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When Martin Luther was born on 10 November 1483, Saxony was at the height of its power. Since 1464, Elector Ernst and his brother Albert had together been ruling the most powerful country in the centre of the Holy German Empire. But just two years after Luther’s birth, Ernst and Albert made the biggest mistake in Saxony’s history: they split up the land. The ruling Wettin dynasty was divided into two lines, the Ernestine and Albertine. Now there were two countries with the name Saxony, the Electorate and the Duchy, and it was the sons of Ernst and Albert who played the most important, albeit different, roles in the life of Martin Luther and for the course of the Reformation. While the ducal Albertines made Dresden their new residence, Torgau became the centre of power under the electoral Ernes-tines. After the Albertines had taken the electoral dignity off the Ernestines, their strongly augmented Saxony, which by then also comprised Torgau and Wittenberg, the “Mother of Reformation”, had the leading role among the Protestant regions of Germany for a very long time and made for the consolidation and advancement of the Reformation. At the end of the 16th century, Saxony had already been given the honorary title “Motherland of the Reformation”, a legacy to which also the current federal state declares itself. Together with Reise Mission, Saxony has deve-loped bookable group offers for you, for easy and comfortable travelling to the sites of the Reformation. These offers can be combined and customised to your indivi-dual needs. Travel dates on request are possible as well. Contact Reise Mission and celebrate 500 years of Reformation with us:

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ReiseMission ecumenical and worldwide

Jacobstraße 10 Phone: +49 (0)341 308 541-004105 Leipzig Fax: +49 (0)341 308 541-29Deutschland E-Mayl: [email protected]

In the below offers, the followIng servICes are …

… included: Journey and trips in the long-distance coach with an experienced driver; accom-modation in a good middle class hotel, twin room with bathroom or shower/WC; breakfast; local, expert guided tours according to programme, info material.

… not included: Tips and entrance fees, beverages, additional meals, personal expenses, possible fuel surcharge

Portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach the Elder from the Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden

ItInerary (Subject to alterations):

Day 1 | Arrival | Erfurt: guided tour of the Augustine monastery, where Luther became a monk, optional participation in the Midday Prayer Leipzig: Accommodation for 3 nights

Day 2 | Leipzig: sightseeing walk with a visit to St. Thomas Church, home of the world-famous Thomaner Choir and former church of the Augustine monastery St. Thomas. Grimma: visit to the church of the former Augustine monastery, where Luther often preached, sightseeing walk and visit to the ruined monastery Nimbschen

Day 3 | Dresden: city tour and sightseeing walk, including the Jägerhof, which was erected instead of the Augustine monastery that Luther inspected in 1516

Day 4 | Wechselburg: trip to the monastery Wechselburg, once founded by the Augustines, and visit to the Roman Church with its rood screen, a prominent evidence of German art of the 13th century | Departure

PossIble travel Dates:

2014: 19 – 22 March / 26– 29 March /

23 – 26 april / 15–18 May /

11–14 June / 06 – 09 august /

27– 30 august / 12 –15 november

2015: on request

grouP tarIff:

starting at 250 eur per person,

depending on group size;

single room supplement: 90 eur

per person

4-day tour (De-e-75):

Luther as monk – traces of his order

During a severe thunderstorm on 2 July 1505 in the present-day Stotternheim district of Erfurt, Luther was in fear of his life. A few days later, he entered the monastery of the Augustinian Hermits out of gratitude for his salvation, where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1507. A year later he went to study at the University of Wittenberg where he lived in the newly built Augustinian monastery. In 1514, Luther was appointed Prior Provincial of his order. In this role in 1516, Luther visited numerous monasteries of his order and thus also came to Dresden and his town of birth Eisleben.

4-Day tour (DE-E-73):

erected according to Luther‘s ideals – significant churches in Saxony

“It is the intention of this building that nothing else shall happen inside it except that our dear Lord shall speak to us through His Holy Word, and we in turn talk to Him through prayer and praise.” With these words on 5 October 1544, Martin Luther inaugurated the world’s first newly-built Protestant church in Torgau’s Schloss Hartenfels Castle. This building implemented the spiritual programme of the Reformation in architecture and art for the first time. Also in the Dresden Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), known as perfection of church building according to Luther‘s ideals, the pulpit for the proclamation of The Word of God stands in the centre of the tabernacle.

