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Krämerbrücke

Krämerbrücke

4.99km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Krämerbrücke is the oldest secular building in Erfurt and is one of the most famous landmarks of the city with a double-sided, closed bridge construction with half-timbered houses. It is the longest continuously built bridge in Europe. The pedestrian bridge spans the Gera, known here as Breitstrom, and connects Benediktsplatz in the old town center with Wenigemarkt in the eastern extension of the old town.

Old Synagogue

Old Synagogue

4.99km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Old Synagogue is one of very few preserved medieval synagogues in Europe. Thanks to the extensive preservation of the original structure, it has a special place in the history of art and architecture and is among the most impressive and highly rated architectural monuments in Erfurt and Thuringia.

Fischmarkt

Fischmarkt

5.06km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Fischmarkt, or literally in Italian Fish Market Square, is the central square of the city of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, Germany. In the Middle Ages, various markets were held here, and slowly the area developed to become the hub and social center of the city. In fact, in 1275 a first Town Hall was built on the eastern side. During 2013 the square was completely restored and pedestrianized.

Petersberg Citadel

Petersberg Citadel

5.15km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Petersberg Citadel is a unique ensemble illustrating European fortress architecture in the 17th to 19th century. It has a Baroque core. From 1815, there was neo-Prussian modernization work, of which the defense barracks and artillery wagon houses have survived. The citadel was built on the site of a medieval Benedictine Monastery and the earliest parts of the complex date from the 12th century. It is now the home of the German Horticulture Museum.

Erfurt Cathedral

Erfurt Cathedral

5.31km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

Erfurt Cathedral is an impressive Gothic cathedral with some Romanesque parts situated on a hillside in Erfurt. Inside are many important art masterpieces. It is the largest and oldest church building in the Thuringian city of Erfurt, central Germany. It is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt. One of the main pilgrimage centres in this area and also a tourist spot too.

Angermuseum

Angermuseum

5.35km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Angermuseum is the first city museum in Erfurt. It was ceremoniously opened on June 27, 1886, and is housed in the building that used to house the public weighing machine in Erfurt am Anger. The scales were necessary at that time so that incoming trade goods could be cleared accordingly. Originally only the gallery on the first floor was used for the museum. The building was built between 1706 and 1711 according to plans by the architect Johann Maximilian von Welsch.

Egapark

Egapark

6.9km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The egapark in Erfurt , with an area of ​​36 hectares, is one of the largest garden and leisure parks in Germany. The park area is located in the southwest of the city on the 265-meter high Cyriaksberg. Emerging from a former city fortress, the area was redesigned as a public green area from 1885 and further expanded in the following period. The entry-based facility, which is open all year round, combines various exhibition halls, plant showrooms, themed gardens and relaxation areas.

Turingia Baseno

Turingia Baseno

14.14km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

Turingia Baseno is the fertile agricultural region of Germany, between the Harz mountains on the north and the Thuringian Forest range on the south. It extends westward from the Saxon lowland. The basin’s eastward-flowing streams. The Basin is surrounded by a wide outer girdle of limestone ridges and the view of this place is truly breathtaking.

Neues Museum Weimar

Neues Museum Weimar

21.42km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Museum Neues Weimar in Weimar is a museum of the Weimar Classic Foundation for contemporary art. It was the first museum on this subject in the former GDR. The museum initially housed the art collection of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach; later it exhibited works from the Weimar School of Painting. From 1875 the forecourt of the museum was adorned by the Vimaria fountain created by Robert Härtel.

Weimarhaus

Weimarhaus

21.64km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Weimar Haus is a private, commercial museum on the history of the city of Weimar from the Stone Age to the Weimar Classic. The individual epochs are presented in dioramas by wax figures with elaborate light installations and appropriate background noise. The museum is located on Schillerstrasse. In the Weimar House, tourists can also rent pocket computers as electronic signposts with explanations for a city ​​tour.

Schiller-Museum

Schiller-Museum

21.69km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Schillerhaus Weimar is a museum operated by the Klassik Stiftung Weimar in the former home of Friedrich Schiller in Weimar. In 1988 the new building of the Schiller Museum was built behind the residential building, which is now used for special and changing exhibitions of the Weimar Classic Foundation. As part of the “ Classic Weimar ” ensemble, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998.

