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Turíngia

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Destinations

1 destination in Turíngia

2 cities

Weimar and Erfurt

Cities

2 cities in Turíngia in the guide

Turíngia Capital

Erfurt

Capital of Turíngia, Erfurt has one of Germany’s most complete medieval centres. The cathedral (Dom) and the Church of St Severus dominate the Domplatz from the top of a 70-step staircase, the Krämerbrücke is lined with half-timbered houses, and the baroque Petersberg fortress watches over the city. Luther was a monk at the Augustinerkloster, and the medieval Jewish ritual bath (Mikwe) is a World Heritage site. The ICE links the city with Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt.

Turíngia

Weimar

Small town in Thuringia that was the center of German literature in the time of Goethe and Schiller. The houses of both, the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, the Stadtschloss, the Park an der Ilm with Goethe's garden house and the Goethe-Schiller monument on Theaterplatz form the World Heritage Site of Weimar Classicism. The Bauhaus was founded there in 1919 and has its own museum. In the surroundings lies the Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, a place of remembrance.