Ca. 45,000 people life in the officially named ''Lutherstadt Wittenberg'': [[Martin Luther]] taught [[theology]] at the town's university since 1508. He is said to have nailed his 95 theses against the selling of indulgences at the door of the All Saints' church - the ''Schlosskirche'' (castle church) - marking the beginning of the Protestant Reformation on October 31, 1517.
[[Category:German Cities and Towns]]