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Luther stayed in Eisenach for 10 months (1521- bridge of Europe flanked on both sides by houses
On the traces of Luther and 22), when dedicated himself to the most impor- with facades on a reticular structure, similar to
the Ponte Vecchio of Florence and the only one
Medieval Germany tant opera: the translation of the New Will in of this type in the north of the Alps. Erfurt is also
German language, reinterpreting the translation
5 days from Greek to Latin that was completed by Eras- called “city of towers”because of the big number
mo of Rotterdam not many years before. of churches, chapels and monasteries.
In the past the city and its University (in the XVIII
Martin Luther was a German monk who in the century was the biggest university of Germany)
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first half of the XVI century, straddling between 3 Day: Eisenach - Erfurt (75 km0 were attractions for illustrating persons like Lu-
the Middle Age and the modern Age, have After the breakfast, a visit of the Wartburg Cas- ther, who here was studying and became monk.
moved a big religious and cultural process, called tle, declared a UNESCO patrimony of the human- Accommodation in hotel, dinner and overnight.
ity, rises on the top of the hill at 441 meters ASL
protestant Reform. Invited to retract his thesis dominating the entire landscape of the Thuring-
and his critical positions against Rome, Luther ian Forest and represents one of the highest and 4 Day: Erfurt - Eisleben - Wittenberg (200 km)
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didn’t take the invitation and in the 1521 was ex- most waste examples of European fortificated Breakfast and departure to Lutherstadt (city of
communicated by heresy from the pope Leone X. architecture of the Middle Age. Luther) Eisleben, the birth city of the religious
The Christian confession based on his theological Museums: besides the Museum of Luther, there reformer where can be visite the Birth house, Business Proposals in Germany
doctrine is called Lutheranism. is also the one that is dedicated to the compos- the Church of the Saints Peter and Paul where
er Johann Sebastian Bach who was born here in he was baptized and the House where he died,
1 Day: Nuremberg Eisenach in the family of German most famous declared by UNESCO patrimonies of humanity.
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A guided visit of the “Free city” Nuremberg that musicians in the period, till the point that the sur- Proceeding to Wittenberg, an antique medieval
was the center of the medieval German world. name “Bach” in Thuringia became synonymous duchy of the Sacred Roman Empire. Lunch in a
We will start with a panoramic tour by bus pass- restaurant. The Lutherstadt Wittenberg is the
ing through the Reichsparteigelande, a place of “musician”. Third museum id the Automobile most important city for the protestants, it was
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where hold the parades of the Nazi party and Welt Eisenach. In the 1896 was founded here in exactly there where Luther the 31 October
the Cemetery of S. Johannis, where rests the fa- Eisenach one of the first car factories in Germany, 1517 opened his famous 95 thesis on the main
mous painter Albrecht Durer. The visit proceeds where until the second world war, between them gate of Schlosskirche, against the selling of the
to the streets of Nuremberg, meeting the two were constructed some models of the BMW and indulgences, a fact that was taken this date like a
main squares, the Saint Lorenzo square and the during the 40 years of the DDR (until 1991) the beginning of the protestant Reform.
homonymous Church and the Market Square, famous car “Wartburg”. Today is a very modern Guided visit of the village: the Schlosskirche, the
where stands the Frauenkirche (the church of our factory of Opel that continues the tradition of Historische Drucjerstube gallery that is a part
Madonna) and on which center rises the fountain the car production. og the court complex of Cranachhofe. You can
of Schoenen Brunnen (beautiful fountain). Then Proceeding to Erfurt that will conquer us with admire sketches of antique aspect in black and
we proceed to the Municipality palace and we the medieval charm. Lunch in a restaurant and in white of Martin Luther, also printed by hand.
will climb to Kaiserburg (the medieval fortress), Accommodation in a hotel, dinner and overnight.
passing in front of the house of the artist Albre- the afternoon guided visit of the city. Erfurt has
one of the medieval centers that are conserved
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cht Durer and the Church of Saint Sebaldus. In in a best way of entire Germany. It is famous be- 5 Day: Wittenberg
the evening accommodation in hotel, dinner and Breakfast and last walk of shopping before de-
overnight. cause of its antique and luxurious rooms, for the parting to the return at home.
famous Kramerbrucke ( of the 1325), the longest
2 Day: Nuremberg - Coburg - Smalcalda - Ei-
nd
senach (250 km)
Breakfast and departure to the antique and aris-
tocratic city Coburg, considered a center of the
German nobility with the big artistic and cultural
treasures, noble residences, fortresses and cas-
tles. A visit of the mighty Veste, one of the big-
gest medieval fortresses of Germany.
In the “Veste of Cobur” Martin Luther has passed
2 months of his life and dedicated himself to the
writing of 120 letters.
In the waste complex rise up some beautiful ed-
ifices: the Furstenbau (the prince’s palace) from
the XVI century, with a chapel dedicated to Mar-
tin Luther, who found shelter there in the 1530,
the Hohes haus, the Herzoginbau (the Duchess
palace) , that guards a rich collection of carriages
and sleds, and two towers, the Blauer Turm and 343
Roter Turm. You must also visit the Steinerne
Kemenate, that inside conserves the room of Lu-
ther with the famous portrait of the father of the
protestant reform.
Lunch and in the afternoon departure to Schmal-
kalden, another characteristic town for its ex-
traordinary half-timbered houseswhere Luther
preached in the Church of Saint Georg and pub-
lished the famous Articles of Smalcalda. Pro-
ceeding until Eisenach, one of the main centers
of the protestant reform. Accommodation in a
hotel, dinner and overnight. Erfurt
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