Erfurt is the capital and largest city of the Central #German state of Thuringia in #Germany.
It is 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 #Eisenach in the west, via #Gotha, #Erfurt, #Weimar and #Jena, to #Gera in the east, close to the geographic centre of Germany. Erfurt is 100 km (62 mi) south-west of #Leipzig, 250 km (155 mi) north-east of #Frankfurt, 300 km (186 mi) south-west of #Berlin and 400 km (249 mi) north of #Munich.
Here some #postcard about Erfurt for a small #sightseeing.