Exploring Erfurt: A Hidden Gem in Germany

Exploring Erfurt: A Hidden Gem in Germany

Today on searching for history we are in air Fort Germany and look behind me it’s the merchants Bridge aort is the capital of theia escaping the destruction of World War II aer’s old town is one of the best preserved medieval City centers in Germany the earliest known human occupation of aord dates to around 10,000 Before Common Era this is the Kramer bua or Merchants bridge this medieval Bridge lined with

Half-timbered shops and houses dates to 1325 it spans the bright stum a branch of the Gara River throughout the Middle Ages aort was an important trading town because of its location near a Ford across the Gara River and it being at the center of the German W trade we’re now walking over

Airforts medieval merchants bridge and from standing here you really can’t tell you’re on bridge at all looks like shops after shop is my understanding that the shop owners live above their shops on the bridge and that these are very coveted uh merchant locations so it seems to be mostly like artist shops

Yeah there’s an antique shop and an ice cream shop the lots of like little arts and crafts stores theatr Mundi mish’s theer oh I don’t think I have any Ira you want to I want to make her do the thingy she does here’s a two so it’s uh the story of Snow White

Mhm have this poison apple my Deary it’s amazing how she’s like so fixated on the Apple we have the dwarves working in the mines hello this is the path we are going to take from the merchants bridge to the D St Maran now we are entering the fish Mark or Fish Market

Square the statue in the center of the square holds a flag and shield containing the symbol of airort This building here is the Town Hall built in 1880 in the Neo Gothic style these Renaissance buildings were built by wode Merchants built in this style to show off their wealth the yellow building is the Red Ox built in 1562 the pink building on the left is the zoom brighten haed built in

1584 this is the all hilan kirka or All Saints church built in the early 12th century it’s like there’s a reliquary in there in here are pillars holding n compartments all right it’s a cal cal and Market cereal carel Market seran Mark I’m sure we’ll figure out how to pronounce [Laughter] that

Ki K Kian marked it is actually pronounced sh alen marked which is seral Market in English I like how airort has all these tram lines yeah it seems like it it would be really convenient to get around the city that’s pretty spectacular Cathedral right there yeah wow

In the distance is the pburg Citadel first built in the 17th century a star Fort type Fortress in the heart of aord unfortunately we didn’t have time to take a closer look This is the cathedral Hill with the Dom St Maran on the left and kirka St seis on the right The D St Maran or St Mary’s cathedral was built in the early 14th century the architecture is mainly Gothic it’s open now really beautiful entrance I think those are all of the Apostles carved there and then Mary in the Middle Martin Luther was ordained in the Cathedral on April 3rd 1507 the cathedral holds many rare and beautiful Furnishing and works of art it is very much worth a visit Pretty fancy baptismal font I wonder where they set the lid when they’re doing baptis isms Well that was our visit to airort we hope you enjoyed it thanks for watching the video and we’ll see you again next time on searching for history don’t forget to like share comment on this video and please subscribe to this channel

On this episode of Searching for History, Erin and I visit Erfurt, Germany. Erfurt is the capital of Thuringia. Escaping the destruction of World War II, Erfurt’s old town is one of the best-preserved medieval city centers in Germany. Throughout the Middle Ages, Erfurt was an important trading town because of its location, near a ford across the Gera River and it being at the center of the German woad trade. In this video, we visit the Krämerbrücke or Merchants’ bridge, check out the Fischmarkt, visit the Allerheiligenkirche or All Saints Church, look from afar at the Petersberg Citadel and end our walk-through Erfurt at the Dom Saint Marien or Saint Mary’s Cathedral. Join us as we visit Erfurt, Germany.

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Song 1: To the Top by Silent Partner (YouTube Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
Song 2: The Golden Present by Jesse Gallagher (YouTube Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
Song 3: Snowy Peaks pt I by Chris Haugen (YouTube Audio Library License, no attribution is required)