Collegium maius
Collegium maius
Collegium Maius was the main building of the Old University of Erfurt. The foundation of the university dates from the foundation charter of the year 1379. The Collegium Maius thereby represented the oldest university in Germany, whose most popular student perhaps was Martin Luther. In 1945 the building was destroyed. The Collegium Maius has in the meanwhile been completely reconstructed and is home to the Evangelical Church in Central Germany.
Travel Information
Tram no. 3, 4 or 6 to Domplatz stop
By car: Domplatz multi-storey car park
5 minutes walk from Cathedral Square (Domplatz) to Collegium Maius via Pergamentergasse.
You may also find the following of interest
Erfurt Protestant Augustinian Monastery
The church and monastery was built around 1300. Martin Luther, the famous Augustinian monk, was admitted to the monastery on 17 July 1505.
Martin Luther
Erfurt was the young Luther's spiritual home. In 1505 he graduated with a Masters from the university's faculty of philosophy.
Georgenburse
It is widely accepted that Martin Luther, moved into the Georgenburse (student living quarters) as a seventeen-year-old student in April 1501.
Cathedral of St. Mary
The late Gothic cathedral with its high-Gothic choir and Romanesque tower replaced the church built on this site for Bishop Boniface in 742.
