Melanchthonhaus (Wittenberg)
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The Melanchthonhaus is a writer's house museum in the German town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. It is a
Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...
building with late Gothic arched windows and the broad-tiered gables. It includes the study of the influential
Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...
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
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along with sites associated with Melanchthon's contemporary
Martin Luther Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...
in Witternberg and Eisleben because of their religious significance and the lasting, global influence of Protestantism.


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Melanchthonhaus Wittenberg

The Melanchthonhaus in Wittenberg and its owners
{{Authority control Houses completed in the 16th century Buildings and structures in Wittenberg Martin Luther World Heritage Sites in Germany Biographical museums in Germany Literary museums in Germany Museums established in 1954