Erfurt
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Erfurt
The capital city of Thuringia, Germany.
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Agriculture, industry and services Former factory building, now reused for services Anger 1, a big department store in centre Farming has a great tradition in Erfurt: the cultivation of woad made the city rich during the Middle Ages.
After German Unification in 1871, Erfurt moved from the southern border of Prussia to the centre of Germany, so that the fortifications of the city were not needed anymore.
Alexander Müller (1808 - 1863,) pianist, conductor and composer, was born in Erfurt.
After a year in Paris, he returned to Erfurt in 1303 and administered his duties as Provincial of Saxony from there until 1311.
Argus worked in cooperation with Lorentz AG and Arado Flugzeugwerke to develop the project as a private venture, and in April 1940, Gosslau presented an improved study of Project "Fernfeuer" to the RLM, as Project P 35 "Erfurt".
Between 1306 and 1481, Erfurt was allied with the two other major Thuringian cities ( Mühlhausen and Nordhausen ) in the Thuringian City Alliance and the three cities joined the Hanseatic League together in 1430.