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3. Petersberg Citadel – Krämerbrücke Erfurt loop from Erfurt Hauptbahnhof

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Peter

March 29, 2022

Many restaurants, pubs, not far from the Krämerbrücke.

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𝕳𝖊𝖑𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖆𝖚

May 16, 2021

The Wenigemarkt is a small market square in the old town of Erfurt. It is located at the eastern end of the Krämerbrücke and is surrounded by 19th century town houses, the modern fountain in the middle of the square shows "Raufende Knaben". These were created in 1975/76 by the Magdeburg sculptor Heinrich Apel and moved to their current location in 1990.

This square was once the easternmost marketplace in the Franconian Empire. The Franconian and Slavic merchants met here for trade and exchange. In the later Middle Ages, however, the square lost its importance as sales shifted to permanent stores and other markets. From the west, the Wenigemarkt could only be reached via the Krämerbrücke. For pedestrians there was still the Mühlsteige, a wooden bridge that ran parallel to the Krämerbrücke and had to give way to the Rathausbrücke in 1895.

Today most of the square is a pedestrian zone, populated by street cafes and restaurants. The dominant building of the Wenigemarkt is the Agidienkirche with its passage to the Krämerbrücke.

The market has had different names over the centuries:

1217: in parvo foro

1391: Wenygemaarte

1666: Little market

1817: Mönnichsmarkt

1831: Little market

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

June 7, 2021

The Wenigemarkt is a small market square in the old town of Erfurt. It is at the eastern end of the Krämerbrücke.

The Wenigemarkt first appeared in a document in 1217. However, a trading post has probably existed here since the 11th century. Initially, the square was a market of the merchants' settlement east of the Gera. It got its name in contrast to Domplatz, the "big market" of Erfurt. In the course of the Middle Ages, the market experienced a decline as trade shifted to other places on the one hand and to permanent stores in buildings on the other. Soon, only local goods such as grain were traded on the market, but no longer high-quality or long-distance goods.

The Wenigemarkt is characterized by its low and old peripheral buildings compared to other Erfurt squares. Numerous cafés and restaurants make the Wenigemarkt today primarily a tourist “pub district”. The defining building of the Wenigemarkt is the Aegidienkirche on its western edge, which is also the eastern bridgehead church of the Krämerbrücke.

Sources: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenigemarkt

erfurt-web.de/Wenigemarkt

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Wenigemarkt

1. Krämerbrücke Erfurt – Petersberg Citadel loop from Erfurt Hauptbahnhof

2. Fischmarkt Erfurt – Erfurt Old Town loop from Erfurt Hauptbahnhof

3. Petersberg Citadel – Krämerbrücke Erfurt loop from Erfurt Hauptbahnhof

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