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[Translate to English:] Luther als Mönch
Research on the Reformation in Gotha Study Center for Protestantism
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"Coined history" The Gotha Numismatic Collection

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Changed opening hours during the lecture-free period

Some service facilities at the University of Erfurt have changed opening hours during the lecture-free period. Please take note of this.

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Libraries open later

Due to an internal event, the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt at Friedenstein Castle and the library in the Perthes Forum will not open until 11 a.m. on Monday, 9 March.

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Perthes in Coversation: "Enlightenment and cartography. The Tobias Mayer Museum in Marbach at the Neckar"

The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt is once again inviting all interested parties to its "Perthes im Gespräch" (Perthes in Conversation) series in 2026. The next event is on Wednesday, 18 March. Professor Armin Hüttermann, a…

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Gotha Manuscript Talks start a new round

We encounter manuscripts in various academic fields, in philology, history, art history, theology and religious studies, library and museum studies, translation and translation research, even in the natural sciences (e.g. radiocarbon dating) and in…

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Events

05
Mar
Book presentation "Grimm – Gotha – Paris: Eine europäische Konstellation zur Zeit der Aufklärung"
CG3 – Gotha Research Centre, lecture room (Schloßberg 2, Gotha)
05
Mar
+++ Fully booked! +++ Musical reading for the conference "Kommunikationsräume vernetzt"
CG1 – Gotha Research Library, Spiegelsaal (Friedenstein Castle Gotha)
14
Mar
+++ Fully booked! +++ Gotha Perthes Collection Open Day "Map Stories"
CG5 – PERTHES Forum (Justus-Perthes-Straße, Gotha)
18
Mar
Perthes in Coversation: "Enlightenment and cartography. The Tobias Mayer Museum in Marbach at the Neckar"
CG5 – Perthes Forum, Ahnensaal (Justus-Perthes-Straße, Gotha)
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