Luther, Martin b. November 10, 1483 d. February 18, 1546 Religious Leader, principal figure in the 16th Century "Reformation" of the Christian churches in Europe, Professor, Author, Bible translator. Castle Church Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany Plot: Center of church, below wooden pulpit, about two meters down
Melanchthon, Philipp b. February 16, 1497 d. April 19, 1560 Educator, Theologian. Born by the name of Philipp Schwarzerdt, after his father’s death he moved with his grandmother Elisabeth to Pforzheim, where he attended the Latin school. There he met Elisabeth’s brother the humanist Johannes Reuchlin, who influenced his work. It was Reuchlin who suggested Phillipp to change his last name to the Greek equivalent “Melanchthon”. In 1509 he joined the University of Heidelberg where he studied philosophy, rhetoric and astronomy. In 1512 he went to Tübingen...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Castle Church Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
von Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Christiane Eberhardine b. December 29, 1671 d. September 4, 1727 Nobility, Electress of Saxony and titular Queen of Poland. She was the eldest daughter of Margrave Christian Ernst of Bayreuth and Sophie von Württemberg and married Friedrich August von Sachsen in 1693. She gave birth to a son three years later who was named after the father. Hurt by her husbands unfaithfulness and by his convertion to Catholicism she left Dresden and lived in the Castles of Pretzsch and Torgau. Because of her Protestant beliefs she was never crowned Queen of Poland. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Stadtkirche Sankt Nikolaus, Pretzsch (Elbe), Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Ziegler, Caspar b. September 15, 1621 d. April 17, 1690 Lawyer, poet and composer. He was born in Leipzig as son of the city council Caspar Ziegler and his wife Anna (née Walter, widow of Johann Kürsten). He studied at the university of Leipzig and went in January 1641 to the university of Wittenberg. He visited the philosophy lessons of August Buchner, Johannes Scharf and Johannes Sperling. When he returned to Wittenberg in 1643 his parents first pressured him to study theology. When it became clear that he was not suited for it, his father allowed...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia) Castle Church Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
b. November 10, 1483 d. February 18, 1546