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The Protestant Monastery of St Augustine in Erfurt is a former monastery of the Augustinian hermits in Erfurt, Germany, now used as a conference center. It is also the official home of the provost of Erfurt.

History
The Augustinian community in Erfurt was probably founded in 1266. It became the largest and most important house of the order in the thirteenth century. Construction of the monastery began in 1277, continuing into the next two centuries. The church nave was built in the fifteenth century with an octagonal tower.

Martin Luther became a monk at the monastery in 1505.