Boniface and developed at the intersection of ancient trade roads into a powerful town of trade and university. Numerous great personalities came to Erfurt to immerse in its cultural life. Among them were Martin Luther (protestant Augustinian monastery), Adam Ries, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller and the Bach family (Merchants’ church was the wedding church of John Sebastian Bach’s parents) as well as Wilhelm and Alexander Humboldt, the tsar Alexander and Napoleon (Emperor’s Hall, State Chancellery). A large number of carefully restored houses in timber-frame and renaissance style tell the story of one of the richest medieval towns in central Europe and make Erfurt’s historical old town one of the best remained urban centres in Germany.As Erfurt had 36 parish churches and 15 monasteries it was given the sobriquet "Thuringian Rome" and "Erfordia turrita" (multi-towered  Erfurt). Due to its uniqueness the capital belongs to one of the most beautiful towns in Germany.

A list of some of Erfurt’s sights:
· St.Mary’s Cathedral and Severus Church
· Citadel Cyriaksburg and Petersberg hill
· Town hall
· Fish market square

Source and further information at: www.erfurt.de