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Martin-Luther-Büste

Martin Luther Bust

Eisleben 1483 - Eisleben 1546
German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation
(Wikipedia)
Gottfried Schadow
1806 (later copy)

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Bust of Luther in the garden of the Friedenskirche.
The bust was part of the Bruder Martinus Lehrpfad, an educational trail around the Friedenskirche on the topic of 'Martin Luther', opened in 2017 at the 400th anniversary of the posting of the Theses. It is a marble replica of a monument designed by the Berlin sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow in 1806 (see also the 1817 iron copy in Eisleben, object desa156.

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Item Code: belg079; Photograph: 14 September 2024
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