Lutherborn and Lutherbuche Monument

A determination of the place where Martin Luther was placed by the elector's commissioner on his return journey from Worms was probably made years after the act. A spring protruding from a prominent beech tree on the roadway served as a guide. From then on, the vernacular handed down the two as Lutherborn and Lutherbuche. [2]As a result of a severe storm that raged in West Thuringia at the same time as a solar eclipse on the afternoon of July 18, 1841, the trunk of the Luther beech broke at a height of three meters and one last branch remained. The wood and sticks from the Luther beech were given to the parish of Steinbach, and craftsmen made souvenirs from the wood. An offshoot was planted in the Lübeck cathedral cemetery in 1873, where it has developed into a large beech tree to this day. A copper beech that was newly planted in 1983 is reminiscent of the Luther beech that previously existed here. [1] Since 1817 a boulder with the inscription May 4th MDXXI has referred to the spring contained here as Lutherborn.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutherdenkmal_(Steinbach)#Lutherbuche_und_Lutherborn

Luther monument near Steinbach with Touringen stamp point no. 9.
Nice rest area with spring and monument

Beautiful rest area that invites you to linger.