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A Brief History of Erfurt
A Brief History of Erfurt
Erfurt was originally established in 742 as a bishopric by St Boniface. Its heyday was in the 14th and 15th centuries, when trade in the woad plant, used for blue dye before the introduction of indigo, made it a rich city. Martin Luther lived here from 1501 to 1511, first as a student and then as a monk. In 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte met Czar Alexander I here for a congress lasting 17 days. Napoleon failed in his attempts to turn the Czar against Austria. During this stay, Napoleon met Goethe several times and subsequently made him a member of the League of Honor.
Erfurt’s historic town center survived both World War II and the Communist regime without major damage. After the Wende, Erfurt became the capital of the German state of Thuringia.
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