Luther Oak (Lutherstadt Wittenberg)
A Luther oak is located in the east of the old town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg , in an area surrounded by sandstone . The tree roughly marks the place in front of the Elstertor where Martin Luther burned the papal “ Canonical Rights ” and the bull threatening the ban “ Exsurge Domine ” of Pope Leo X on December 10, 1520 in front of students from Wittenberg . With the words "Because you have blasphemed the Lord's saints, the eternal fire consume you" he also performed the external separation from the Roman Church .
In 1813 the French felled the tree during the War of Independence . On June 25, 1830, however, a new oak was planted again. In 1924 the complex was built in its current form with the Paul Friedrich fountain and a stone bench by the sculptor Wilhelm Rex .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.pilgern-im-lutherland.de/content/documents/broschuere-lutherweg-wittenberg.pdf
- ^ The Wittenberger Luther Oak ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ "Our first halt in Wittenberg was at the" Luther Eiche, "marking the place where Luther is said to have burned the papal bull. The original oak tree was destroyed by the French in 1813 and a new tree was planted in 1830. "in: The American Lutheran, Volumes 11-12, American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 1928, p. 414 Online
- ^ The relations of the Danish royal family to Wittenberg during the Reformation, p. 50 online
Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 50.7 " N , 12 ° 39 ′ 20.3" E