Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany

The Lutherhaus is a writer's house museum in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany. Originally built in 1504 as part of the University of Wittenberg, the building was the home of Martin Luther for most of his adult life and a significant location in the history of the Protestant Reformation. Luther was living here when he wrote his 95 Theses.

Wikipedia: Lutherhaus (EN), Heritage Website

The Melanchthonhaus is a writer's house museum in the German town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. It is a Renaissance building with late Gothic arched windows and the broad-tiered gables. It includes the study of the influential Protestant Reformer Philipp Melanchthon, who lived there with his family. In 1954 the house became a museum on Melanchthon's life and work displaying paintings, prints and manuscripts by him and his contemporaries. In 1996, the building became a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with sites associated with Melanchthon's contemporary Martin Luther in Witternberg and Eisleben because of their religious significance and the lasting, global influence of Protestantism.

Wikipedia: Melanchthonhaus (Wittenberg) (EN), Heritage Website

A Judensau is a folk art image of Jews in obscene contact with a large sow, which in Judaism is an unclean animal, that appeared during the 13th century in Germany and some other European countries; its popularity lasted for over 600 years.

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The Stadt- und Pfarrkirche St. Marien zu Wittenberg is the civic church of the German town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. The reformers Martin Luther and Johannes Bugenhagen preached there and the building also saw the first celebration of the mass in German rather than Latin and the first ever distribution of the bread and wine to the congregation – it is thus considered the mother-church of the Protestant Reformation. In 1996, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with Castle Church of All Saints (Schlosskirche), the Lutherhaus, the Melanchthonhaus, and Martin Luther's birth house and death house in Eisleben, because of its religious significance and testimony to the lasting, global influence of Protestantism.

Wikipedia: Stadtkirche Wittenberg (EN), Website, Heritage Website

The Old Town Hall of Lutherstadt Wittenberg is located in the centre of the old town on the market square. It is one of the most important buildings of the Saxon Renaissance and was the seat of the Wittenberg city administration from the 16th century until the year 2000.

Wikipedia: Rathaus (Lutherstadt Wittenberg) (DE)

The so-called Cranach Courtyards are located in Wittenberg. In 1505, Elector Frederick the Wise summoned the painter Lucas from Kronach in Franconia to his Wittenberg court. Cranach lived in Wittenberg for 40 years, where he left a lasting mark as one of the most versatile personalities of the Reformation period. For example, two of his residences are located in the city, in which his workshops and workplaces were located. These monuments of the Renaissance, which are interesting in terms of architectural history, combine the history of one of Wittenberg's most famous citizens with the history of the construction of two houses.

Wikipedia: Cranach-Höfe (DE)

All Saints' Church, commonly referred to as Schlosskirche to distinguish it from the Stadtkirche of St. Mary's, sometimes known as the Reformation Memorial Church, is a Lutheran church in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the site where, according to Philip Melanchthon, the Ninety-five Theses were posted by Martin Luther in 1517, launching the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

Wikipedia: All Saints' Church, Wittenberg (EN), Website, Heritage Website

Wittenberg Castle is the former residence of the Saxon Electors. It was completely rebuilt from 1489 and was completed in 1525 as one of the most magnificent fortified castles of the early Renaissance in Germany. After fires in 1760 and 1814 and the loss of meaning of the city of Wittenberg due to the Schmalkaldischen War and the Vienna Congress, only little remained of the former glory of the building.

Wikipedia: Schloss Wittenberg (DE), Heritage Website