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Day 1 | Arrival | Torgau: political centre of the Reformation; sight-seeing walk to the sites of the Reformation, including castle church and last residence of Luther‘s wife Katharina Dresden: Accommo-dation for 3 nights

Day 2 | Dresden: city tour and sightseeing walk; including Frauen- kirche (Church of Our Lady) and Kreuzkirche (Church of the Holy Cross) Grossenhain: individual tour of the Marienkirche (St. Mary‘s Church), a building by a student of George Bähr, architect of the Frauenkirche

Day 3 | Seiffen: centre of Saxon wood craft and birthplace of nutcrackers and incense smokers; tour with visit to the octagonal Seiffen Church, modelled on the Frauenkirche and found in many Christmas articles

Day 4 | Departure


2014: 19 – 22 March / 26 – 29 March /

23 – 26 april / 15 – 18 May /

11 – 14 June / 6 – 9 august /

27 – 30 august / 12 – 15 november

2015: on request

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Pictures from left:

St Thomas Church, Leipzig I

Former monastery church, Grimma I

Monastery church, Wechselburg

Pictures from left:

Castle church, Torgau I Seiffen I

Church of Our Lady, Dresden


Day 1 | Arrival | Neukieritzsch: Luther Monument, Kieritzsch Church with medallions of the Luthers from Katharina‘s manor “Gut Zöllsdorf”, Katharina von Bora Church Brehna: former abbey of the Augustine chapter of canonesses where Katharina had been raised by nuns Leipzig: Accommodation for 4 nights

Day 2 | Leipzig: city tour and sightseeing walk, including the place of the Leipzig Disputation and other sites of the Reformation

Day 3 | Grimma: sightseeing walk and visit to the ruins of the convent Marienthron where Katharina lived as a nun and from which she fled together with other nuns Leipzig: free time at your disposal

Day 4 | Torgau: guided tours in the castle church, the first newly-built Protestant church consecrated by Luther himself, where Katharina lies buried, tour to all sites of the Reformation and visit to Katharina‘s last residence Wittenberg: city tour with visit to the castle church (with reservations) and the Luther House

Day 5 | Departure


2014: 19-23 March / 26-30 March /

23-27 april / 15-19 May / 11-15 June /

6-10 august / 27-31 august / 12-16

november

2015: on request

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5-Day tour (De-P-68):

Katharina von Bora – on the trail of the Lutherin

Probably the most popular woman of the Reformation is Luther‘s wife Katharina, née von Bora, a former nun who wed Martin Luther on 13 June 1525 in Wittenberg. Often it is only the ideal image of a Protestant pastor‘s wife from the 19th century that is projected onto her, it goes unmentioned though that she lead a household similar to a small company in its size. After Luther‘s death in 1546, Katharina lived further six years and died in Torgau on 20 December 1552.


Luther‘s patrons – the Saxon dynasty of the Wettins

The Wettins ruled the area of today‘s Saxony for 829 years bringing forth margraves, electors and kings. This is how they went down in German history as the longest-ruling noble family. Saxon electors played a crucial role during the Reformation. Without the Wettins Luther‘s doctrines wouldn‘t have been spread and established. Then again Luther strongly influenced the Wettins‘ concept of rulership who remained the “Guardians of Protestantism” until well into the 20th century.


Day 1 | Arrival | Rochlitz: visit to the castle and the permanent exhibition on the forgotten Wettins Leipzig: Accommodation for 4 nights

Day 2 | Nossen: visit to the monastery park of Altzella, the burial site of early Wettin margraves Freiberg: visit to the cathedral, the burial place of the Protestant Wettins and the castle, former ducal seat of Henry the Pious and today‘s exhibition venue of the world‘s most beautiful collection of minerals Day 3 | Meissen: former Saxon capital; visit to Albrechtsburg Castle and cathedral, pre-Reformation burial site of the Wettins Dresden: Saxon capital and long-term residential city of the Wettins, sightsee-ing walk, including Procession of Princes and a visit to the former chapel of the palace and burial place of the Catholic Wettins

Day 4 | Torgau: sightseeing walk Wittenberg: city tour with visit to the castle church (with reservations), Luther House and Melanchthonhaus (exteriors only)

Day 5 | Wettin: outside visit to Burg Wettin Castle, the ancestral castle of the Wettins | Departure


2014: 19-23 March / 26-30 March /

23-27 april / 14-18 May / 11-15 June /

6-10 august / 27-31 august / 12-16

november

2015: on request

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starting at 325eur per person,



per person

Pictures from left:

Katharina Luther Museum, Torgau I Ruins

of Marienthron convent, Grimma I

Epitaph of Katharina Luther in St Mary‘s

Church, Torgau

Pictures from left:

Hartenfels Castle, Torgau I

Coat of arms of the Saxon Electors

at Hartenfels Castle I Mausoleum at Altzella

Monastery Park, Nossen


Day 1 | Arrival | Dresden: city tour, including the Catholic cathe-dral, the former chapel of the palace; accommodation for 4 nights

Day 2 | Panschwitz-Kuckau: visit to the more than 750-year-old Cistercian monastery St. Marienstern Ralbitz-Rosenthal: visit to the Marian pilgrimage site of the Catholic Sorbs

Day 3 | Ostritz: guided tour of the Cistercian convent St. Mari-enthal, oldest convent of the order in Germany Bautzen: sightseeing walk, individual round tour in St. Petri Cathedral, Germany‘s oldest double church

Day 4 | Meissen: sightseeing walk, including Meißen Cathedral, former seat of the Catholic bishops of Meissen: optional visit to the State Porcelain Manufacture Meissen, Stolpen: one of the seats of the Meissen bishops after the introduction of the Reformation; visit to St. Lorenz Church and the castle ruins

Day 5 | Wurzen: sightseeing walk, including cathedral and bishop castle (exteriors only) | Departure


2014: 09-13 april / 23-27 april /

14-18 May / 21-25 May / 11-15 June / 27-

31 august / 03-07 september /

22-26 september

2015: on request

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5-Day tour (De-K-70):

the other side – Catholic tracks in the Motherland of the reformation

Since Upper Lusatia only became part of Saxony after the Reformation, some Catholic islands survived there, especially in the settlement zone of the Sorbian minority. With the conversion of the Saxon Elector Augustus the Strong to Catholicism in 1697 and his coronation as king of Poland, Catholics returned to the Saxon court. And after the Second World War, Catholic refugees from the former German eastern territories settled in Saxony. The contrasts between the confessions from the period of Reformation have not been fully overcome yet. But the yearning for church unity is strong among many Christians and ecumenism is practised every day.

6-Day tour (De-e-71):

new home – religious refugees and missionaries

“Cuius regio, eius religio” – “whose realm, his religion” – was the formula of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555, according to which it was left to the sovereign to establish the religion of his subjects. This was a victory for the Protestants and those Electors who were trying to maximize independence from the Emperor. But it also led to the persecution of heretics, who often had to flee to other places where they were also not welcome. Only after the Peace of Westphalia did the situation stabilise. The Protestant faith could now be carried out into the world. But it was still a long way to religious tolerance and ecumenism.


Day 1 | Arrival | Markneukirchen: centre of musical instrument making, founded by Bohemian religious refugees; optional visit to the Musical Instruments Museum Leipzig: Accommodation for 3 nights

Day 2 | Leipzig: city tour on the tracks of the Huguenots; sight-seeing walk on the “Leipzig Notenspur” (Music Trail), including Mendelssohn House, leisure time

Day 3 | Halle: visit to the “Franckesche Stiftungen” and the “Stadtgottesacker”

Day 4 | Dresden: city tour and sightseeing walk Görlitz: Accommo-dation for 2 nights

Day 5 | Herrnhut: guided tour of the sites of the Moravian Church in Herrnhut; optional visit to the demonstration workshop of the Moravian Stars Niesky: methodically arranged settlement of the Moravian Church in Herrnhut; individual tour

Day 6 | Pulsnitz: native town of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, first Lutheran missionary and founder of the Tamil Evangelical-Lutheran Church (TELC); sightseeing walk | Departure


2014: 19-24 March / 26-31 March /

23-28 april / 15-20 May / 11-16 June /

6-11 august / 27 august -

1 september / 12-17 november

2015: on request

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St. Marienthal Convent, Ostritz I

Cathedral, Dresden I Meissen

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Moravian Stars demonstration workshop I

Mendelssohn monument at the Gewandhaus

concert hall, Leipzig I

Violin maker, Markneukirchen

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Day 1 | Arrival | Eisenach: native town of Bach and dwelling of Luther during his school days; sightseeing walk with Luther House (exteriors only) and the church Georgenkirche; overnight stay

Day 2 | Weimar: city of poets and thinkers and domain of Bach; sightseeing walk Bad Köstritz: visit to the Heinrich Schütz House Leipzig: Accommodation for 4 nights

