Certificate for Jewish-Medieval UNESCO World Heritage Site presented in Erfurt

Events, News

Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Katja Keul hands over the certificate to Erfurt’s Lord Mayor Andreas Horn (© City of Erfurt)

On 11 August 2024, the World Heritage certificate was officially presented in Erfurt and celebrated with a big party in the medieval Jewish quarter!

TV report on the celebration
World Heritage Review

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About Maria Stürzebecher

I am the curator of the Museum Old Synagogue in Erfurt and scientific coordinator for the UNESCO World Heritage application Jewish-Medieval Heritage in Erfurt. Since 2012, I am editing the series "Erfurter Schriften zur Jüdischen Geschichte"; in 2020, the 6th volume "Ritual Objects in Ritual Contexts." was published. I studied History of Arts, Archaeology, Sociology and History and wrote my PhD thesis about the medieval Erfurt Treasure, which was published in 2009 entitled „Der Schatzfund aus der Erfurter Michaelisstrasse – Mittelalterliche Goldschmiedearbeiten als Zeugnisse jüdischen Lebens in Erfurt“.