1221

Many Jews were killed in a massacre here. Some threw themselves into the flames of the burning synagogue.

1260

Meister Eckhart was born.

1294

Meister Eckhart became prior of the city's Dominican order.

1349

March 1349

The city's Jews, under suspicion of conspiring with their fellow Jews to cause the Plague, were burned to death.

1350

August 1350

A man known to history as Constantine of Erfurt was condemned for heresy. (He was originally from Arnheim, Holland.) Under questioning, Constantine rejected the Athanasian Creed and dismissed the sacraments as diabolical, false and useless. He also refused to take the oath necessary for his examination because, he said, he had no more respect for the pope, bishop, priests and officers of his trial than for devils. After 3 interrogations, Constantine was executed. Some early chroniclers referred to Constantine as a beghard, but modern scholars believe he was just an independent eccentric.

1458

The Jews were expelled from the city.

1528

1 January 1528

Hans Romer, a militant Anabaptist, organized an attack on the city, which failed. He was betrayed and arrested.

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