Martin Luther's Birth House

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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Luther's birthplace
Location	Eisleben, Mansfeld-Südharz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Part of	Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
Criteria	Cultural: (iv)(vi)
Reference	783-001
Inscription	1996 (20th Session)
Area	0.08 ha (0.20 acres)
Buffer zone	0.56 ha (1.4 acres)
Coordinates	51°31′36.90″N 11°33′1.20″E / 51.5269167°N 11.5503333°E / 51.5269167; 11.5503333
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Martin Luther's Birth House (German: Martin Luthers Geburtshaus) is a building and museum in Eisleben, Germany. The German religious reformer Martin Luther was born there in 1483. However, the actual house in which Luther was born no longer exists, it having been burnt completely to the ground in 1689. A new building was built on the original site and was opened to the public in 1693, although it did not adhere to the original floor plan and size of the former house. An excavation was carried out in 2006, revealing pottery shards and a clay floor from the original house.

In 1996, Luther's birth house became a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the house where he died and other sites associated with Luther in Wittenberg because of their religious significance and their testimony to one of the most influential figures in medieval Europe. In 2005-2007 an expansion was added for visitors (project: Springer Architekten, Berlin); the ensemble has since received five architectural awards.

The court of Luthers Birth House

References

1. ^ "Luther's Birthplace Museum". Archived from the original on 2012-02-01. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
2. ^ a b Ausgrabung durch das Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, Grabungsleitung Ch. Matthes
3. ^ "Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
4. ^ Martin Luther Birthplace Museum Retrieved 18 April 2024

External links

• Die Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
• Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz
• Lutherstiftung
• 3D-Modell Luther's Birth House
• Chronological catalog of Luther's life events, letters, and works with citations, 478 pages, 5.45 MB LettersLuther4.doc

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Northern	ADGB Trade Union School Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Bremen Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace Fagus Factory in Alfeld Hedeby and the Danevirke Archaeological Border Complex St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin Hanseatic City of Lübeck Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus in Hamburg Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
Central	Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm Dresden Elbe Valley (delisted in 2009) Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region1 Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski2 Naumburg Cathedral Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg Wartburg Castle Classical Weimar
Western	Aachen Cathedral Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe Cologne Cathedral Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey Upper Middle Rhine Valley Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier Speyer Cathedral ShUM cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz Great Spa Towns of Europe8 Völklingen Ironworks Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
Southern	Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Augsburg Water Management System Town of Bamberg Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Bavaria7 Frontiers of the Roman Empire:3 Upper Germanic & Rhaetian Limes Maulbronn Monastery Complex Margravial Opera House Monastic Island of Reichenau Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof Pilgrimage Church of Wies Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps4 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
Natural	Messel Pit Fossil Site Ancient Beech Forests5 Wadden Sea6
1 Shared with the Czech Republic 2 Shared with Poland 3 Shared with the United Kingdom 4 Shared with Austria, France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland 5 Shared with Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine 6 Shared with the Netherlands and Denmark 7 Shared with Austria and Slovakia 8 Shared with France, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Italy, UK

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Bibliography Resources about Martin Luther
Works	Ninety-five Theses (1517) Sermon on Indulgences and Grace (1518) To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (1520) On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520) On the Freedom of a Christian (1520) Against Henry, King of the English (1522) Luther Bible (1522, 1534) The Adoration of the Sacrament (1523) Formula missae (1523) Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants (1525) On the Bondage of the Will (1525) The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ—Against the Fanatics (1526) Deutsche Messe (1526) Confession Concerning Christ's Supper (1528) On War Against the Turk (1529) Small Catechism (1529) Articles of Schwabach (1529) Large Catechism (1529) Smalcald Articles (1537) On the Councils and the Church (1539) On the Jews and Their Lies (1543) Vom Schem Hamphoras (1543) Luther's Table Talk (1566) Weimar edition of Luther's works List of hymns First Lutheran hymnal (1524) Erfurt Enchiridion (1524) Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn (1524) "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (1529) "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" (1543)
Topics and events	Reformation Lutheranism Heidelberg Disputation, 1518 Leipzig Debate, 1519 Exsurge Domine, 1520 Diet of Worms, 1521 Decet Romanum Pontificem, 1521 Marburg Colloquy, 1529 Augsburg Confession, 1530 Luther's canon Theology of Martin Luther Theology of the Cross Priesthood of all believers Sola fide Sola scriptura Two kingdoms Beerwolf (1539) Law and Gospel Marian theology Eucharist in Lutheranism Sacramental union Words of Institution Antisemitism Propaganda during the Reformation Die Lügend von S. Johanne Chrysostomo (1537 edition)
People	Hans and Margarethe Luther (parents) Katharina von Bora (wife) Magdalena Luther (daughter) Paul Luther (son) Albert of Brandenburg Bartholomaeus Arnoldi Erasmus Georg Rörer Johann Cochlaeus Johann Reuchlin Johann von Staupitz Justus Jonas Karl von Miltitz Andreas Karlstadt Philip Melanchthon Pope Leo X Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick the Wise Albrecht VII. von Mansfeld
Luther sites	All Saints' Church, Wittenberg Stadtkirche Wittenberg Lutherhaus Lutherstädte Martin Luther's Birth House Martin Luther's Death House Melanchthonhaus (Wittenberg) St. Augustine's Monastery Veste Coburg (Fortress) Wartburg Castle
Film and theatre	Martin Luther (1923 film) Luther (1928 film) Martin Luther (1953 film) Luther (1961 play) Luther (1964 film) Luther (1974 film) Martin Luther, Heretic (1983 film) Luther (2003 film) Luther and I (2017 film)
Luther Monuments	Luther Monument, Washington D.C. Luther Monument, Worms
Related	Luther rose Theologia Germanica

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