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A narrow street lined with historic buildings, including half-timbered houses and stone facades. 2
A traditional half-timbered building with a white facade and dark timber framing, accompanied by a smaller building with a similar architectural style. 3
A row of traditional half-timbered houses with red and yellow facades, under a clear blue sky. 4
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The previous price was RM 28 and current price is RM 22 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 18m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Discover the hidden history of one of Europe's most significant medieval Jewish communities. On this captivating journey through Erfurt, you explore a story full of contrasts: incredible economic prosperity and sudden, devastating persecution. Find out how a magnificent synagogue survived by becoming a dance hall, how a holy ritual bath was buried and forgotten for 550 years, and how the echo of a lost community still resonates in the stones of the city today. This is a story of extinction, wondrous preservation, and the indomitable human spirit.

    • 1.7 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 78 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in history & memory and identity, migration & globalization
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Old Synagogue
    • An der Stadtmunze 4/5, Landeshauptstadt
    • 99084, Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Old Synagogue
    • 8 Waagegasse
    • 99084, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

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Podcast Tour The Medieval Jewish Heart of Erfurt in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 18 minutes1h 18m
    1h 18m
  • Opening hours: Thu 0:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
RM 27.26
RM 21.81 x 1 AdultRM 21.81
Total
The previous price was RM 27.26 and current price is RM 21.81
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Exciting audio output in podcast style with experts and locals
  • Inclusions
    Interactive guide in the app for questions about history and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Verified facts incorporated into an exciting story
  • Inclusions
    Point-to-point navigation between stops

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Old Synagogue

  • 10m
The oldest intact synagogue in Central Europe, which survived centuries of history because it was repurposed as a warehouse and dance hall.

Benediktspl. 1

  • 10m
A rare preserved medieval secular building that belonged to Jewish merchants and illustrates the wealth and daily domestic life of the Jewish elite of Erfurt.

Mittelalterliche Mikwe

  • 10m
A ritual bath from the 13th century, discovered by chance in 2007, that illuminates the spiritual practices of the community and the theme of rediscovering a buried heritage.

Erfurt City Hall

  • 10m
The political center of the city, where the fate of the Jewish community was sealed during the devastating plague pogrom of 1349.

Große Arche

  • 10m
A street that was once the heart of the medieval Jewish quarter and offers space to reflect on the spatial reality of the community and the void left after 1349.

Kleine Synagoge

  • 10m
This site, built in 1840, stands for the ultimate return of Jewish life to Erfurt and serves as a poignant conclusion that connects medieval history with modern monument preservation.

Location

Activity location

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    Old Synagogue
    • An der Stadtmunze 4/5, Landeshauptstadt
    • 99084, Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Old Synagogue
    • 8 Waagegasse
    • 99084, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

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