500 Jahre Reformation
Luther Decade
Half-time of the Luther decade
Luther's posting of the theses on October 31st, 1517, is the key date of the Reformation. It was the beginning of a movement that has left its traces all over the world and continues until today. A countdown, the Luther decade, is running since 2008 until the 500th anniversary of this event, During ten theme years the meaning of the Reformation, then and today, will be explored anew. more
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06.05.2013
In time for the closing of the 34th German Evangelical Church Congress, the artist Petra Beiße finished her 16 square metre portrait of Luther.
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04.05.2013
A thoroughly successful “Forum Reformation” closed on Saturday evening with the Evening Blessing on Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz.
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03.05.2013
The Church Congress in Hamburg, blessed with much sunshine and happy visitors, attracts an international audience. Young and old meet in Hamburg, also at the “Forum Reformation”.
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02.05.2013
Bernhard Naumann, who impersonates Luther, invites the interested Church Congress audience to visit the places where the Reformer worked and lived in Central Germany.
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01.05.2013
A short walk away from the City Hall Square, the installation of the “Forum Reformation” is now complete. Protagonists of the Luther Decade and the Reformation anniversary 2017, representing both tourism and the church will present themselves on the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz.
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Hammerschlag mit Folgen: Reformationsfeiern im Wandel der Zeit
Am 31. Oktober 1517, so will es die Legende, schlug Martin Luther seine 95 Ablassthesen mit dem Hammer an die Tür der Wittenberger Schlosskirche. Wie wurde im Lauf der Jahrhunderte an den Beginn der...
Luther2017 on the German Evangelical Church Congress
The Luther Decade will be represented on the German Evangelical Church Congress in Hamburg. Both tourist facilities and institutions of the church provide a varied perspective on the coming theme...
Theme year 2013 - Reformation and Tolerance
"Here I stand, I can do no other ..." This sentence, attributed to Luther, summarises the Reformer's claim of having a standpoint against all authorities and principles of his time....
