Erlangen, Bavaria:

main street with Altstädter Dreifaltigkeitskirche

At the beginning of May, I had to spend a couple of days at the University of Erlangen.

Erlangen is a city with about 110,000 inhabitants situated ca. 20 km north of the better known Nuremberg in northern Bavaria. The city’s life is characterized by the university and its almost 30,000 students as well as by offices of the Siemens AG. Since the weather was fantastic, I spent saturday afternoon strolling through the city centre with its historic buildings. I also visited the botanical garden and the beer gardens which would host the popular Bergkirchweih (a beer festival) in June.

Neustädter Kirche (new town church)

Neustädter Kirche (new town church)

Neustädter Kirche (new town church)

Neustädter Kirche (new town church)

Neustädter Kirche (new town church)

Hugenottenkirche (huguenot church)

Hugenottenkirche (huguenot church)

Erlangen Palace

statue of Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Palais Sutterheim

old university library

old university library

new university library

Schlossgarten (palace garden)

Orangerie

Orangerie

statue of Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

historic water tower

historic water tower

Erlangen Theatre

botanical garden

botanical garden

botanical garden

botanical garden

botanical garden

botanical garden

lane near the Altstädter Kirchplatz

lane near the Altstädter Kirchplatz

Altstädter Kirchplatz

city museum

Altstädter Dreifaltigkeitskirche

main street

Lamm Lichtspiele

E-Werk (cultural centre)

St. Martinskirche

old city wall foundations

way to the beer gardens

beer gardens

beer cellar

beer cellar

park with sculptures of Heinrich Kirchner

park

Altstädter Dreifaltigkeitskirche

Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Sacred Heart Church)

Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Sacred Heart Church)

Generally, Erlangen does not have any major sights – but with nice sunshine, it can be quite charming after all.