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Eisleben and Wittenberg: Martin Luther
These places in Saxony-Anhalt are all associated with the lives of Martin Luther and his fellow-reformer Melanchthon. They include Melanchthon's house in Wittenberg, the houses in Eisleben where Luther was born in 1483 and died in 1546, his room in Wittenberg, the local church and the castle church where, on 31 October 1517, Luther posted his famous '95 Theses', which launched the Reformation and a new era in the religious and political history of the Western world.
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Place/region:
Eisleben,
Wittenberg,
Germany,
Europe
Series: NHK World Heritage 100
Type: Documentary
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Publisher: NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation; UNESCO TV
Coproducer/sponsor: UNESCO WHC
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Rights: NHK; UNESCO TV
Series: NHK World Heritage 100
Type: Documentary
Duration:
Production and personalities:
Publisher: NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation; UNESCO TV
Coproducer/sponsor: UNESCO WHC
Published in:
Rights: NHK; UNESCO TV
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