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| Tourist info | 49 (0)3491 4986-10 lutherstadt-wittenberg.de | |
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The former residence and university town of Saxony Lutherstadt Wittenberg was due to the work of Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon and others the cradle of the Reformation, which began there with the 95 theses of Luther in 1517. The largely undestroyed city in Saxony-Anhalt can still come up with the city church, the castle church with theses door, the Lutherhaus, the Melanchthonhaus, Cranachhöfe and other buildings with original scenes of the life and work of the reformers. The sites of the Reformation are UNESCO world cultural heritage.
background
Wittenberg, strategically located on a crossing of the Elbe, had been the royal seat of the dukes and electors of Saxony-Wittenberg since the 13th century. This title passed to the House of Wettin in 1422 when the Saxon Ascanians died out. As the residence of one of seven electors in the Holy Roman Empire, Wittenberg, supported by a university, was in a prominent position, comparable in status to Heidelberg and Prague. Even after the partition of Saxony, Wittenberg remained the residence of the Ernestine princes who held the electoral dignity.
Against this background, the theses of the Wittenberg theology professor Martin Luther against the sale of indulgences and the splendor of the Roman Church had weight. Under the protective hand of Elector Friedrich the Wise, the Reformation, which began as an academic dispute, was able to spread across Germany. The golden years of Wittenberg followed: the university where Luther and Melanchthon taught was extremely popular - almost every second student in Germany at the time also studied in Wittenberg. The city was buzzing because the students brought a lot of money into the city. Book printing and publishing flourished, the patrician and painter family Cranach supplied the young Protestant church with paintings.
The loss of the electoral dignity to the cousins of the Albertine line of the Wettins in Dresden in 1547 ushered in the gradual decline of the city and university, at the beginning of the 17th century the Thirty Years' War did the rest. Wittenberg also lost its leading position scientifically. In the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), Wittenberg was initially conquered by Prussian troops. After several days of siege in October 1760, Wittenberg was captured by the Imperial Army, the army of the Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire. The damage caused by this siege, which was associated with massive shelling, was to remain the worst war damage in Wittenberg to this day. For example, the castle with the castle church and the original thesis door were lost.
By order of Napoleon I, the city was restored as a fortress in 1813 under Marshal Victor. Blocked by Lieutenant General von Kleist's corps from March 26th to April 20th, it was enclosed by Bülow's corps after the battle of Dennewitz (September 6th) and stormed in the night of January 12th to 13th, 1814. Later it developed into an industrial location. Lutherstadt Wittenberg is today the district town of the district of the same name. The Luther memorials have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.
getting there
| Distances | |
| Berlin | 99 km |
|---|---|
| Magdeburg | 84 km |
| Hall | 79 km |
| Leipzig | 71 km |
| Potsdam | 71 km |
| Dessau | 34 km |
By plane
Lutherstadt Wittenberg lies roughly in the middle between the Berlin Brandenburg Airport
(IATA: BER) and the Leipzig / Halle Airport(IATA: LEJ). Wittenberg can be reached by rail from both airports every hour.
By train
Lutherstadt Wittenberg Central Station is long-distance traffic stop on the Berlin - Leipzig or Halle route. ICE and IC trains stop to Berlin, Hamburg, Stralsund / Binz, Leipzig, Munich, Frankfurt / Main. The names drifted for a long time. Since December 2016 it has been the “main” railway station. Landside and colloquially it has been called that for a long time. The access road is called At the Central station, also many signs call it that.
There is a RE connection from Berlin Central Station every two hours. Trains run every two hours from Leipzig (S 2) and Halle (S 8) Bitterfeld. In addition, a regional train runs every hour Annaburg or. Falkenberg (Elster) and after Dessau. Rail traffic direction Bad Schmiedeberg is limited to a few weekends in summer.
The Wittenberg main station is about one to one and a half kilometers east of the city center. The new reception building was opened on December 9, 2016, the second climate-neutral one in Germany. Travelers will find a bakery, a magazine shop, a Deutsche Bahn information desk, toilets and charging options for mobile devices (USB). The area around the station was redesigned to mark the anniversary of the Reformation, creating park ride areas and charging stations for e-bikes and electric cars.
- 1 Lutherstadt Wittenberg Central Station, At the main station 1.
