Photo: Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-AnhaltView of the northern side of the Luther House in WittenbergThe building was built by the Augustinian Hermits from 1504 to 1507. Luther lived and worked here from 1508 until his death; following their marriage in 1525, Katharina von Bora joined him here. She gave her husband the ‘Katharinenportal’ (Catherine’s door) for his fifty-seventh birthday. The heirs sold the house to the University of Wittenberg in 1564. The Lutheran seminary began to use the building in 1816; in 1834, a charity school was set up on the ground floor. The Luther House has been used as a museum since 1883.

Permanent exhibition about Luther's life in Wittenberg

The biographical presentation on the ground floor and first floor offers a concise overview of Luther's biography, with a focus on the years 1512-45. Aside from a few exceptions, the exhibition contains only original objects from the sixteenth century. Highlights include Luther’s pulpit from the parish church (St. Mary’s) and a monk’s habit, which he could have worn at the Diet of Worms. The Luther room provides the centrepiece of the tour; for the most part, it was left in its original form after the house was sold to the university in 1565.