn (Halle-Bebra line).

Prince Franz Adolph of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

##Count Karl Victor Adolph of Westarp (b. Grebenstein, 6 April 1796 - d. Hamburg, 4 May 1850); married in Berlin on 23 June 1822 to Baroness Pauline of Müffling (b. Erfurt, 17 November 1803 - d. Potsdam, 15 May 1886).

Principality of Erfurt

The Principality of Erfurt (Fürstentum Erfurt) existed from 1806 to 1814 and included Erfurt and the surrounding land, including the Grafschaft Blankenhain.

Punctation of Olmütz

Prussia submitted to Austria leadership of the confederation, agreed to demobilise; agreed to partake in the intervention of the German Diet in Hesse and Holstein; and renounced any resumption of her union policy (abandoning the idea of the Erfurt Union).

Richard Rossmanith

Returning to Germany, he served with Armoured Brigade 6, stationed in Hofgeismar, Hesse, in 1989, before being appointed Chief of Staff for 4 Panzergrenadier Division, based in Erfurt, Thuringia.

Richard Wetz

: (Recording: Marietta Zumbült, Mario Hoff, Erfurt Cathedral Choir, Weimar Philharmonic Choir, Thuringian Weimar State Orchestra, George Alexander Albrecht,CPO 2003.)

Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment

Somewhere between August 23 and September 6, 1757, the regiment joined the Army of Saxony, led by Soubise, in the area of Erfurt and Eisenach.

Stalag IX-C

This was in the town of Obermaßfeld, south-west of Erfurt, in a three-story stone building that was previously a Strength Through Joy hostel.

Although its headquarters were located near Bad Sulza, between Erfurt and Leipzig in Thuringia, its sub-camps – Arbeitskommando – were spread over a wide area, particularly those holding prisoners working in the potassium mines, south of Mühlhausen.

StG 44

At the end of the war, Hugo Schmeisser claimed that 424,000 MP 43/MP 44/StG 44 rifles were built between June 1943 and April 1945 in four plants: 185,000 by C.G. Haenel in Suhl; 55,000 by J.P. Sauer & Sohn in Suhl; 104,000 in Erfurt; and 80,000 by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG in Steyr, Austria.

SV 08 Steinach

SV Steinach is a German association football club that plays in Steinach, a town 75 km south of Erfurt in Thuringia.

William I, Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen

Before he took up government, he studied for several years, in Erfurt, Jena, Leuven, and Padua.