Erfurt

Summary

Erfurt is a big city^[1]. Erfurt draws 2,650 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #110 of 300).^[2]

Key Facts

• Erfurt is located in Thuringia^[3].
• Erfurt is located in Erfurt state^[4].
• Erfurt is located in Principality of Erfurt^[5].
• Erfurt is in the country of Germany^[6].
• Erfurt's head of government is recorded as Andreas Horn^[7].
• Erfurt's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Erfurt's instance of is recorded as major regional center^[9].
• Erfurt's instance of is recorded as Lutherstadt^[10].
• Erfurt's instance of is recorded as Hanseatic city^[11].
• Erfurt's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany^[12].
• Erfurt's instance of is recorded as urban district of Thuringia^[13].
• Erfurt's instance of is recorded as state capital in Germany^[14].
• Erfurt's shares border with is recorded as Weimarer Land^[15].
• Erfurt's shares border with is recorded as Ilm-Kreis^[16].
• Erfurt's shares border with is recorded as Gotha^[17].
• Erfurt's shares border with is recorded as Sömmerda^[18].
• Gera is named after Erfurt^[19].
• ford is named after Erfurt^[20].
• Erfurt's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Alach^[21].
• Erfurt's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Altstadt^[22].
• Erfurt's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Andreasvorstadt^[23].
• Erfurt's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Azmannsdorf^[24].
• Erfurt's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Berliner Platz^[25].
• Erfurt's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bindersleben^[26].
• Erfurt's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bischleben^[27].

Body

Geography

Erfurt is in the country of Germany^[6]. Located in include Thuringia^[3], a federated state of Germany^[28], in Holy Roman Empire^[29], founded in 1920^[30]; Erfurt state^[4], a historical country^[31]; and Principality of Erfurt^[5], a Napoleonic client state^[32], in Germany^[33], founded in 1806^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include big city^[8], major regional center^[9], Lutherstadt^[10], Hanseatic city^[11], urban municipality in Germany^[12], and urban district of Thuringia^[13].

History and Context

Things named after include Gera^[19], a river^[35], in Germany^[36] and ford^[20].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Erfurt include Erfurt-Weimar Airport^[37], a commercial airport^[38], in Germany^[39]; Erfurt^[40], a corvette^[41]; Erfurter Bahn^[42], a railway infrastructure manager^[43], in Germany^[44], founded in 1912^[45]; and Erfurt Program^[46], a party platform^[47].

Why It Matters

Erfurt draws 2,650 Wikipedia views per month (big_city category, ranking #110 of 300).^[2] Erfurt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] Erfurt is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for Erfurt include Erfurt-Weimar Airport^[37], a commercial airport^[38], in Germany^[39]; Erfurt^[40], a corvette^[41]; Erfurter Bahn^[42], a railway infrastructure manager^[43], in Germany^[44], founded in 1912^[45]; and Erfurt Program^[46], a party platform^[47].