Editing Erfurt (section)

=== Residents notable in cultural history ===
{{see also|List of people from Erfurt}}

The theologian, philosopher and mystic [[Meister Eckhart]] (c. 1260–1328) entered the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] monastery ({{lang|de|Predigerkloster}}) in Erfurt when he was aged about 18 (around 1275). Eckhart was the Dominican [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|prior]] at Erfurt from 1294 until 1298, and Vicar of Thuringia from 1298 to 1302. After a year in Paris, he returned to Erfurt in 1303 and administered his duties as Provincial of Saxony from there until 1311.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.meister-eckhart-erfurt.de/predigerkloster |title=Predigerkloster. Die Predigerkirche und das Predigerkloster als Heimat von Meister Eckhart |website=meister-eckhart-erfurt.de |publisher=Evangelische Predigergemeinde Erfurt |access-date=2022-05-27 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307171104/https://www.meister-eckhart-erfurt.de/predigerkloster |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Martin Luther]] (1483–1546) studied law and philosophy at the [[University of Erfurt]] from 1501. He lived in [[St. Augustine's Monastery (Erfurt)|St&nbsp;Augustine's Monastery]] in Erfurt, as a friar from 1505 to 1511.<ref name="augustinerkloster.de">{{Cite web |url=http://www.augustinerkloster.de/en.html |title=Augustinerkloster |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205224722/http://www.augustinerkloster.de/en.html |archive-date=5 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Johann Pachelbel]] (1653–1706) served as organist at the {{lang|de|[[Predigerkirche (Erfurt)|Predigerkirche]]}} (Preachers Church) in Erfurt from June 1678 until August 1690. Pachelbel composed approximately seventy pieces for organ while in Erfurt.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

The city is the birthplace of one of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s cousins, [[Johann Bernhard Bach]],<ref name="Laurson 2017 o445">{{cite web | last=Laurson | first=Jens F. | title=Classical CD Of The Week: Who Is Johann Bernhard Bach? | website=Forbes | date=July 26, 2017 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenslaurson/2017/07/26/classical-cd-of-the-week-who-is-johann-bernhard-bach/?sh=3bfe01fc297d | access-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref> as well as Johann Sebastian Bach's father [[Johann Ambrosius Bach]].<ref name="Bach_Oxford">{{cite web |title=Overview: Bach |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Oxford Reference |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095439206 |access-date=2024-02-09 |quote=Johann Ambrosius Bach (b Erfurt, 1645; d Eisenach, 1695)}}</ref> Bach's parents were married in 1668 in the {{lang|de|[[Kaufmannskirche]]}} (Merchant's Church) that still exists on the main square of {{lang|de|Anger}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blazeski |first=Goran |date=2018-04-06 |title=Krämerbrücke, the beautiful 600-year-old Merchant's Bridge, packed with half-timbered buildings {{!}} The Vintage News |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/06/kramerbrucke-merchants-bridge-2/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=thevintagenews |language=en}}</ref>

[[Alexander Müller (composer)|Alexander Müller]] (1808–1863), pianist, conductor and composer, was born in Erfurt. He later moved to [[Zürich]] where he served as leader of the General Music Society's subscription concerts series.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

[[Max Weber]] (1864–1920) was born in Erfurt.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lehmann |first=Hartmut |title=Weber's Protestant Ethic |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=1995 |page=118}}</ref> He was a sociologist, philosopher, lawyer, and political economist whose ideas have profoundly influenced modern social theory and social research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Max Weber - Sociology, Bureaucracy, Capitalism {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Max-Weber-German-sociologist/Later-works |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

After 1906 the composer [[Richard Wetz]] (1875–1935) lived in Erfurt and became the leading person in the city's musical life. His major works were written here, including three symphonies, a Requiem and a [[Christmas Oratorio]].

The textile designer [[Margaretha Reichardt]] (1907–1984) was born and died in Erfurt. She studied at the [[Bauhaus]] from 1926 to 1930,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Korn |first=Ingolf |date=2012 |editor=Margaretha Reichardt-Haus |title=Bauhaus Reisebuch |isbn=978-3-8321-9411-6 |publisher=Dumont Buchverlag |page=74}}</ref> and while there worked with [[Marcel Breuer]] on his innovative chair designs. Her former home and weaving workshop in Erfurt, the ''Margaretha Reichardt Haus'', is now a museum, managed by the [[Angermuseum]] Erfurt.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Famous contemporary musicians from Erfurt are [[Clueso]], the [[Boogie Pimps]] and [[Yvonne Catterfeld]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clueso - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1859549/bio/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>