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First mentioned in 1180 and chartered in 1293, it was the residence of the Ascanian dukes and electors of Saxony from 1212 until it passed, with electoral Saxony, to the house of Wettin in 1423.
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Travel Saxony on the trail of the Reformation in Dresden, Freiberg, Grimma, Torgau, Leipzig and the Luther Trail.
The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century began under the protection of the electors of Saxony – in 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses at the castle church of Wittenberg. The electorate remained a focal point of religious strife throughout the Reformation and to the subsequent Thirty Years' War .
From Leipzig to Renaissance beauty Torgau, explore Saxony on the Reformation trail and follow in the footsteps of the Protestant reformer Martin Luther.
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
The official name is Lutherstadt Wittenberg for its close connection of the town with Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map.
Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III, “the Wise” (1463–1525, r. 1486–1525), during the early Reformation.
