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Erlangen
View over Erlangen, 2012
View over Erlangen, 2012
Flag of Erlangen
Flag
 Coat of arms of Erlangen
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Mittelfranken
District Urban district
Elevation
279 m (915 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)
 • Total 116,562
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
91052, 91054, 91056, 91058
Dialling codes 09131,
0911 (OT Hüttendorf),
09132 (OT Neuses),
09135 (OT Dechsendorf)
Vehicle registration ER
Website www.erlangen.de

Erlangen is a German city in the state of Bavaria. It has about 105,000 inhabitants. Erlangen is near to Nuremberg (Nürnberg). Both cities share the University Erlangen-Nürnberg.



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  • Kosbacher Altar

    The Kosbacher Altar

  • Urkunde Heinrich II 1002 001

    Certificate of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II. from 1002, first mentioning Erlangen

  • Erlangen Veste 1724-30 001

    Ruins of the Veste Erlangen, around 1730

  • Schlossplatz Erlangen3

    The oldest preserved design of the Erlangen Neustadt, red washed pen drawing (1686), attributed to Johann Moritz Richter

  • Hohmann

    The ground plan of 1721 shows the integration of Erlangen Neustadt and the reconstructed old town into the baroque overall concept. Coloured copper engraving (1721) by Johann Christoph Homann, published by Johann Baptist Homann

  • Erlangen Hauptstraße 63 Stolpersteine 001

    Stolpersteine with the names of murdered Erlangen Jews in front of the building Hauptstraße 63

  • Bücherverbrennung

    A plaque on the Schlossplatz commemorates the Nazi book burnings

  • Nürnberg Tor1a

    Picture postcard of the Nuremberg Gate

  • Jägerdenkmal

    The hunter monument in the Hindenburgstraße reminds of the 6th hunter battalion.

  • Friedrich von Brandenburg-Bayreuth

    The founder of the university, Margrave Friedrich

  • ErlangenAltstaedterKircheWest

    Western side of the Altstädter Church

  • Erlangen-Neustädter-Kirche-Turm

    Southern side of the Neustädter Church

  • Erlangen-Hugenotten-Kirche-front

    Huguenots Church with Huguenots Square in the foreground

  • ErlangenHugenottenOst

    Eastern side of the Huguenots Square

  • Erlangen, Herz-Jesu

    Herz Jesu Church at the Katholischer Kirchplatz

  • Herz

    A commemorative plaque commemorates the destroyed memorial for Jakob Herz

  • Herz2

    The new memorial for Jakob Herz from 1983

  • Handschuh1a

    Symbol of the glove manufactory founded in 1686 by J.P.Gills and J.Mengin on the corner of Goethestr. and Bahnhofsplatz

  • Baumwollspinnerei Erlangen 1899

    Share worth 1000 Marks of the Erlangen cotton spinning mill from March 1899

  • Reiniger1

    House at the castle square that formerly was the workshop of Erwin Moritz Reiniger

  • Siemens-Verwaltung in Erlangen 2014 "Himbeerpalast"

    The Siemens administration building "Himbeerpalast" designed by Hans Hertlein

  • Erlangen Siemens Glaspalast 001

    Administrative high-rise "Glass Palace" by Hans Maurer

  • IZMP

    The IZMP in the Henkestraße

  • Markgräfliches Schloss Erlangen 2009

    Erlangen palace

  • Karl Daniel Heinrich Rau 1862 (IZ 38-244)

    Karl Heinrich Rau

See also

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