UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Official name | Luther's Death House |
Location | Eisleben, Mansfeld-Südharz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany |
Part of | Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg |
Criteria | Cultural: (iv)(vi) |
Reference | 783-001 |
Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
Area | 0.12 ha (0.30 acres) |
Buffer zone | 1.37 ha (3.4 acres) |
Coordinates | 51°31′41″N 11°32′40″E / 51.52807°N 11.54433°E |
Martin Luther's Death House (German: Martin Luthers Sterbehaus) is a historic building in Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt Germany, long regarded as the place where the influential theologian Martin Luther died on 18 February 1546. Along with Martin Luther's Birth House in Eisleben and other sites associated with Martin Luther in Wittenberg, the building was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996.[1] It is now a museum.