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Other traffic stops are:
- 2 Lutherstadt Wittenberg-Altstadt stop. Located on the route to Dessau, with regional trains every hour. The train station is only a few hundred meters south of the old town and offers parking for cars and bicycle boxes.
- 3 Lutherstadt Wittenberg-Piesteritz stop. Also located on the route to Dessau. It is located on the northeastern edge of the Piesteritz industrial estate and can therefore be of interest to visitors. Danger: The Piesteritz stop, which was newly established in August 2015, is located on Pestalozzistraße and replaces the Wittenberg-West and Piesteritz stations that are still shown in the city maps, where trains no longer stop.
- Other stops for local trains are Wittenberg-Labetz on the route to Falkenberg and Pratau on the route to Bitterfeld.
By bus
Long-distance buses do not go to Wittenberg (as of August 2018).
Regional buses to the surrounding area have their node on the west side of the main station.
In the street
The A 9 (Berlin – Munich) past the city. Relevant departures are 
6 Little Marzehns, 7 Köselitz and 8 Coswig. The last-mentioned exit leads to the B 187, which leads through Wittenberg and there the B 2 Berlin–Leipzig crosses.
Wittenberg is on the Fürstenstrasse of the Wettins.
By boat
Due to its direct location on the Elbe, Lutherstadt Wittenberg has two landing stages for passenger shipping. Trips with the MS Lutherstadt Wittenberg offered by the UNESCO Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve, among others. The 4 Elbhafen landing stage is located behind the Elbe business park (near OBI hardware store). River cruises also land here. The 5 Kleinwittenberg jetty, Road On the Elbe, serves river cruises.
By bicycle
Wittenberg is the hub for several national and international long-distance cycle routes:
- the Elbe cycle path (also D10) leads from the source on the north-east bank of the river in to Wittenberg, further west there are two variants of the cycle path, one on each bank.
- the European cycle route R1 (also referred to as D3 in Germany), coming from North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony across Germany, leads from resin out to Wittenberg and then continue in the direction Berlin.
- the EuroVelo-Route 7 runs on the same route as the R1 coming from Berlin, parallel to the Elbe cycle path further south, over Prague to Austria and across Italy
- the Berlin-Leipzig cycle path
On foot
The Luther Trail Saxony-Anhalt begins and ends in Wittenberg at the Lutherhaus in Collegienstraße and leads over the Collegien- / Schlossstraße to the west out of the city center, then uses the underpass under the railway and leads together with the Elbe Cycle Path via Piesteritz Coswig. From the other direction, the Lutherweg reaches the city over the Elbe bridge.
mobility
The old town, which is important for tourism, is compact and easy to explore on foot. In parts of the old town there is medieval cat's head plaster, a high-heel killer.
There are three bus routes in the city of Wittenberg. Other bus lines with stops in the city area run to the surrounding area. The central transfer point for bus and train travelers is the bus station at the station forecourt with direct barrier-free access to the main station. City traffic is of limited importance for visitors, as the relatively small size of the old town, where most of the sights and hotels are concentrated, and the flat terrain, make getting around on foot not a problem. In addition, the buses only run during off-peak times and on weekends upon prior request On-call bus) by phone: 49-8000-366910 or fax 49-3494-3842160, or email: [email protected]. There is no transport association with the train.
Tourist Attractions
Lutherstadt Wittenberg is one of the most visited cities in the state today and is also internationally known. The largely preserved historic old town within the former fortification belt has retained its historical charm with its numerous Renaissance buildings and the original places of activity of the reformers and sites of the Reformation. Lutherhaus, Melanchthon-Haus, town and castle church are part of the UNESCO world cultural heritage Luther memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg.
Churches
- 1 Castle Church, Palace Square (Access via the castle courtyard and a visitor center). Tel.: 49(0)3491-402585, Email: [email protected]. Built by the Saxon Elector Friedrich the Wise 1489-1509 on the foundations of an older church as a palace and university church; To the north is the door on which Luther is said to have posted his famous 95 theses on October 31, 1517. Inside the graves of, among others, Luther, Melanchthon and the Electors Friedrich the Wise and John the Steadfast. The church and the thesis door were destroyed in 1760 and restored in the 19th century or rebuilt as the Hall of Fame of the Reformation. Interior from the 19th century. With statues and portrait medallions of reformers, coats of arms of Protestant territories and cities.Open: Easter to October Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Sundays from 11.30 a.m.). November to Easter until 4 p.m.Price: € 2, guided tours € 4, limited access to the tower.
