The Erfurt Christmas market takes place every year during Advent in the Thuringian state capital of Erfurt and is considered one of the largest Christmas markets in Germany. In 2010 the Christmas market took place for the 160th time. The Erfurt Christmas market is visited by around 2 million people every year.
The scene of the Christmas market is the Domplatz with the illuminated ensemble of Erfurt Cathedral and Severikirche in the background. Offshoots of the Christmas market can also be found in the rest of the city center of Erfurt and extend over the Fischmarkt , the Schlösserbrücke, the Anger to the Willy-Brandt-Platz . All in all, culinary specialties, handicrafts and Christmas accessories are offered in over 200 wooden houses. Thuringian specialties such as the Thuringian Bratwurst and the Erfurter Schittchen are particularly popular. The Erfurter Schittchen was first mentioned in 1329, making it one of the oldest Christmas stollen in Germany.
In the middle of the Christmas market, a 25 meter tall fir tree towers. Since 2005 there has been an eight meter high Christmas pyramid at the entrance to the Christmas market , which depicts people from Erfurt's history and Christmas scenes on five floors. Another attraction is the nativity scene with 14 almost life-size, hand-carved figures and the fairytale forest. The 170th Erfurt Christmas Market has been canceled for 2020.
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