The first photo is the statue of Katharina von Bora, Luther's wife, which sits in the courtyard of the monastary that later became the Luther home in Wittenberg.
Second is the monastary that was given to Luther to live in after it was no longer a monastary.
Third is a deck of cards, handdrawn, that have no relation to anything Luther but I thought they were cool. They were in the Melanchthon house museum.
Fourth is the Melanchthon house, which, like the monastary/Luther house, was used for several things after the Reformation 'heroes' were no longer living, so they have little left from those times, although parts have been reconstructed to look that way, and they are both now museums of Lutheran things and also simply things from that time period (hence the aforementioned deck of cards).
Fifth is the place where Luther is said to have burned the Papal bull to excommunicate him. Legend says a tree was planted in that spot, however the tree in the photo is not the same tree, the original tree is no longer alive. So the true significance of the spot is left to the beholder.
Six and seven are exterior views of the church Luther preached in during this time, and eight is the interior of the same building.
Nine and ten are the city's statues of Luther and Melanchthon, respectively.
Nine and ten are the city's statues of Luther and Melanchthon, respectively.
Eleven is just the repavement of a street, but I've never seen anyone paving a street with cobblestone before so I took a photo.
Twelve is the exterior of the castle church where the 95 Theses were nailed, which is what thirteen is a photo of. They said those are the same doors to which the Theses were nailed, but clearly they did something to them, overlaid them or something (with what I think was a list of the Theses, but as you can see there is a fence so you can't get too close).
Fourteen and fifteen are the actual locations of Melanchthon and Luther's burials, inside the castle church, Luther nearly under the place where one would preach from, Melanchthon on the opposite side of the center aisle.
The last two photos are the stained glass at the back of the castle church, and then a view of the inside of the castle church.
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