- 2 City Church of St. Mary, church Square. The oldest surviving structure in Wittenberg, today's external appearance approx. 1450. In this church, the Protestant Last Supper was held for the first time at Christmas 1521 in both forms enough. After an iconoclasm in 1522, the interior is from the years after the Reformation. Reformation altar by both Lukas Cranach 1547, with triptych, depicting the sacraments of the Last Supper, baptism and confession. There are other Cranach paintings in the church, including the Eberepitaph (vineyard). On the outside of the southeast corner inscription and relief ("Judensau"). The two striking towers house a tower keeper's apartment that was inhabited until 1945.Open: Visitors from Easter to October daily 10 am-6pm (Sun. from approx. 1130), Nov to Easter Tue-Sun 10 am-4pm (Sun. from approx. 1130).Price: Free entry for single travelers, daily 3 p.m. guided tours € 4.
- 3 Corpus Christi Chapel
- 4 Christ Church. The third church, which characterizes the more extensive cityscape of Wittenberg, is located in Kleinwittenberg, outside the old town. Neo-Renaissance and Historicism, 19th century
- 5 Catholic Church "Immaculate Conception", Mayor Street. Tel.: (0)3491 628 58 10. Yes there is. Also in Wittenberg. It's hardly bigger than a town house and almost overrun by the nearby multi-storey car park at the mall, but it's there. The Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception. Simple neo-Gothic brick building from the first half of the 19th century.
Castles and palaces
- 6 Residential palace, Schlossplatz 1. With the associated castle church of All Saints. Built from 1490 to 1525 as a residence for the Elector Frederick the Wise on the foundations of the old Askanierburg in the Renaissance style. No longer needed as a residence since 1547, it had various uses, widow's seat, seat of state administrations or the military. After the destruction in the Seven Years War in 1760, only partially or simplified rebuilt, a renewed renovation was completed in 2017. The castle houses the seminary. On the mezzanine floor next to the visitor center, some rooms with exhibition boards on the history of the Reformation.
Buildings
- Luther House (Location see museums), Collegienstrasse 54. Founded in 1504 as an Augustinian monastery for monks who helped build the newly founded university, including Martin Luther temporarily since 1508 and permanently since 1511. After the dissolution of the monastery in 1521, residence and since 1524 private residence of the Luther family, who sold it to the university after Luther's death. The university changed the interior of the building with the exception of the living room. After the university closed in the 19th century, it was converted into a Reformation museum.Open: see museums.
- 7 Augusteum, Collegienstrasse 54. Extension of the university to the street, built in 1582. Today used for changing exhibitions.Open: dep. from the respective exhibition.
- Melanchthon House (Location see museums), Collegienstrasse 60. Considered one of the most beautiful town houses in Wittenberg and was the residence of Philipp Melanchthon and his family.Open: see museums.
- 8 Leucorea, Collegienstrasse 62. University founded in 1502. After the university closed in 1815, the aging building was converted into an infantry barracks. Today used by the Leucorea - Foundation under public law at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg for conferences, seminars and research.Open: courtyard freely accessible; Building not public.
- 9 town hall, Market 26. The town hall building, built from 1523 to 1543 in the Renaissance style, emulates the size and shape of the castle and manifests the civic pride of the citizens who have become rich through the residence, university and the Reformation. Today, among other things, exhibition rooms of the Christian Art Foundation (see exhibitions).
- 10 Cranach courtyards
- 11 Former Franciscan monastery
- 12 Armory(see museums)
- 13 Luther-Melanchthon-Gymnasium (Hundertwasser School). The only school in Germany that was rebuilt according to the plans of the late architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Monuments
- 14 Martin Luther Memorial, market. Bronze statue by Gottfried Schadow with canopy by Schinkel, erected in 1821; Luther larger than life with an open Bible in hand. First statue of a non-noble man in Germany at the time.
- 15 Melanchthon monument, market. With the role of the Augsburg Confession in hand.
