St Giles' Church, Erfurt

St Giles' Church (German: Ägidienkirche, also St. Ägidii[1]) in the historical centre of the city of Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany, forms the eastern entrance from Wenigemarkt (Minor Market) to the Krämerbrücke (Merchants' Bridge) with its archway.

[4][5] After the destruction of the bridge and the church by a fire in 1293, it was rebuilt as a rubble stone structure[2] and completed in 1325.

[6] In the Middle Ages, the ground floor was an open hall and served as a salesroom; the nave is one storey higher.

[4] Services were discontinued in 1615, the church was leased to a merchant for profane purposes in 1657 and sold in 1827, to be partly used as a warehouse.

In 1927, the building was reacquired as a tenement and since its restoration from 1957 to 1960, it has once again been used as a place of worship by the United Methodist Church.

View from Krämerbrücke