Wittenberg
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Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, 60 kilometers north of Leipzig and 90 kilometers sou
Market square with Stadtkirche Wittenberg
Stadtkirche Marktplatz Schlosskirche Wittenberg Luftbild 2024 Toni Klemm
Schloss und Schlosskirche Wittenberg Luftbild 2024 Toni Klemm
Wittenberger Stadtkirche
Martin Luther
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Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs for
Wittenberg
…south-west of Berlin. It has a population of 46,008 (2018). Wittenberg's honorific title Lutherstadt stems from its close connections with the theologian Martin Luther and the Reformation, usually taken to have begun in the town, marking the birth of Protestantism. Several of Wittenberg's buildings are associated with…
Portrait of Martin Luther, 1528
Portraits of Luther's parents, Hans and Margarethe Luther, by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1527
In July 1505, Luther entered St. Augustine's Monastery in Erfurt
Luther's residence at the University of Wittenberg, where he began teaching theology in 1508