- 16 Bugenhagen memorial (in the church square).
- 17 Katharina von Bora monument (in front of the Luther House).
Museums
- 18 Luther House, Collegienstrasse 54. Tel.: (0)3491 4203118, Email: [email protected]. Built as an Augustinian monastery in 1504, Luther lived here as a monk intermittently from 1508 and permanently from 1511. After the dissolution of the monastery and Luther's family founded in 1525, the house was donated to Luther as private property by Elector Johann. Luther lived here until his death, after which his heirs continued for about 20 years. Then use and renovation by the university, since 1815 it has been gradually converted into a memorial. The living room has largely been preserved in its original form, otherwise the museum on the history of the Reformation and Luther's life and work. Outstanding objects are the wooden pulpit from the town church, painting of the 10 Commandments panel by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Luther's letter to Karl V (Unesco world heritage site).Open: April 1 to October 31, daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from November 1st to March 31st, Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Price: Entry € 8, reduced rate € 6, schoolchildren € 5, family ticket € 14, combined ticket for Melanchthonhaus and Lutherhaus € 10.
- 19 Melanchthon House, Collegienstrasse 60. Tel.: (0)3491 4203110, Fax: (0)3491 4203270, Email: [email protected]. With an exhibition about the reformer Philipp Melanchthon, who lived and died in this house. The university built the building for Melanchthon in 1536 to tie him to Wittenberg.Open: April 1 to October 31, daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from November 1st to March 31st, Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Price: Admission € 6, reduced € 4, family ticket € 14, combined ticket for Melanchthonhaus and Lutherhaus for € 10.
The Cranach courtyards are the places of activity of Lucas Cranach the Elder. and his descendants.
- 20 Cranach's world, Market 4. Tel.: (0)3491-420 1911, Email: [email protected]. Multimedia and vivid exhibition on the diverse work of Cranach as a painter, printer, pharmacist, businessman, entrepreneur, on his paintings and their creation, painting techniques, color mixtures.Open: daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Sun. from 1 p.m.), closed on Mondays from Nov-April.Price: Admission 5 €, reduced 4 €.
- In the Cranach-Hof Schloßstraße 1, a historic printer's shop can be viewed Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- 21 House of History, Schlossstrasse 6. The museum gives insights into life in the GDR.Open: Daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Price: Admission for adults is € 6, reduced € 4.50. A family card costs € 15 (as of March 2013).
- 22 City History Museum, Arsenalplatz 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 3491 43 24 455..New museum, which is located in the armory. You can see archival and urban history collections as well as natural and ethnographic collections of the w: Julius Riemer.Price: € 7 (entire museum of the municipal collections and monastery church).
- 23 Asisi panometer (Luther 1517), Lutherstrasse 42. Tel.: (0)3491 6434-700, Email: [email protected]. In the absence of a gasometer, the 360-degree Wittenberg panorama by the panorama painter Yadegar Asisi, which shows Wittenberg in Luther's time, is housed in a functional building for a planned 5 years until 2022.Open: daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., last entry 5:30 p.m.Price: Adults € 11, € 9 reduced, € 4 children up to 16 years
- 24 Futurea, Markt 25, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: (0)3491 432700. Interactive science center with clear chemical experiments to present the Czech Agrofert group, which also owns the nitrogen works in Piesteritz. Housed in an exemplary renovated Renaissance house.Open: daily 10 am-6pm (Apr-Oct), Tue-Sun 10 am-6pm (Nov-Mar).Price: 5 €.
Parks
Wittenberg's surroundings are extremely green. The Fläming ridge borders the city in the north, and the Elbe-Elster region joins it in the east. The Düben Heath is now a nature park and is located south of Lutherstadt.
- The former fortress belt around the old town has been preserved as a green belt that completely surrounds the old town and offers a quiet oasis with its ponds and tall trees.
- 25 Luther Garden. In the former fortress belt, between the castle and the Elbtor, laid out since 2009, where 500 trees are to be planted by churches from all over the world on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by 2017 and to form the Luther rose from the air. There are currently 332 trees (as of August 2016).Open: Freely accessible.
