# Kurmainzische Statthalterei

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The Kurmainzische Statthalterei stands in the heart of Erfurt as a Baroque complex surrounding an enclosed courtyard. Its four wings rise three storeys above the courtyard. The building brings together Renaissance and Baroque elements shaped between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Its Renaissance wing has a round bay window decorated with reliefs. The Baroque wing contains a rectangular bay window decorated with putti. Two bearded herms flank the main entrance and support a balcony with life-sized figures. Corner rustication and window surrounds organize the symmetrical façade.

Three patrician houses formed the original site before Johann Jacob Waldbott von Bassenheim acquired the property. Maximilian von Welsch later expanded it into a four-wing complex. Kurmainzische governors used these rooms as their seat while administering Erfurt for the Prince-Archbishop of Mainz. Napoleon Bonaparte stayed and worked here during the Erfurt Congress, meeting Goethe and negotiating with Alexander I. Karl Theodor von Dalberg hosted gatherings here that brought Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller into the building. The premises later served Prussian government, Gestapo, and East German district administration. Since 1994, the Thuringian State Chancellery and the Minister-President’s office have occupied the building.

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