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  1. Completed1511
    CountryGermany
    DenominationLutheran
    History

    A first chapel dedicated to All Saints was erected at the new residence of the Ascanian duke Rudolf I of Saxe-Wittenberg in about 1340. Consecrated on 6 May 1346, Rudolf subordinated his foundation to the immediate j… See more

    All Saints' today

    A Lutheran Castle Church parish was established in 1949. It later evolved to a centre of the East German peace movement (swords to ploughshares), when Friedrich Schorlemmer served here as a preacher from 1978 … See more

    Tombs and artwork

    The tombs of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon are located in All Saints' Church. On Luther's tomb, located beneath the pulpit, is inscribed "Here is buried the body of the Doctor of Sacred Theology, Martin Luth… See more

    Gallery

    • Interior: view down the nave towards the altar
    • The steeple of All Saints' Church. The inscription Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott runs just below its base.
    • Statue of Saxonian prince-elector Frederick III, "the Wise" … See more

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