- Alaris Butterfly Park Wittenberg. The park is located west of Wittenberg.Open: Daily, in summer (March 15 to October 1) from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and in winter from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Price: The entrance fees for adults are: € 7, schoolchildren and students € 5 and children € 4 (as of 2012).
- The City forest is around 5 km from the city center.
various
- 26 Luther oak. In the east of the old town, east of the former Elstertor, outside the medieval city, you will find the Luther oak at the location where Martin Luther burned the Pope's bull in 1520. The original tree was felled by the French in 1813. The current one was planted in 1830.Open: freely accessible.
- Tube water. The medieval city was supplied with water via open channels (in the course of the streets of Coswiger Strasse and Schlossstrasse and on the market, they were exposed again as a design element when the pedestrian zone was laid out). Creeks flowed into these, which at the same time absorbed sewage. Even at the time, this was not reasonable for everyone, so that some patrician families pooled money for their own water supply from a spring north of the city. The water was (and is) conducted into the city in wooden pipes (hence the name) and had outlets in a dozen private properties (can still be seen in Beyerhof Markt 5, in Cranachhof Schlosstr. 1, or in Weberhof (Schlossstr. 10 ). There are also tube water fountains in the courtyard of the Luther and Melanchthon House; both were given their connection for free. Public fountains can be found at the Holzmarkt, among other places. The water is of unchanged good quality and can be enjoyed safely no drinking water have their reason not in the good quality of the water for almost 500 years, but in the lack of monitoring of this oldest still in operation water supply in Central Europe.
activities
Theater and cinema
- 1 Central cinema Wittenberg, Sternstrasse 12/13.
- Summer cinema events. In the open air at the Cranachhöfe.
- 2 Clack theater, Market 1. Small travesty variety show in the heart of the city.
Bathing lakes and indoor swimming pools
- The Wittenberg swimming pool in Möllendorfer Straße has been in a new guise since 2012. In addition to a bathing area, there is also a newly designed sauna area.
- The bathing area is open Tuesday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. for early swimmers, Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The pool is open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. During the school holidays, the pool is open every day from 10 a.m.
- The entry price for the swimming pool for two hours is € 4 (reduced € 3), or € 7.50 for a day ticket (reduced € 5). Friday is hot bathing day and the entrance fee is one euro higher. The sauna day ticket costs € 12 from Monday to Friday, otherwise € 13.50 (reduced € 7 or € 8) (as of March 2013).
- The Elbe meadows outside the city also invite you to sunbathe in summer.
Events
The city regularly celebrates the on the second weekend in June Luther wedding in memory of the marriage between Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora in 1525. The festival, one of the largest street festivals in Central Germany with a medieval market, concerts and a pageant, runs from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. Parts of the city center are cordoned off and can only be entered as an event area with an entry ticket (an embossed porcelain medallion). Entry 10 € (2018).
guides
There is a wide selection of city tours in Wittenberg, some of them lavishly staged and with colorful historical costumes. Guided tours are aimed at both groups and individual tourists. The Tourist information.
shop
The main shopping streets in the old town are the streets Schlossstraße and Coswiger Straße between the castle and the market, with some restrictions also the eastern continuation of Collegienstraße and Jüdenstraße to Neustraße. They are mostly small shops with a mixed range of clothing (at least in the sixth generation in the Schneider department store on the market), shoes, handicrafts, souvenirs, bookstores, antiques and everyday goods, some retail chains, some owner-managed retailers.
The focus on typical regional products and souvenirs is everything with Luther… begins, regardless of its physical state: Lutherbrodt, Luthernudeln, Luthersocks (here I stand ..., even in Arabic), Luther liqueur, Luther roses, the selection expanded until the Luther year 2017.
The usual mix of chain stores is concentrated in the arsenal, a two-story shopping mall in the north of the old town. The mall is hidden behind facades that try not to overwhelm the historical surroundings. The mall itself, which stretches over three blocks between Coswiger Straße, Bürgermeisterstraße and Mauerstraße, however, crushes the surrounding shopping streets, which is why the construction was highly controversial in the city up to the opening in 2012 and in some cases still is.
Large-scale retail with grocery, DIY and furniture stores can be found on the arteries to the north (B 2 towards Potsdam) and west (B 187 towards Piesteritz).
kitchen
Wittenberg specialties are the Wittenberger Kuckucksbier (a dark beer), the Wittenberger Quarkkrempel, bacon cake and the Luther bread.
