"Lutherstadt Wittenberg, DE" Lutherstadt Wittenberg by dromosapien

Rathaus

- city hall

constructed: 1523-1541
architect: Konrad Krebs (1492-1540)
location: Markt 26

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Lutherstadt Wittenberg, population: 50,000 - Elbe river city where Martin Luther (1483-1546) lived his adult life

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Schlossturm, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany 2011

- castle tower

constructed: c. 1340
builder: Rudolf I (1284-1356)
reconstructed: 1493-1496
architect: Hans von Torgau (1460-1520)
location: Schloßstraße

Schlosskirche Turm, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, DE 201

- tower of the castle church where the Protestant Reformation began when Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses, 31 October 1517

constructed: 1490-1511
architect: Conrad Pflüger (c. 1450-1507)
builder: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525)
restored: 1883-1892
height: 88 meters / 289 feet
location: Schlossplatz