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Renaissance building where Phillip Melanchton lived and worked.
The Melanchthonhaus is a writer's house museum in the German town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. It is a Renaissance building with late Gothic arched windows and the broad-tiered gables. It includes the study of the influential Protestant Reformer Philipp Melanchthon, who lived there with his family. In 1954 the house became a museum on Melanchthon's life and work displaying paintings, prints and manuscripts by him and his contemporaries. In 1996, the building became a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with sites associated with Melanchthon's contemporary Martin Luther in Witternberg and Eisleben because of their religious significance and the lasting, global influence of Protestantism.
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Historic university, opened in 1502, closed in 1817. Today used as a congress center for scientists.
The largest museum of the Protestant Reformation worldwide. Where else would you expect to find it?
Town Church
The oldest building in the town, with an altar painted by Lucas Cranach.
City hall built in 1535, rebuilt almost completely in 1926-28. Changing exhibitions. Memorials with statues of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon in the town square.
This museum documents the life as it was during the socialist years after WW II until the 1980s.
Castle Church
Where Luther allegedly posted his 95 Theses. Martin Luther and his fellow reformer, Philipp Melanchthon are buried inside.