Leipzig Mansfield Eisleben Erfurt

Day 5

We left The Westin Leipzig after a one night stay.  

We are headed to Mansfield on our Global tour bus with the license plate "700."
Thomas who is from Hungary is our driver.  

We passed a sycamore tree which according to our tour guide, Werner, has no bark.

As we got closer to Mansfield, we saw large mounds of dirt which are from the copper mines.  Hans Luther, Martin's father, was a master miner.

Mansfield Castle and its church high on the hill.

Childhood home of Martin Luther in Mansfield.

Linden tree in the yard.

Back view of the childhood home Martin Luther lived in for 13 years.

We then journeyed to Eisleben.

Martin Luther is said to have died on February 18, 1546, in the yellow house on the right.

Altar at St. Andrews Church in Eisleben where Luther preached his last sermons.

Pulpit in St. Andrews in Eisleben where Luther preached his last sermons. The pulpit had been restored by the Minneapolis Institute of Art for approximately $70,000.

Standing in front of Luther monument in the middle of the town square. A beautiful Luther seal wreath was at the bottom.

Luther's birth home in Eisleben.  He was born November 10, 1483.

St. Peter St Paul Church where Luther was baptized the day after he was born.

Luther's baptismal fount.

We are standing next to a mining cart.

Next, we boarded the bus and drove to Erfurt.

We walked across the Merchant' Bridge in Erfurt

which is lined with half-timbered homes and shops.

The Augustinian Monastery, over 700 years old, is where Luther lived as a monk.

A gateway we entered to tour the Augustinian Monastery.

Doors, gateways, and walls around the Augustinian Monastery.

We ate dinner down in a cellar.

We had wonderful Thüringen dumplings, red cabbage with apples, meatroll, and sauerbraten.

Auf wiedersehen!