Day 3 | Leipzig: domain and last residence of Bach; round tour on the tracks of Bach, city tour

Day 4 | Köthen: Bach‘s domain and location of his second wedding; sightseeing walk Halle: native town of Händel and domain of Bach‘s oldest son Wilhelm Friedemann; sightseeing walk

Day 5 | Dresden: organ prayer and guided tour of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady); city tour

Day 6 | Markneukirchen: centre of Saxon musical instrument making; guided tour of the Musical Instruments Museum or visit to an instrument maker workshop | Departure


2014: 18-23 March / 25-30 March /

22-27 april / 14-19 May /

11-16 June / 5-10 august /

26-31 august / 11-16 november

2015: on request

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from heaven above – reformation and music

Throughout Christian history, religion has inextricably linked itself with music. “Whereof I now will say and sing” – thus versifies the reformer Martin Luther in his famous Christmas song “Vom Himmel hoch”. For the “Wittenberger Nachtigall” (Wittenberg Nightingale) music was a means of the Holy Ghost. And the biblical word inspired exceptionally gifted people time and again to compose stunning music – as it did with the “Father of German Music”, Heinrich Schütz, and the “Fifth Evangelist”, Johann Sebastian Bach.


Painters of reformation – on the tracks of the Cranachs

When Elector Frederick the Wise appointed Lucas Cranach the Elder as his court painter, this was the start of an extremely prolific artist’s workshop in Wittenberg, which probably created more than 5,000 works. Although Cranach made no secret of his sympathy for Luther and the Reformation and became famous for his portraits of the Electors of Saxony and the Reformers, he still worked for Catholic clients such as Duke George the Bearded or Albert of Mainz. He passed on his workshop to his equally famous son Lucas Cranach the Younger, who continued it successfully.


Day 1 | Arrival | Leipzig: city tour, including the site of the Leipzig Disputation; accommodation for 2 nights

Day 2 | Wittenberg: sightseeing walk including Cranach House (exteriors only); optional visit to the Cranach-Höfe

Day 3 | Dresden: optional visit to the world‘s largest Cranach collection in the museums of the Dresden State Art Collections; accommodation for 3 nights; free time at your disposal

Day 4 | Dresden: city tour and sightseeing walk: organ prayer and guided tour of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) Meissen: sightseeing walk; optional visit to the Meissen State Porcelain Manufactury

Day 5 | Freiberg: sightseeing walk; optional visit to the Municipal and Mining Museum with its Cranach paintings Augustusburg: visit to the castle and the castle church with an altarpiece by Lucas Cranach the Younger showing the family of Elector Augustus

Day 6 | Schneeberg: tour of St. Wolfgang Church with its signifi-cant Reformation altar from the Cranach workshop | Departure


2014: 19-24 March / 26-31 March /

23-28 april / 15-20 May / 11-16 June /

6-11 august / 27 august-

1 september / 12-17 november

2015: on request

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per person

Pictures from left:

Instrument maker, Markneukirchen I

Church of Our Lady, Dresden I

Bach Museum, Leipzig

Pictures from left:

Castle church, Augustusburg I

Cranach altar in the Old Masters Picture

Gallery, Dresden |

St Wolfgang‘s Church, Schneeberg


Day 1 | Arrival | Annaberg-Buchholz: visit to the church Annen-kirche with its 80 biblical reliefs on the gallery parapets Freiberg: Accommodation for 3 nights

Day 2 | Freiberg: sightseeing walk Pirna: visit to the municipal church St. Marien with its “Pirnaer Bilderbibel” (illustrated bible) and sightseeing walk through the historic city centre with its precious historical buildings

Day 3 | Görlitz: sightseeing walk through the city with its 3,500 listed buildings, including the Biblical House with scenes from the Old and New Testament on the Renaissance frontage; visit to the Holy Sepulchure

Day 4 | Leipzig: city tour and sightseeing walk; accommodation for 2 nights

Day 5 | Torgau: tour of Schloss Hartenfels Castle (exteriors only) with castle church and the “Großer Wendelstein” stair tower Löbnitz: individual tour of the church with its ceiling fresco consisting of 250 panels Penig: individual tour of the church St. Laurentiuskirche with its baroque ceiling fresco

Day 6 | Departure


2014: 16-21 March / 23-28 March /

20-25 april / 12-17 May / 8-13 June /

3-8 august / 24-29 august /

9-14 november

2015: on request

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Seeing God – illustrated bibles in Saxony