Cheap
- 1 Culinela, Mittelstrasse 16, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49(03491) 4591142, Email: [email protected]. Soups, simple snacks, cakes. Good price-performance ratio.Open: Mo-Fr 11-18, Sa, Su 12-18.
- 2 Café poppy, Kirchplatz 9, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491) 506650, Fax: 49(0)3491 506650, Email: [email protected]. small freshly prepared snacks and cakes.Open: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., closed on Tuesdays.
- 3 WittenBurger, Markt 15, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49(0)3491) 8763113. All kinds of burgers, freshly made.
medium
- 4 Athos, Am Alten Bahnhof 1, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49(0)3491 414080. Greek restaurant.
- 5 Brewery, Markt 6, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Customer parking lot at Wallstrasse 7 at the rear of the building). Tel.: 49(0)3491 433134. In the historic patrician courtyard ("Beyerhof") located restaurant with accommodation in a rustic ambience. Own brewery in the guest room, with guided tours on request. Hearty German cuisine, in the summer beer garden in the courtyard, popular with locals and tourists alike.Open: daily from 9 a.m. to evening.
- 6 Castello, Schloßstraße 3, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49(0)3491 414547. Standard Italian.
- 7 Farm economy, Schloßstraße 1, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg (in the Cranach-Hof). Tel.: 49(0)3491 459682, Email: [email protected]. In addition to the range of dishes, very tasty cakes and pies.Open: during the week from 2 p.m., Sat./Sun. from 12, closed on Mondays.
- 8 Cabin 7, Dessauer Strasse 93, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49(0)3491 6953500.
- 9 Mediterraneo, Schloßstraße 33, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49(0)3491 480960. Greek and Italian cuisine.
- 10 Taj Mahal, Coswiger Strasse 24, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49(0)3491 505110. Indian food; praised.Open: 11-23.
- 11 Wittenberg Potato House, Schlossstrasse 2, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49(0)3491) 411290. Solid, good and inexpensive home-style cooking in a rustic atmosphere. Mostly very full, so order in advance.Open: daily 11 a.m. - midnight.
- 12 Market 9, Markt 9, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 671 9336. upscale cuisine in a bistro atmosphere.Open: from 10 a.m. (Sun. from 1130 a.m.).
- Bora restaurant, Collegienstraße 54a, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 3491 628 6565. Modern German cuisine with Mediterranean influences.Open: Mon: Closed, Tue Sun: 11: 00-18: 00, Wed-Sat: 11: 00-23: 00.
Upscale
- 13 Old Canzley, Schlossplatz 3-5, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: (0)3491 429190, Fax: (0)3491 429310, Email: [email protected]. The flagship of the Wittenberg gastronomy (and hotel business) with ambitious cuisine, which the presidents and queens occasionally visit, sits directly opposite the castle church in historical walls.Open: daily 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
nightlife
- Club Velvet (in the industrial area Piesteritz). One of the city's trendy clubs at the weekend.
- 1 Flower power, Mayor Street 21. Price: free entry.
- Bittersweet (near the castle). Stylish café and bar.
accommodation
camping
- 1 Marina Camp Elbe, Bridgehead 1, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg (on the left side of the Elbe opposite the old town). Tel.: 49 (0)3491 4540, Fax: 49 (0)3491 454199, Email: [email protected].
Cheap
- 2 youth hostel, Schlossstrasse 14-15, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 505205, Tel. Toll-free: 49 (0)3491 505206, Email: [email protected].
Cheap accommodation right in the courtyard of the castle.
- 3 Hostel Wittenberg, Hallesche Strasse 32, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Mobile: 49 (0)151 58160290, Email: [email protected].
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- 4 Hotel Acron, Am Hauptbahnhof 3, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 43320, Fax: 49 (0)3491 433219, Email: [email protected]. 62 rooms with one workplace, flat screen TV, bathroom with shower. Free WiFi and bar in the foyer.Check-in: 3:00 p.m.Check-out: 11:00 a.m.Price: Single from € 55, double from € 75.