Weimarer Fürstengruft

Weimarer Fürstengruft

21.71km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Weimar Princely Crypt is the burial place of some members of the Saxon Weimar and Saxon Weimar-Eisenach houses in the historic cemetery in Weimar. Even Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller are buried in it. The crypt is owned by the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998, together with the Historic Cemetery as part of the Classical Weimar ensemble.

Goethe's House

Goethe's House

21.78km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

Goethe house is the main house lived in by the writer, poet, and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe whilst in Weimar. He lived in this Frauenplan Baroque house for more than twenty years, from 1809 to his death in 1832. The interior is for the most part the way he left it. The living rooms, workroom, and library are all open to the public. The permanent exhibition of the National Museum places Goethe in the context of Weimar classicism in the late 18C and early 19C.

Duchess Anna Amalia Library

Duchess Anna Amalia Library

22km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Duchess Anna Amalia Library is a research center for European cultural and literary history around 1800. It preserves literary records from the 9th to the 21st century as sources of cultural history and for research, catalogs them by formal aspects and content, and makes them available for use. It today has approximately 850,000 volumes with a collection emphasis on German literature. Among its special collections is an important Shakespeare collection of approximately 10,000 volumes, as wel

Park an der Ilm

Park an der Ilm

22.28km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The Park an der Ilm is the largest and best-known landscape park in Weimar. It has hardly been changed since it was built in the 18th century with the participation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, making it one of the best-preserved parks of classicism and romanticism. Its visual axes, the bridges over the Ilm arches, the varied park architecture, and the valuable trees, some of which come from overseas, are characteristic. The Impark is part of the “ Classic Weimar ” ensemble, which was approved

Goethes Gartenhaus

Goethes Gartenhaus

22.37km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

Goethes Gartenhaus in the park on the Ilm in Weimar was a place of residence and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Since 1998 it belongs as part of the ensemble " Classical Weimar " for UNESCO - World Heritage Site. The house is possibly a winegrower's house from the 16th century - a time when viticulture still played a major role in Weimar. In its time, the slope was more of an orchard or vegetable growing area. Today the garden house is set up as a museum.

Haus am Horn

Haus am Horn

22.61km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The model house Am Horn is an experimental house of the Bauhaus in Weimar. The reason for building this single house based on a design by Georg Muche was the first Bauhaus exhibition in 1923. It served as an object to show how the Bauhaus imagined future communal living and working. It should offer a practicable answer to the housing shortage, with modular, cost-effective construction, use-oriented floor plan and living comfort through modern technology.

Tiefurt Mansion and Park

Tiefurt Mansion and Park

23.85km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

A majestic mansion which was built in 1765 as a tenement house for a grand-ducal demesne, Schloss Tiefurt served from 1776 as the residence of Prince Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin. Tiefurt Park covers an area of 21 hectares on both sides of the Ilm. Gently sloping fields with beautiful groups of trees stretch to the bank of the river. A steep slope covered with dense forest rises on the far side. Numerous memorials and park constructions invite visitors to linger.

Schloss Friedenstein Gotha

Schloss Friedenstein Gotha

24.08km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The peace flintlock in Gotha is an early Baroque palace complex on the site of the 1567 demolished castle Grimmenstein. It is the largest palace in Germany from the 17th century and is now home to a large number of museums and art collections. The palace complex today houses several museums. It is also notable for hosting the Ekhof-Theater, one of the oldest theatres in operation in Germany, still featuring the original Baroque machinery for changing the scenery.

Schloss Belvedere

Schloss Belvedere

24.11km from Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

The castle Belvedere is a lushly landscaped pleasure palace complex near the city of Weimar. The entire complex, including the park with its many exotic plants, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998 as part of the “ Classic Weimar ” ensemble. The castle with its numerous outbuildings and a landscape park with an orangery is located on the Eichenleite near Weimar, a hill about four kilometers south of the city center.

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Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

Thuringian Zoo Park, Erfurt

Am Zoopark 1, 99087 Erfurt, Germany

The Thuringian Zoopark Erfurt in the north of the state capital Erfurt is the largest zoological garden in Thuringia . The total area of ​​the zoo is about 63 hectares, whereby only about 48 hectares are used zoologically. The zoo park today includes around 1000 animals from around 133 different species.