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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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8. July 2026

Changed opening hours during the lecture-free period

Please note: Some of the University of Erfurt’s learning and support services have altered opening hours or are closed during the lecture-free period.

15. September 2026

Numismatics Colloquium: Numismatik und Münzkabinette im Spiegel der Jahrhunderte

From 8 to 10 October 2026, an international colloquium at the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt will focus on the history, significance and future of numismatics and its collections. The focus will be, amongst other things, on court…

18. August 2026

Married, cast out, banished: divorced women of the high nobility, 1600–1850

The Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt, in collaboration with the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, is hosting a conference from 28 to 30 September entitled "Verheiratet, verstoßen, verbannt" (Married, Rejected, Banished), which…

31. July 2026

From hagiographies to contemporary literature: Lina Thiede awarded the Gotha Library Fellowship

The Gotha Research Library at the University of Erfurt has always been a place where knowledge is gathered and history is researched. Historians, theologians and philologists usually make up the majority of those who engage with the library’s rich…

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