Erlangen

About Erlangen

Population

104,980 in city
0 in metro

Size

76 km² (29 mi²)

Altitude

284 m

Located in Middle Franconia the city is home to the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and is an important center for light industry. The Baroque design of Erlangen has been retained as have the palace of the Margraves and the palace gardens, the Orangerie and the Botanical Gardens as well as Atzelsberg, a Baroque castle to the north of Erlangen. The Markgrafentheater is the oldest Baroque theater still in use in Southern Germany, and Erlangen Museum offers an interesting restrospective exhibition of the town‘s history. The Old Town was founded in 1367 and the New Town of the Huguenots in 1686. The two cities merged in 1812. The Old Town, formerly surrounded by a wall, is confined to a small area. Martin-Luther-Platz is an excellent example of Baroque city planning, carried out after the Fire in 1706. The New Town "Christian Erlang" is one of the few remaining cities built in the Baroque style where streets are laid out in a rectangular arrangement and the Main Street opens on to large squares.

Metro Cities

Erlangen, Fürth, Nuremberg

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
42	All Buildings
41	existing
1	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Langer Johann Hochhaus	262 ft	1973
2	Rathaus Erlangen	200 ft	1971
3	Siemens-Schuckert-Verwaltungsgebäude	115 ft	1953
4	Am Europakanal 6	-	-
5	Am Europakanal 36	-	-

Building types

No.	Type
33	high-rise building
3	church
3	low-rise building
2	chimney
1	water tower