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ON the TRAIL of MARTIN LUTHER … Discovering the History of the Reformation in Halle (Saale) ON THE TRAIL OF MARTIN LUTHER … Discovering the history of the Reformation in Halle (Saale) Either way – hearts are trumps VIRTUAL AUDIO LUTHER GUIDE APP Use the Virtual Luther app to explore the Discover Halle with your eyes and ears (Ger- historic sites where Martin Luther lived and man/English). Our audio guide for smart- worked, even when they are closed. Luther – phones and tablets covers all the major played by Hilmar Eichhorn – takes you on an sights and provides useful insider tips and augmented reality guided tour on your smart- interesting facts about the history and cul- phone or tablet. ture of Halle. Download the app free from the App Store or Google Play How to scan QR codes: Welcome to Halle! You will need a QR code reader app for your Internet-enabled smartphone. The city is famous for its associations with both George Fride- We recommend these free apps: ric Handel and Martin Luther. We would like to show you the How it works: vari ous places in Halle where Luther and his greatest adversary, i-nigma QR & Barcode Scanner Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, lived and worked. • Select your location • Point your phone/tablet in the right direction barcoo QR Code Bring your tour alive with the Virtual Luther app. Discover • Luther will appear and take you on a journey Barcode Scanner what everyday life was like in Luther’s time, how the Refor- through history mation began, what Luther’s views were on the church and Judaism, and much more. You can also enjoy your own personalised tour of the city with our audio guide, which covers all the major attractions and provides interesting facts and insider tips. The ScottyScouts have also been out and about in Halle. ScottyScouts are local authors who write personally, authen- tically and vividly about the towns and regions they live in. The Scouts have been exploring central Germany in search of places and ideas linked to the Reformation. Read more at www.scottyscout.com/reformation. And now it’s time to follow in Martin Luther’s footsteps … Stadtmarketing Halle (Saale) The app also works in Eisleben and Mansfeld. Find more information about the audio guide at: www.hallesaale.com/audioguide Please use headphones in enclosed Luther sites in Halle .................................................................................. 4 spaces. If you haven’t brought yours, URL ÖFFNEN Scan the QR code now you can buy a pair at the TOURIST and start the audio tour! At a glance: Halle and the Reformation ........................................... 14 INFORMATION CENTRE. Find your way: maps .............................................................................. 16 3 LUTHER SITES The Marienbibliothek church library For ScottyScout Martin Kirzeder, MARKET CHURCH AND The Marienbibliothek church library, dating from 1552, also belongs books, learning and education MARIENBIBLIOTHEK CHURCH to the jurisdiction of the market church and is one of the oldest and are an important part of his pro- largest Protestant church libraries in Germany. The library was es- fessional life – he is a teacher at a secondary school in Halle: LIBRARY tablished in response to Luther’s call to create Protestant schools and libraries in order to promote learning at all levels of society. It remained the only public library in Halle for nearly 150 years until “This library has its roots Luther's death mask Market church the University of Halle was founded in 1694. The collection compris- firmly in the Reformation The market church, or Church of Our Lady, is a late Gothic hall es 36,000 volumes. In addition to 400 incunabula (printed works as it directly relates to church dating from the 16th century. It was built between two from before 1500), it contains works from all fields of knowledge ScottyScout Sophie Tetzlaff Luther’s writings of 1524, studied church music in Halle and pairs of towers that belonged to the churches of St Gertrude and dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. Bibles with handwritten loves the sound of the city: St Mary, which formerly stood on this site. Justus Jonas the Elder inscriptions by Luther are the most treasured items. They include in which he called for the reformed the church in 1541 and Luther preached here on his final a Bible that belonged to Felicitas von Selmenitz – a first edition of establishment of schools “(…) When the reformer visit to the city in 1546. Samuel Scheidt, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow Luther’s 1534 German translation. and promotion of lan­ Justus Jonas was sent and Friedemann Bach all worked as composers and organists at Browse a digital edition of the Bible on our website at: guages, and the provision from Wittenberg to the church. Luther’s death mask is now on display here. www.hallesaale.com of good libraries or book Martin