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Erfurt (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 59 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.9833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 02 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.0333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Gera (formerly Erpf) river; established on site of abbey & royal residence in 8th cen.; was important medieval administrative, military and commercial center specializing in woad, a plant then used for blue dye; was Prussian after 1802. |
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| Erfurt (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| ארפורט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Erpesfurt (H,V)
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............ | name used in 8th cen., meaning "Ford (Furt) on the Erpf (now Gera) river" |
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Erfurt (inhabited place) (P) |
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Erfurt (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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by legend, founded in 6th cen.; first documented in 724, municipal rights granted ca. 1250 by archbishop of Mainz |
| city (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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university opened 1392, suppressed 1816; now has teaching institute & medical academy |
| industrial center (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| episcopal see (H) |
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founded by St. Boniface in 742 |
| military center (H) |
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stronghold for E border of Frankish Empire, by 805 |
| religious center (H) |
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site of abbey by 8th cen., noted for Augustinian monastery where Martin Luther was a monk in 1505 |
| regional capital (C) |
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