Erfurt Christmas market
The Erfurt Christmas Market takes place annually during Advent in the Thuringian capital Erfurt and is one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany. In 2010 the Christmas market took place for the 160th time. The Erfurt Christmas Market is visited by around 2 million people every year.
The scene of the Christmas market is the Domplatz with the illuminated ensemble of Erfurt Cathedral and Severikirche in the background. Offshoots of the Christmas market can also be found in the rest of the city center of Erfurt and extend over the fish market , the Schlösserbrücke, the Anger up to the Willy-Brandt-Platz . In total, culinary specialties, handicrafts and Christmas accessories are offered in over 200 wooden houses. Thuringian specialties, such as the Thuringian bratwurst and the Erfurt Schittchen, are particularly popular . The Erfurt Schittchen was first mentioned in 1329 and is one of the oldest Christmas stollen in Germany.
In the middle of the Christmas market there is a 25 meter high fir tree. An eight-meter-high Christmas pyramid has been located at the entrance to the Christmas market since 2005 , depicting people from Erfurt's history and Christmas scenes on five floors. Another attraction is the Christmas crib with 14 almost life-size, hand-carved figures and the fairytale forest.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 37 ″ N , 11 ° 1 ′ 26 ″ E