Editing Erfurt (section)

=== Administrative divisions ===
[[File:Erfurt-Ortsteile.png|thumb|Districts of Erfurt.]]
Erfurt abuts the districts of [[Sömmerda (district)|Sömmerda]] (municipalities [[Witterda]], [[Elxleben]], [[Walschleben]], [[Riethnordhausen, Thuringia|Riethnordhausen]], [[Nöda]], [[Alperstedt]], [[Großrudestedt]], [[Udestedt]], [[Kleinmölsen]] and [[Großmölsen]]) in the north, [[Weimarer Land]] (municipalities [[Niederzimmern]], [[Nohra]], [[Mönchenholzhausen]] and [[Klettbach]]) in the east, [[Ilm-Kreis]] (municipalities [[Kirchheim, Thuringia|Kirchheim]], [[Rockhausen]] and [[Amt Wachsenburg]]) in the south and [[Gotha (district)|Gotha]] (municipalities [[Nesse-Apfelstädt]], [[Nottleben]], [[Zimmernsupra]] and [[Bienstädt]]) in the west.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

The city itself is divided into 53 districts. The centre is formed by the district ''{{lang|de|Altstadt}}'' (old town) and the {{lang|de|[[Gründerzeit]]}} districts ''{{lang|de|Andreasvorstadt}}'' in the northwest, ''{{lang|de|Johannesvorstadt}}'' in the northeast, ''{{lang|de|Krämpfervorstadt}}'' in the east, ''{{lang|de|Daberstedt}}'' in the southeast, ''{{lang|de|Löbervorstadt}}'' in the southwest and ''{{lang|de|Brühlervorstadt}}'' in the west. More former industrial districts are ''{{lang|de|Ilversgehofen}}'' (incorporated in 1911), ''{{lang|de|Hohenwinden}}'' and ''{{lang|de|Sulzer Siedlung}}'' in the north. Another group of districts is marked by [[Plattenbau]] settlements, constructed during the [[East Germany]] period: ''{{lang|de|Berliner Platz}}'', ''{{lang|de|Moskauer Platz}}'', ''{{lang|de|Rieth}}'', ''{{lang|de|Roter Berg}}'' and ''{{lang|de|Johannesplatz}}'' in the northern as well as ''{{lang|de|Melchendorf}}'', ''{{lang|de|Wiesenhügel}}'' and ''{{lang|de|Herrenberg}}'' in the southern city parts.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Eventually, there are many villages with an average population of approximately 1,000 which were incorporated during the 20th century; they have mostly retained a rural character to date, however:{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

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* Alach (incorporated 1994)
* Azmannsdorf (1994)
* Bindersleben (1950)
* Bischleben-Stedten (1950)
* Büßleben (1994)
* Dittelstedt (1994)
* Egstedt (1994)
* Ermstedt (1994)
* Frienstedt (1994)
* Gispersleben (1950)
* Gottstedt (1994)
* Hochheim (1938)
* Hochstedt (1994)
* Kerspleben (1994)
* Kühnhausen (1994)
* Linderbach (1994)
* Marbach (1950)
* Mittelhausen (1994)
* Möbisburg-Rhoda (1950)
* Molsdorf (1994)
* Niedernissa (1994)
* Rohda (1994)
* Salomonsborn (1994)
* Schaderode (1994)
* Schmira (1950)
* Schwerborn (1994)
* Stotternheim (1994)
* Tiefthal (1994)
* Töttelstädt (1994)
* Töttleben (1994)
* Urbich (1994)
* Vieselbach (1994)
* Wallichen (1994)
* Waltersleben (1994)
* Windischholzhausen (1994)
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==== Erfurt-Southeast ====
[[File:Herrenberg.JPG|thumb|Herrenberg Street in Erfurt-Southeast.]]
Erfurt-Southeast ({{langx|de|Erfurt-Südost|link=no}}) is the collective name for a series of prefabricated housing areas that emerged in the southeast of Erfurt in the last ten years of East Germany.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} After Erfurt-Nord, Erfurt-Südost is the second-largest prefabricated building area in the city. The problems associated with large housing estates are not as pronounced in the southeast as in the north, but they are still present.

The districts of Melchendorf, Herrenberg and Wiesenhügel belong to Erfurt-Südost, all of which were formed from the former local area of Melchendorf. The village of Melchendorf with around 1,000 inhabitants lies between the prefabricated building areas. In addition to the old village, the district of Melchendorf also includes the prefab housing areas of Drosselberg and Buchenberg as well as several four-story apartment blocks from the 1950s and 1960s on {{lang|de|Kranichfelder Straße}}. Around 24,000 people still live in the large settlement, which was once designed for almost 40,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wichern |first=Hendrik |title=Erfurt-Südost {{!}} Großwohnsiedlungen |url=https://grosswohnsiedlungen.de/siedlungen/erfurt-suedost |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=grosswohnsiedlungen.de |language=en}}</ref>