Luther’s original death mask is just one of many treasures Halle in 1541 to preach repositories for the peo­ and artefacts from the Reformation that can be found in Halle’s Protestant sermons, the market church. The reformer’s wax mask is on display in one of ple. (…) Walking through church was still under the tower rooms, along with a plaster cast made at a later date the Marienbibliothek construction – for me, and the pulpit from Luther’s time. The mask is believed to have library, which is staffed it’s a beautiful image been created from a plaster cast taken by Halle painter Lukas by friendly, knowledge­ that symbolises the Furtenagel on 19 February 1546 as Luther lay on his death bed. able volunteers and the Since Luther's body had to be transported to Wittenberg for the introduction of the Ref­ library manager, really planned burial, his coffin was placed in the vestry of the market ormation. (…) visit the church in Halle on the night of 20 February 1546. Justus Jonas, a opened my (…) eyes to market church for a tour friend of Luther and the first Protestant incumbent of the Church the educational revolu­ of the Hausmann tow­ of Our Lady in Halle, acquired the death mask for the local church. tion brought about by ers, organ recitals, church The pulpit from Luther’s lifetime is an impressive example of Re- the Reformation.” services and prayers. naissance woodcarving from central Germany and was originally installed in this church. Martin Luther is believed to have used it Meet beforehand at the when delivering his sermons. The pulpit in use today dates from Handel statue, like a true around 1547. Luther gave three sermons at the market church in Luther Bible resident of Halle.” Halle: on 5 August 1545 and on 6 and 26 January 1546. 1 1 An der Marienkirche 2 Market church opening hours: Luther app Audio guide Reading room opening times: Audio guide An der Marienkirche 1 06108 Halle (Saale) Jan & Feb Mon–Sat: 11.30 am – 4.00 pm Mon & Thurs: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm 06108 Halle (Saale) Tel. +49 (0)345 5170894 Sun: 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm Tel. +49 (0)345 5170893 www.marktkirche-halle.de Mar–Dec Mon–Sat: 10.00 am – 5 . 0 0 p m It is possible to visit the archive during library www.marienbibliothek-halle.de Sun: 3.00 am – 5.00 pm opening hours by prior appointment. 4 5 LUTHER SITES KÜHLER BRUNNEN PALACE The Hallesches Brauhaus is the perfect place to sit and contemplate the fate of Hans von Schönitz while enjoying a delicious, bottom-fer- mented Schönitzer Pils. The brewpub occupies part of the site of the run-down Kühler Brunnen palace built by von Schönitz, a noble- Halle cathedral man and son of a wealthy salt spring owner. The lavish Renaissance building was decorated by notable artists of the time, including House crest of Hans von Lucas Cranach the Elder, Matthias Grünewald and Conrad Faber Schönitz from the Kühler LUTHER SITES Brunnen palace, made in von Kreuznach. Von Schönitz made his fortune in the service of Nuremberg, 1532. Mould- Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg – not always by legal means. He pressed clay plate, tin-lead CATHEDRAL AND procured money and artworks for the Cardinal, managed his build- glaze, Moritzburg Art Museum Halle (Saale) ing works and became his chamberlain. Eventually, accusations of NEW RESIDENCE embezzlement, and to a lesser extent the love intrigues that were the talk of the common people, led to the nobleman’s imprison- ment. He confessed his guilt in a rushed trial and was executed at Halle cathedral, built in around 1300, was originally a Dominican the gallows in 1535. monastery church. From 1520, it was converted by Cardinal Albrecht The affair was regarded as a scandalous and arbitrary act on the into a collegiate church for his chosen city of residence. The strik- part of Cardinal Albrecht. Luther publicly denounced him, calling ing round-arched gables, pulpit and 17 larger-than-life statues are the Cardinal a murderer because of the blood on his hands and also among the outstanding sculptural works that attest to the former condemning his shameful antics with his mistress, thereby giving opulence of the Renaissance interior. Following the Reformation, voice to the sentiments of the people. However, modern research the cathedral was used as a court and palace church by local rulers, has concluded that the case did not amount to judicial murder. and early baroque elements were added. In 1688, Elector Friedrich The surviving parts of the palace – the most important Renaissance Wilhelm of Brandenburg established a Protestant community here building of its kind in central Germany – are to be found between and offered refuge to persecuted Huguenots, who soon formed a the modern building that is home to the Hallesches Brauhaus and sizeable minority in the city. The community is still active in Halle the dilapidated house at Markt 16.
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