Luther spent 36 years of his life in Wittenberg. He married Katharina von Bora in Wittenberg and started a family with her here. Visit the original sites where the Reformation ran its course.
It was refounded as a Reformation memorial church in the 19th century and houses the grave of Martin Luther. The "Leucorea" was one of the most famous universities of the 16th century. Luther and Melanchthon lectured here. Passing by the "Hamlet House", about which mysterious tales are told, the tour then proceeds to the old university.
Overnight stay in the Erfurt area. After the guided tour, we recommend strongly that you visit the Augustinerkloster Augustinian Monastery. On July 17th, , Luther asked to be admitted to the monastery of the Augustinians, an order that was famed for its learning.
His life as a monk over the following years was subject to a rigid daily routine and shaped by strict spiritual and ascetic exercises, as well as by scholarly training within the order. Overnight stay in the Erfurt region. Eisleben is the town where Luther was born on November 10th, , and died on February 18th, Petri-Pauli-Kirche where Luther was baptised.
In Eisenach, Luther attended the parish school. According to an old tradition, Martin Luther dwelled in this house during his school years in Eisenach The tour will take you back in time, to the year , to encounter young Martinus during the years in which he earned his keep as a singing scholar, and then 20 years later β when he was busy changing the course of history. In the afternoon, you will visit Wartburg Castle.
