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Augsburg

  • St. Anna Church
    St. Anna Church
    St. Anna Church contains the so-called "Lutherstiege", where Martin Luther slept during his time in Augsburg. St. Anna also features valuable paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
     

Erfurt

  • Augustinerkloster (Augustinian monastery)
    Augustinerkloster (Augustinian monastery)
    Martin Luther lived in the Augustinerkloster as a monk from 1505 to 1511. The monastery complex houses an important library with rare books and a permanent exhibition about the life of Luther.
     
  • Barfüßerkirche (Blackfriar's Church)
    Barfüßerkirche (Blackfriar's Church)
    The "church of the barefooted" blackfriars is one of the greatest examples of German ecclesiastical architecture of the 14th and 15th centuries. The church also contains Erfurt’s oldest surviving stained glass windows.
     

Heidelberg

 
 

Recommended Reading


Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
cover

The German People and the Reformation
cover

Sensuous Worship: Jesuits and the Art of the Early Catholic Reformation in Germany
cover

 

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