- 5 Luther Hotel, Neustraße 7-10, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 4580, Fax: 49 (0)3491 458100, Email: [email protected].159 rooms, free WiFi, sauna for a fee, parking lot for a fee, restaurant.Check-in: 3:00 p.m.Check-out: 10:00 a.m.
- 6 Ringhotel Schwarzer Baer, Schlossstrasse 2, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 4204344, Fax: 49 (0)3491 4204345, Email: [email protected].Check-in: 3:00 p.m.Check-out: 11:00 a.m.
- 7 Wittenberg Brewery, Markt 6, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 433130, Fax: 49 (0)3491 433131, Email: [email protected].When arriving by car with a navigation device, use "Wallstraße 7" as the destination.Price: Single from € 75, double from € 95.
- 8 Cranach hostel, Schlossstrasse 1, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 698195, Email: [email protected]. The Cranach hostel is located in the former home of the Cranach family of painters, see for example Lucas Cranach the Younger, and has 26 individually furnished rooms on 3 floors. Warning: no elevator!Feature: pension.Price: single from € 65, double from € 90.
- 9 Hotel-Pension Am Schwanenteich, Töpferstrasse 1, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 402807, Fax: 49 (0)3491 459440, Email: [email protected].Feature: pension.Price: Single from € 45, double from € 88.
Upscale
- 10 Old Canzley, Schlossplatz 3-5, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 429190, Fax: 49 (0)3491 429310, Email: [email protected]. Traditional house directly at the castle church with 9 rooms. Bathroom partly with bathtub.Price: single room from € 80, double room from € 95.
- 11 Best Western City Palace, Collegienstraße 56/57, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 4250, Fax: 49 (0)3491 425100, Email: [email protected]. Hotel with 80 rooms.Check-in: 3:00 p.m.Check-out: 12:00 p.m.
Learn
- Seminary. Opened in 1817 as a replacement for the recently closed university. Here prospective pastors are prepared for their work in the form of a postgraduate college. After its completion in 2017, it will use the Wittenberg Castle.
- The Luther-Melanchthon-Gymnasium is interesting as a Hundertwasser school from the building point of view (see sights). The school itself meets the standard.
Work
The Nitrogen works Piesteritz GmbH is a chemical company in the Wittenberg district of Piesteritz. It is one of the 50 largest companies in Central Germany. At the location in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, the only agrochemical park in Germany, around 1,500 employees work on 220 hectares in over 30 companies. As in large parts of Saxony-Anhalt, there is still persistently high unemployment in Wittenberg; accordingly, employment opportunities are poor. Temporary jobs are most likely to be found in the catering industry. Due to a certain disparity between an international audience and insufficient knowledge of foreign languages, which is particularly noticeable in the service area, multilingualism is a decisive advantage.
security
- 1 Wittenberg police station, Juristenstraße 13a, 06886 Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 4690.
- 2 Wasserschutz-Polizeistation, Dessauer Str. 6A, 06886 Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 611765.
health
Hospitals
- 3 Evangelisches Krankenhaus Paul Gerhardt Stift, Paul-Gerhardt-Strasse 42-45, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 50-3000, 49 (0)3491 50-2770, 49 (0)3491 50-2772 (Notfalltelefon), Fax: 49 (0)3491 50-3100.
- 4 Alexianer Klinik Bosse Wittenberg, Hans-Lufft-Straße 5, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 4760, Fax: 49 (0)3491 476372.
Apotheken
- 5 Lucas Cranach Apotheke, Schloßstraße 1, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 402002. Geöffnet: Mo – Fr 8.00 – 18.00 Uhr, Sa 9.00 – 13.00 Uhr.
- 6 Carat-Apotheke, Teucheler Weg 2, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491-409282, Fax: 49 (0)3491-409283, Email: [email protected]. Geöffnet: Mo – Fr 8.00 – 20.00 Uhr, Sa 8.00 – 18.00 Uhr.
- 7 Apotheke am Collegienhof, Collegienstr. 74, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 49690, Fax: 49 (0)3491 496925. Geöffnet: Mo – Fr 7.30 – 19.00 Uhr, Sa 8.00 – 12.00 Uhr.
- 8 Stern pharmacy, Sternstraße 89, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 401556, Fax: 49 (0)3491 432576, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Practical advice
The prefix für Lutherstadt Wittenberg lautet 03491. Aus dem europäischen Ausland wählt man (meistens) 00493491 als Vorwahl.
