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Luther's Death House Museum |
Throughout his life, Martin Luther maintained close contact to the County of Mansfeld. He travelled to his birthplace, Eisleben, several times in order to influence local developments. The last journey of Luther’s life led him to Eisleben in an attempt to reconcile feuding members of the House of Mansfeld; he died there on February 18, 1546.
The museum is to be found opposite the Eisleben Market and today serves the commemoration Luther's death. Since 1726, the building has been considered to be the place where Luther died. For this reason, the Prussian state bought the house in 1863 and converted it into a memorial. Those rooms named in accounts of Luther's death have been emphasised ever since: the consulting room, the bedroom, and the room where Luther died. The house is currently closed: the building is being modernised and also expanded into a museum quarter. Its reopening is planned for 2012.
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