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Luther House, Wittenberg, DE.
Portraits of Martin Luther and his wife.. paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger.
The ground floor gives an overview of the Luther familyÕs daily life. Numerous written sources give an exact description of the ReformerÕs household that was run as a medium-sized business by his wife, Katharina von Bora. The rent for room and board from the students living at the house was also an important source of income.
Katharina also had an agricultural smallholding and allotment to guarantee the food supply for the household. Eight model scenes are on display where visitors can see, and hear, what life was like in LutherÕs home. They bring to life the everyday life of the Luther family in the house, farm and garden.
The extensive collection on the pictorial reception of Luther from 1546 to 1983 is exhibited on the third floor. This includes large and small paintings of Luther, Luther brushes, Luther medals, commemorative sheets and satirical graphics, Luther on cups and tins, Luther chairs, Luther on posters and in films. It is an exciting journey through the centuries on the trail of Martin Luther.