Erfurt - Marktsraße mit Allerheiligenkirche 02
The market street (Marktstraße) carries her name since 1826. With her first mention in 1223 she was called simply "lata platea Erphordie" – the street of Erfurt. This points to the fact that it was one of the first to a certain extent developed streets of the town.
In 1341 the first German name was in the street. Herewith is meant via regia, big trading road by the Rhine near Mainz over Frankfurt, Erfurt and Leipzig to Wroclaw which ran through Marktstrasse. In the early modern times she was called as a wide street, before it received in 1826 her today's name.
Erfurt - Marktsraße mit Allerheiligenkirche 02
The market street (Marktstraße) carries her name since 1826. With her first mention in 1223 she was called simply "lata platea Erphordie" – the street of Erfurt. This points to the fact that it was one of the first to a certain extent developed streets of the town.
In 1341 the first German name was in the street. Herewith is meant via regia, big trading road by the Rhine near Mainz over Frankfurt, Erfurt and Leipzig to Wroclaw which ran through Marktstrasse. In the early modern times she was called as a wide street, before it received in 1826 her today's name.