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Martin Luther und Phillipp Melanchthon

Martin Luther and Phillipp Melanchthon

Initiators of the Protestant Reformation

Christian Behrens
c. 1900

Gotha / Martin Luther und Phillipp Melanchthon

Description

Two sandstone statues flanking the entrance to the Margarethenkirche.

Gotha - Martin Luther und Phillipp Melanchthon
Martin Luther
(Eisleben 1483 - Eisleben 1546), German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation (Wikipedia).
Phillipp Melanchthon
born Philipp Schwartzerdt (Bretten 1497 - Wittenberg 1560), German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation (Wikipedia).

Gift from the sculptor to his town of birth.

Sculptor

Christian Behrens (Gotha 1852 - Breslau 1905), German sculptor.

Sources & Information

Mr. Kartographie, Die wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten Gothas - Ein Stadtrundgang.

Locatie (N 50°57'0" - E 10°42'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deth017; Photograph: 20 February 2011 / updated: 11 October 2018
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