At the end of 15. cent.
He puts - according to a record of 1563 - a decorative facade in front of the Gothic house.
almost destroyed completely.
At the same time the half-timber of the first floor is being uncovered.
| The History of Luther House |
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At the end of 15. cent. |
Several buildings are located on the premises of the Luther House whose shape can still be seen. On the window a relief of the resurrection (about 1490) is still preserved from that time. An arched cellar entrance refers to the oldest remaining brewery yard of the town. |
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| 1500 | The whole building complex is owned by the respected and influential Cotta family. | |
| According to an old record, written down in 1780 in a publication of the grammar school of Eisenach, Martin Luther lived here as a student in the southern part of the building. | ||
| 1561 | Hans Leonard, the most famous architect of the Renaissance
in Eisenach, acquires the house at the corner (to the market square) from
Margarete Welcker, a relative of the Cottas. He puts - according to a record of 1563 - a decorative facade in front of the Gothic house. |
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| 1636 | After a great fire in the town the buildings are connected by another floor, and a French attic roof is added. |
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| 1828 | Through purchase and marriage almost the whole original building complex is in possession of the Cottas again. | |
| 1897 | The landlord Adolf Lukaß orders that the gate entrance at the northern side of the house is closed, that the half-timber of the second floor is uncovered and that the romantic courtyard is designed. | |
| 1898 | Adolf Lukaß opens the restaurant „Lutherkeller“. Even then the two Lutheran rooms are shown to interested visitors. |
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| 1944 | The Luther House is damaged by an air raid. The northern
side is almost destroyed completely. |
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| 1945 | The son of the landlord, Franz Lukaß, begins with the
restauration of the house that is continued later by the Protestant Lutheran
Churchof Thuringia. At the same time the half-timber of the first floor is being uncovered. |
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| 1. Mai 1956 | The ecclesiastical Lutheran memorial and the archives of the Protestant parsonage are handed over to the public by the present district bishop, Dr. Moritz Mitzenheim. |
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| 1983 | Reopening of the restaurated Luther House on the occasion of the 500th birthday of Martin Luther. | |
| 1996 | The new and present exhibition is opened at the 450th anniversary Martin Luther’s death. | |
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