Katharinenholz

Katharinenholz is a forest in Wimmelburg, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saxony-Anhalt. Katharinenholz is situated near the village Kreisfeld, as well as near the locality Rossdorf.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Martin Luther’s Death House and Martin Luther’s Birth House.

Martin Luther’s Death House

Museum

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Martin Luther's Death House is a historic building in Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt Germany, long regarded as the place where the influential theologian Martin Luther died on 18 February 1546.

Martin Luther's Birth House is a building and museum in Eisleben, Germany. The German religious reformer Martin Luther was born there in 1483. However, the actual house in which Luther was born no longer exists, it having been burnt completely to the ground in 1689.

Fahnenhügel

Archaeological site

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Fahnenhügel is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eisleben and Wimmelburg.

Eisleben

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Lutherstadt Eisleben is in Saxony-Anhalt. It is best known as the birth and death town of the 16th century Protestant reformer Martin Luther. Nowadays it is a small and calm town of about 22,400 inhabitants.