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Wittenberg

Wittenberg Castle – Luther House, Wittenberg loop from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf

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Germany
Saxony-Anhalt
Wittenberg

Wittenberg Castle – Luther House, Wittenberg loop from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf

Moderate

4.8

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72

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Wittenberg Castle – Luther House, Wittenberg loop from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf

02:39

10.5km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Fläming/Sachsen-Anhalt

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1.42 km

Teich in Kleingartenanlage "Am Stadtgraben"

Lake

2

4.13 km

Cranach House Wittenberg

Highlight • Historical Site

Here lived and painted Lucas Cranach - both the younger and the elder

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3

4.19 km

There are impressive buildings to see, including the Luther House, which has been largely preserved in its original state since the Reformation. Many events and special city tours take place …

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4.47 km

Old Town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Highlight • Historical Site

Wittenberg is worth a trip not only in the anniversary year of the Reformation. The city is quickly explored because it is not particularly large, but every few meters you come across interesting stories.

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4.54 km

Marthin Luther posted his 95 theses on this door of the castle church. Unfortunately, the original door is burned and only a fake church door can be seen today.

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4.82 km

Wittenberg Castle

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The Wittenberg Castle Church is probably the most famous and popular destination in Wittenberg's old town. The world-famous theses door, today a popular photo motif, is no longer the original door on which Luther probably nailed his 95 theses.

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6.36 km

St. Mary’s Town Church, Wittenberg

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At the south-east corner of the town church in Wittenberg there has been a mockery and mockery of the Jewish religion since around 1290. Abusive sculptures of this kind, which …

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7.03 km

Luther House, Wittenberg

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Wittenberg is home to the largest museum of the history of the Reformation - the Lutherhaus. Here, the reformer lived first as a monk and later as a husband and …

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8.57 km

Schwanenteich

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Shortly after the lake was built on the site of the former ramparts, a pair of swans settled here. Hence the name of the artificial lake.

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10.5 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

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6.21 km

2.45 km

1.24 km

433 m

132 m

Surfaces

4.83 km

2.57 km

1.74 km

712 m

369 m

253 m

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Wednesday 29 July

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Comments

June 4, 2022,[ST] Wittenberg Sightseeing ⛪🏰
We used the tourist info city map as a guide. Two different routes were suggested here: one through the historic old town and one through the gardens/ramparts around it. We somehow combined both tours.
We parked the car at the free parking lot at Kurfürstenring (P&R). Through the green areas we went left up to the tourist information on Mauerstraße …

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From today on I will be following in the footsteps of Martin Luther (1483 - 1546). To do this I will visit various places that are connected to Luther and of course also go hiking.🥾

It starts at Lutherstadt Wittenberg train station. Just a few minutes' walk from here is the Panometer with Asisi's 360-degree exhibition "Luther 1517". It is …

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The Lutherstadt Wittenberg has more to offer than "just" Luther.
In addition to a lot of history, there is also beautiful nature on the Elbe.


For more tips for trips around Berlin and elsewhere, take a look at my blog berlinspazierer.de

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Visit Luther, why not. No sooner said than done and off to the train 🚂🚃 to Wittenberg and despite the freak weather a wonderful trip, I liked it 🤩🤩🤩

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You don't have to look at the many photos, but I just couldn't decide 🙈😃

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