Germany - Wittenberg 500 years after, 1-looking for Luther
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Wittenberg, 500 hundread years after, looking for Martin Luther
On 31 October 1517, Luther nailed his 95 theses at the door of the Castle Church, an event taken as marking the beginning of the Protestant Reform and 500 years later, in 2017, the Evangelical churches of the world will celebrate this event, mainly in Wittenberg. Unlike many other historic German Wittenberg's town centre was spared destruction during the Second World War and today is an attractive town of 48,000 inhabitants that bills itself as "the Renaissance city on the Elbe." Reminders of Martin Luther are everywhere because of all the Luther cities in Germany, Wittenberg may be the most important, and in 1922 added the Lutherstadt prefix to Wittenberg’s name. The town is home to the Schlosskirche or Castle Church where Luther nailed his 95 theses to the entrance doors on October 31, 1517. Luther was a professor of Bible studies in Wittenberg for most of his adult life, and he is buried in the church where he launched the Protestant Reformation. Several buildings are associated with the events of this time. Part of theAugustinian monastery in which Luther lived, first as a monk and later as owner with his wife and family, is preserved and various Luther and Melanchton memorial sites were added to the UNESCO world Heritage list in 1996.
On 31 October 1517, Luther nailed his 95 theses at the door of the Castle Church, an event taken as marking the beginning of the Protestant Reform and 500 years later, in 2017, the Evangelical churches of the world will celebrate this event, mainly in Wittenberg. Unlike many other historic German Wittenberg's town centre was spared destruction during the Second World War and today is an attractive town of 48,000 inhabitants that bills itself as "the Renaissance city on the Elbe." Reminders of Martin Luther are everywhere because of all the Luther cities in Germany, Wittenberg may be the most important, and in 1922 added the Lutherstadt prefix to Wittenberg’s name. The town is home to the Schlosskirche or Castle Church where Luther nailed his 95 theses to the entrance doors on October 31, 1517. Luther was a professor of Bible studies in Wittenberg for most of his adult life, and he is buried in the church where he launched the Protestant Reformation. Several buildings are associated with the events of this time. Part of theAugustinian monastery in which Luther lived, first as a monk and later as owner with his wife and family, is preserved and various Luther and Melanchton memorial sites were added to the UNESCO world Heritage list in 1996.
