Tour Suggestion
Day 1: Berlin
Arrival in Berlin / free time in Berlin / Overnight in the area of Berlin
Day 2: Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Here he spent the most important years of his life and attached his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in 1517
Points of Interest: Luther House, Castle Church, City Church, Melanchthon House
Overnight in the area of Halle / Merseburg
Day 3: Lutherstadt Eisleben + Mansfeld
Lutherstadt Eisleben - Martin Luther’s birthplace and place of death
Points of Interest: Luther’s Birth House, his last residence, Statue of Martin Luther
Mansfeld – place where Martin Luther spent his childhood and youth
Points of Interest: House of Luther’s Family, Luther’s school and Fountain
Overnight in the area of Halle / Merseburg
Day 4: Halle + Leipzig
Halle – “cradle of the Reformation”
Points of Interest: Market Church Our Dear Lady with death mask and cast of hands of Luther, “Marienbibliothek” exhibiting Luther´s bibles with his handwritten notes
Leipzig – place of several disputations and sermons
Points of Interest: Old Town Hall with writings of Luther, St. Thomas’ Church
Overnight in the area of Halle / Merseburg
Day 5: Naumburg + Weimar
Naumburg – milestone for the growing Protestantism
Points of Interest: Naumburg Cathedral, Marketplace
Weimar – place of several sermons of Luther
Points of Interest: Luther’s pulpit in the City Church, historical monument connected
to the Classicism
Overnight in the area of Erfurt
Day 6: Erfurt
Place of Luther’s studies and ordination
Points of Interest: Monastery of the Augustinian Hermit, university quarter, old town
Overnight in the area of Erfurt
Day 7: Eisenach + Wartburg Castle
Eisenach – Luther’s beloved town where he attended the Latin school
Points of Interest: Luther House, St. George’s Church
Wartburg Castle – place where Luther translated the New Testament into German
Overnight in the area of Erfurt
Day 8: Frankfurt, trip along the River Rhine + Strasbourg
Trip along the River Rhine and visit of Strasbourg.
Strasbourg is the capital of Europe at the river Ill.
Points of Interest: Cathedral, Old Town, European Parliament
Overnight in the area of Strasbourg / Offenburg
Day 9: Black Forest + Freiburg + cuckoo clock shop
Panoramic tour of Black Forest with visit of Freiburg and a cokoo clock shop
Overnight in the area of Lake Constance
Day 10: Zurich
Domain of Ulrich Zwingli, the Swiss reformer
Points of Interest: The Great Minster with Museum of Zwingli, Water Church,
Overnight in the area of Lake Constance
Day 11: Lake Constance + boat trip to Mainau Island
Boat trip to Mainau Island and discovery of park and garden.
Overnight in the area of Lake Constance
Day 12: Munich
Home of the “Oktoberfest”
Points of Interest: Hofbräuhaus, Curch of our Lady, Nymphenburg Castle
Overnight in the area of Munich
Day 13: Excursion to Neuschwanstein Castle + Oberammergau + Church of Wies
Neuschwanstein Castle served as example for the Disney castles
Oberammergau – home of the Passion Play
The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Wieskirche)with rich Rococo furnishings
Overnight in the area of Munich
Day 14: Dachau + Regensburg
Dachau - Concentration Camp Memorial Site
Regensburg – biggest preserved medieval town of Germany
Overnight in the area of Nuremberg
Day 15: Nuremberg
Nuremberg was the media capital of its time. Through printed pamphlets and broadsheets, the ideas of the Reformation became wide-spread
Points of Interest: Old Town, Nuremberg Castle, The Hospital of the Holy Spirit
Overnight in the area of Nuremberg
Day 16: Homeward journey from Nuremberg or Munich
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