Erfurt - Anger 
Johannesstrasse joins the Anger, one of Erfurt's oldest streets, now completely restored and lined with shops and restaurants. At the corner of the Anger and Trommsdorfstrasse is the Ursuline Convent, with a richly furnished interior (not open to the public).
On the street (Nos. 28-29) can be seen the house called "Zum Grossen Schwantreiber und Paradies". Farther along the street is the Dacherödensches Haus (Nos.
On the street (Nos. 28-29) can be seen the house called "Zum Grossen Schwantreiber und Paradies". Farther along the street is the Dacherödensches Haus (Nos.
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Must-see attractions nearby:
Anger
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37-38), with the finest Renaissance doorway in the town (16th C.), which was frequented by some of the leading intellectual figures of the Goethe period, including Goethe himself, Schiller and Wilhelm von Humboldt, who became engaged to Carolina von Dacheröden.
Hours
January 1 to December 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Facilities
Restaurant or food service
Related Attractions
Anger Museum
At the corner of the Anger and Bahnhofstrasse in Erfurt can be found the old Packhof (formerly a custom-house of the Electorate of Mainz), a richly decorated Baroque building which is now occupied by the Anger Museum (fine art collection).
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
St Bartholomew's Tower
Farther along the Anger in Erfurt is the Bartholomäusturm, the stump of a tower (12th C.) belonging to the family chapel of the influential Counts von Gleichen, whose town house was here. The tower has a carillon (1979) of 60 bells cast in the Apolda bell foundry.
Statthalterei
Along Erfurt's Anger, past a monumental fountain of 1889-90 and the Wigbertikirche (1210), the court church of the Electoral governors of the town, is the Statthalterei, the old governor's residence, the town's most monumental secular building. Formed in 1711-20 from two older patrician houses, it has magnificent Renaissance decoration and a handsome Baroque facade. The Great Hall (area 200 sq. m/2150 sq. ft) was the scene of a memorable meeting between Napoleon and Goethe in 1808. Goethe frequently stayed in a nearby house belonging to the Dukes of Saxony-Weimar at Regierungsstrasse 72.
