Sunday lecture 2024
The series of Sunday lectures at the Evangelical Preacher's Seminar 2024 is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Evangelical Hymnal. The lectures take place on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the castle auditorium, Schlossplatz 1, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Admission is free.
4th date: April 21, 2024 - Helmut Liersch, Goslar: The Erfurt Enchiridion from 1524 in the original - the first Evangelical hymn book
The current double-leaf bronze door, installed in 1858, was donated by the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV (r. 1840-1861) and built by the conservator of Prussian monuments Ferdinand v. Tassel designed. Friedrich Drake created the small musician figures at the top of the two door wings. Luther's 95 theses in Latin are cast into the door wings in Gothic minuscule script.