On February 16, Dr. Caecilia Hein, director of the Reformation History Research Library in Wittenberg, will examine the timeless power of "demonizing images." Her lecture shows how imagery can shape, exclude, or empower people, both in the past and today.
The Sunday lectures take place every Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Wittenberg Preachers' Seminary (Schlossplatz 1). Access is via the visitor center. The events are public and free of charge.
The current church tower was originally a residential tower for the princes, like the south tower, but was badly damaged in the Seven Years' War in 1760 and then converted into a church tower and bell tower by adding two floors made of wood with copper cladding. These wooden parts burned after being bombarded again in the war in 1813. The Prussian military turned the remaining tower stump into a cannon bastion.