With the Reformation came the demand to open up education to everybody. It was probably for this reason that Martin Luther discouraged the destruction of religious images in his sphere of influence, because for him and other moderate Reformers in a time in which most people could neither read nor write, pictures from the Bible had great educational value. Thus, works in Saxony remained intact with their impressive wealth of form and artistic perfection and were even supplemented by worthy new creations.


renaissance – Luther‘s period of art

While the Reformation destroyed the unity of faith, it still emerged out of the yearning of men for spiritual and religious reformation. That applies to the period of art at the time of Reformation as well, which interestingly enough was called “reformation” by contemporaries. It wasn‘t before the 19th century that the term “Renaissance” emerged. The Renaissance was oriented towards Roman art, and the Humanism arising at the same time revived the antique philosophers, historians and poets – even the Reformation fell back on the Greek and Hebrew urtext for bible translations. Saxony is unjustly being reduced to the baroque period, although the witnesses of Renaissance are just as present.


Day 1 | Arrival | Augustusburg: visit to the castle, a masterpiece of Renaissance accomplished in 1572 Dresden: Accommodation for 3 nights

Day 2 | Dresden: city tour Meissen: tour through the historic city centre with its abundance of Renaissance buildings

Day 3 | Görlitz: city with the most Renaissance buildings in Germany; sightseeing walk and individual view of the Holy Grave; free time at your disposal

Day 4 | Pirna: tour through the historic city centre with its numerous Renaissance buildings Colditz: guided tour of the Renaissance castle, famous for serving as prison camp for officers of the allied forces during the Second World War Leipzig: Accommo-dation for 2 nights

Day 5 | Leipzig: sightseeing walk, including the old guildhall, one of the most significant Renaissance buildings Torgau: tour through Germany‘s best-preserved Renaissance city, including Schloss Hartenfels Castle and the Torgau guildhall (exteriors only)

Day 6 | Leipzig: free time at your disposal | Departure


2014: 18-23 March / 25-30 March /

22-27 april / 14-19 May / 10-15 June /


11-16 november

2015: on request

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Pictures from left:

St Anne‘s Church, Annaberg-Buchholz I

Portrait of Martin Luther at the ceiling of the church,

Löbnitz I Ceiling fresco of the church, Penig

Pictures from left:

Augustusburg I Old guildhall, Leipzig I

Lower Market, Görlitz


Day 1 | Arrival | Torgau: sightseeing walk with visit to the castle church, the first newly-built Protestant church Dresden: Accommo- dation for 5 nights

Day 2 | Dresden: city tour; organ prayer and guided tour of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady); free time at your disposal

Day 3 | Hohnstein: individual view of the municipal church built by George Bähr Königstein: visit to Königstein fortress, Europe‘s highest situated fortress; trip with the steam boat through the Elbe Sandstone Mountains up to Dresden-Pillnitz Dresden: individual walk through Pillnitz castle park

Day 4 | Meissen: sightseeing walk with view of Albrechtsburg Castle (exteriors only) Diesbar-Seusslitz: individual tour of the castle park that was, just as the castle church, redesigned by George Bähr

Day 5 | Schmiedeberg: individual tour of the church “Zur Heiligen Dreieinigkeit” erected by George Bähr Weesenstein: tour of the castle and chapel, which were designed by George Bähr or his apprentice Johann George Schmidt Grosssedlitz: visit to the Baroque gardens

Day 6 | Dresden: Free time at your disposal | Departure


2014: 01-06 april / 12-17 May /

23-28 June / 01-07 Juli /

18-23 august / 01-06 september /

09-14 september / 06-11 october

2015: on request

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the Stone Bell – on the trail of the frauenkirche

The statue of Martin Luther lay broken in the dust. The ruins of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) stood behind it on the Neumarkt square after its famous dome, the “Stone Bell”, had collapsed as a result of the excessive heat, two days after the bombing of Dresden. It therefore seems to be a miracle that the Baroque masterpiece was reconsecrated on 30 October 2005, after twelve years of faithful reconstruction and with the help of donations from all over the world. George Bähr, the church’s original architect, had already been faced with the enormous challenge of creating room for 5,000 people in a very limited space. It was not only a daring design that still dominates Dresden’s skyline but that also represents the perfection of church construction according to Luther’s ideals.


the Great reformer – on the trail of Martin Luther

When Martin Luther published his theses in 1517, nobody would ever have guessed the far reaching changes that would develop thereof. He didn‘t want to found a new church, just reform the old ones. He acted out of conviction but was yet a man full of doubts and contradictions. Following his trail shows the long path the Reformation had to take and how it became a success nevertheless.


