Martin Luther was born in Eisleben on November 10, 1483. Eisleben's residents began to commemorate their city’s most famous son at a very early date; by the end of the seventeenth century, they had already provided Luther pilgrims with a public museum in the house where Luther was born. This makes the museum one of the oldest institutions of its kind in a German-speaking country. The house's present appearance derives from renovation work carried out after the city fire of 1689. The building was completely modernised and also expanded from 2005 to 2007. The resulting ensemble has since received five architectural awards in the course of becoming one of Saxony-Anhalt’s most distinguished buildings.
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