Excursion In the Footsteps of Martin Luther
Enjoy a fascinating Martin Luther excursion visiting the places where he, the father of the reformation, lived and ministered. Landmarks include Martin Luther’s house, which is well preserved as a museum and contains an unsurpassed collection of reformation manuscripts and artefacts, and St Marien’s church, where Martin Luther preached regularly.
Facts:
• Martin Luther (1483–1546), was a monk who triggered the German Reformation by publishing his 95 Theses against church corruption in 1517
• Wittenberg attracts Protestant pilgrims all over the world as well as historians
• Wittenberg’s Luther sites became Unesco world heritage sites in 1997.
Highlights:
• Luther House is the place that Luther lived and worked and is the world’s largest museum on Reformation history, you can see various rooms with exhibits related to him
• Outside the museum is a bronze statue of Katharina von Bora, Luther’s wife (those seeking a happy marriage rub her wedding ring).
• It is belived that Luther nailed his 95 Theses to Wittenberg's Castle Church door, the original wooden doorwas destroyed in a fire and today a large bronze memorial door marks the spot that changed the course of history
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