Day 1 | Arrival | Eisenach: sightseeing walk; individual view of Wartburg Castle, where Luther translated the New Testament into German; overnight stay

Day 2 | Erfurt: guided city tour including the Augustine monastery where Luther became a monk Leipzig: Accommodation for 5 nights

Day 3 | Borna: tour of the municipal church where Luther used to preach Leipzig: city tour and sightseeing walk, including the place of the Leipzig Disputation and other sites of the Reformation

Day 4 | Wittenberg: city tour with visit to the castle church (with reservations), Luther House and Melanchthonhaus (exteriors only)Eisleben: city tour with a visit to Luther‘s house of birth and last residence (exteriors only), the Petri Paul Church and the church Marktkirche

Day 5 | Dresden: city tour and sightseeing walk with a visit to the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), the highlight of Protestant church building; optional steamboat trip

Day 6 | Leisnig: municipal church St. Matthäi with “Leisniger Kastenordnung” (ordinance of a common chest) Grimma: sightseeing walk and visit to the ruins of the convent Marienthron, where Luther‘s later wife Katharina von Bora lived as a nun

Day 7 | Zwickau: sightseeing walk to Luther‘s preaching sites and domains of Müntzer | Departure


2014: 18-23 March / 25-30 March /

22-27 april / 14-19 May / 10-15 June /


11-16 november

2015: on request

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Pictures from left:

Seusslitz Castle, Diesbar Seusslitz I

Church of Our Lady, Dresden I

Saxon Switzerland National Park

Pictures from left:

Luther monument and Emmaus Church, Dresden I

Dresden with Church of Our Lady I Osterstein Castle,

Zwickau


Day 1 | Arrival | Erfurt: guided tour of the former Augustine mo-nastery and optional participation in the Midday Prayer Leipzig: Accommodation for 3 nights

Day 2 | Grimma: visit to the ruins of the convent Marienthron, where Luther‘s later wife Katharina von Bora lived as a nun Leisnig: visit of the former Cistercian monastery Buch Chemnitz: individual tour of the castle church with its precious artworks and Schlossberg Museum, a former Benedictine monastery

Day 3 | Wittenberg: sightseeing walk with a visit to Luther House (exteriors only), the former “Schwarzes Kloster” (black monastery) of the Augustines; free time

Day 4 | Nossen: visit to the monastery park Altzella, one of the favourite motifs of romantic painters Dresden: Overnight stay

Day 5 | Dresden: city tour and sightseeing walk Panschwitz-Kuckau: guided tour of the more than 750-year-old Cistercian monastery St. Marienstern Görlitz: Accommodation for 2 nights

Day 6 | Ostritz: visit to the Cistercian convent St. Marienthal, the oldest convent of the Cistercian order in Germany Zittau: visit to the Great Lenten Veil in the former Kreuzkirche (Church of the Holy Cross) and to the Small Lenten Veil in the former Franciscan monastery Oybin: visit to the romantic ruins of the Celestines monastery and the “Kaiserhaus”

Day 7 | Wechselburg: visit to the romantic church of today‘s Benedictines monastery with the prominent rood screen | Departure


2014: 20-26 March / 28 March-3 april /

24-30 april / 16-22 May / 13-19 June /

8-14 august / 29 august-4 september /

14-20 november

2015: on request

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Witnesses of change – from monastery to monastery

Without the Reformation, there would be very few “callings” – because beforehand, people could be “called” only to matters spiritual. Since the salvation of Protestant Christians depended only on God’s grace and not their actions, they were now able to take Christian responsibility in ordinary life. As there was now no reason to take monastic vows to achieve salvation, the monasteries were quickly dissolved. However, some survived or were even revived, either in the same function or a different one.

Pictures from left:

Monastery ruins, Oybin I New Market with

Church of Our Lady, Dresden

Photo credits: Andreas Schmidt I Foto Lohse I Frank Richter I Herbert Boswank I Jana Straßberger I Katja Fouad Vollmer I Rainer Weisflog I René Pech I Sabine Wenzel I

Schloss Augustusburg I SKD/Hans-Peter Klut I St. Wolfgangskirche Schneeberg I Stadt Grimma/Weberhell I Sylvio Dittrich I Wolfgang Gärtner I Wolfgang Siesing

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