The Post Code für Lutherstadt Wittenberg ist 06886. Ein Postamt befindet sich in der Wilhelm-Weber-Str. 1, am östlichem Rand der Altstadt.
- 9 Tourist information, Schlossplatz 2, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)3491 498610, Fax: 49 (0)3491 498611, Email: [email protected]. Geöffnet: Januar bis März von Montag bis Freitag von 10:00 bis 16:00 Uhr, Samstag und Sonntag von 10:00 bis 14:00 Uhr; April bis Oktober täglich von 09:00 bis 18:00 Uhr; November und Dezember von Montag bis Freitag von 10:00 bis 16:00 Uhr, Samstag und Sonntag von 10:00 bis 14:00 Uhr.
trips
- Worlitz (18 km westlich, B 2 über Pratau) - Kleinstadt mit dem Wörlitzer Park als Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO im Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich.
- Oranienbaum (20 km westlich, B 2 über Pratau) - Kleinstadt mit seinem barocken Park-, Schloss- und Stadtensemble.
- Coswig (13 km westlich, B 182) - elbabwärts gelegen; evangelische Kirche „St. Nicolai“.
- Kemberg (13 km südlich, B 2 über Eutzsch) - Städtchen am Nordrand der Düben Heath; mittelalterliche Stadtmauer, Pfarrkirche und Bürgerhäuser.
- Pretzsch (25 km südöstlich, B 182) - elbaufwärts gelegene Kleinstadt; Renaissanceschloss aus dem 16. Jahrhundert.
- Jessen (26 km südöstlich, B 187) - Städtchen im Vorfläming; historischer Marktplatz und Schloss Jessen.
- Gräfenhainichen (27 km südwestlich, B 2 u. ab Eutzsch B 100) - die Stadt Gräfenhainichen liegt im Nordwesten der Dübener Heide; in unmittelbarer Nähe Ferropolis – die Stadt aus Eisen.
- Bad Düben (37 km südlich, B 2) - Kleinstadt am Westrand der hier bereits zu Sachsen gehörenden Dübener Heide; Burg mit Museum und Schiffsmühle
- Wittenberg ist Start- bzw. Endpunkt des 120 km langen Radwegs zu Stationen der Industriegeschichte auf der Themenroute Kohle-Dampf-Licht nach bzw. von Markkleeberg.
literature
- Schriftenreihe des Stadtgeschichtlichen Zentrums (Heft 1–14)
- Wittenberg als Lutherstadt von Helmar Junghans 1979
- Denkmalverzeichnis Sachsen Anhalt Landkreis Wittenberg von 2002
- Lucas Cranach d.Ä. und die Cranachhöfe in Wittenberg
- Berühmte Persönlichkeiten und ihre Verbindung zu Wittenberg
- Heimatkalender von 1998–2005
- Die Denkmale der Lutherstadt Wittenberg von 1979
- Zusammenbruch und Neuanfang von Gottfried Herrmann von 2002
- ...Wittenberg brennt... von Gottfried Herrmann von 1999
- Die Wende in Wittenberg von Friedrich Schorlemmer von 1997
- Durch die Jahrhunderte I, II und III von 1983
- Lutherstadt Wittenberg Geschichten – Gestalten – Geschichte von Xing-hu Kuo von 1991
- 700 Jahre Wittenberg: Stadt, Universität, Reformation ed. Stefan Oehmig, Weimar, Böhlau 1995
- Berühmte Wittenberger und ihre Gäste vom Rotary Club
- Wittenberg, in: Helga Wäß, „Form und Wahrnehmung mitteldeutscher Gedächtnisskulptur im 14. Jahrhundert. Ein Beitrag zu mittelalterlichen Grabmonumenten, Epitaphen und Kuriosa in Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen, Nord-Hessen, Ost-Westfalen und Südniedersachsen“ (Band 1), „Katalog ausgewählter Objekte vom Hohen Mittelalter bis zum Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts“ (Band 2), Bristol u. a., 2006, Band 2, S. 603–611, ISBN 3-86504-159-0
Web links
- http://www.wittenberg.de – Offizielle Webseite von Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- Tourismus Region Wittenberg e.V.
