| Erfurt Treasure | |
|---|---|
| Material | Gold, silver, bronze, iron, and organic material |
| Created | 14th century |
| Period/culture | Middle Ages |
| Discovered | Erfurt excavations in the city centre, 1998 |
| Present location | Old Synagogue (Erfurt) |
The Erfurt Treasure is a hoard of coins, goldsmiths' work and jewellery that is assumed to have belonged to a Jew of Erfurt, Germany who hid them in 1349 before perishing in the Erfurt massacre, one of the persecutions and massacres of Jews during the Black Death. The treasure was found in 1998 in the wall of a house in a medieval Jewish neighbourhood in Erfurt.[1]