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Erfurt

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Er·furt  (rfrt, -frt)
A city of central Germany southwest of Leipzig. Site of an episcopal see founded by Saint Boniface in the eighth century, it was later a free imperial city and a member of the Hanseatic League. Population: 203,000.
Erfurt (German) [ˈɛrfʊrt]
n
(Placename) an industrial city in central Germany, the capital of Thuringia: university (1392). Pop.: 202 100 (1999 est.)


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