• Petersberg Citadel (German: Zitadelle Petersberg) in Erfurt, central Germany, is one of the largest and best-preserved town fortresses in Europe.
  • The Petersberg Citadel rises above Erfurt's old town - laid out in a star shape, it was considered the most modern fortification of the time and impregnable.
  • The Petersberg Citadel represents the architectural mastry of fortress construction in the period from the 17th to the 19th century.
  • While visiting Erfurt, I walked up to the Citadel from the Domplatz.
  • Mai 2024 fand das Symposium unseres Vereins unter dem Thema „Die Zitadelle Petersberg unter Preußen 1802 – 1873“ statt.
  • Take a guided tour around an underground maze of passageways beneath the citadel that takes around 2 hours and climb to the top of the fortress for fantastic...
  • The Petersberg Citadel is one of the largest extant early-modern citadels in Europe and covers the whole north-western part of the Erfurt city centre.
  • Citadel Petersberg is situated on a hill next to the Domplatz. This is the best preserved baroque fortress in Central Europe.
  • Petersberg Fortress is an example of a well-preserved medieval citadel, not only in Germany, but throughout Europe.
  • To ensure that as many sections of the Petersberg Citadel as possible are available to all guests, access to the fortress grounds has been completely redesigned.