Thuringian Literature Days
Erfurt, Germany · Dates TBA · T3 Niche
Erfurt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁfʊʁt] ) is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the River Gera, in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest, and in the middle of a line of the six largest Thuringian cities (Thüringer Städtekette), stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east. Together with Kassel and Göttingen, it is one of the cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants lying closest to the geographic centre of Germany.
- Language
- German
- Genres
- general lit
- Organizer
- SWE EVAG, a transit company owned by the city administration
- Next edition
- TBA (confirm thueringer-literaturtage.de)
- Author participation
- see website
- Attendance published by the festival
- 2000000
- Audience
- Erfurt hosts the second-largest trade fair in eastern Germany (after Leipzig), as well as the public television children's channel KiKa.
- Age policy
- Erfurt hosts the second-largest trade fair in eastern Germany (after Leipzig), as well as the public television children's channel KiKa.
- Language notes
- Listed working language: German
- Genre notes
- Primary focus: general lit
- Programme
- Housing shortages were fought with building programmes and social infrastructure was broadened according to the welfare policy in the Weimar Republic.
- Past editions
- 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026
- Travel
- The Erfurt (Erfurt–Weimar Airport) weather station has recorded the following extreme values: