Einwilligung zur Nutzung.

In the summer of 1891, well-known Erlangen photographer Georg Daßler (1836–1919) ascended the steeple of the New Town Church carrying one large-format and one CdV-format (carte de visite, a smaller format popular in the 19th century) camera, complete with their respective sets of unexposed glass plates. As were many of his fellow photographers, he may have been tempted to capture a continuous panoramic view of his hometown. Another possible reason for his endeavour may have been a desire to document a birds-eye view of the architectural changes to the appearance of the town caused by the many new buildings erected during the last quarter of the 19th century. Evidently, the brick and render facades of the revivalist architectural styles had also impacted the traditional building stock of sandstone structures.

We owe another panoramic view of Erlangen from 1996 to photographer Erich Malter (born 1956). Commissioned by the Stadtmuseum (Town Museum), he ascended the otherwise closed steeple, thus showing us what has remained, what has changed, and what has been added in the alleyways and on the town squares in 100 years.