Pope. queuing up for church in martin luther s hometown witan back today thousands came to celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of the protestant reformation and all of my life i ve been lutheran this is a very important day for me any less is the this is the place where luther lived and worked and we want to celebrate this today and that if one cannot understand german history without luther and the reformation it has left its mark on us i myself belong to a lutheran church and belief in its values but at the council church of wittenberg germany s leaders including chancellor merkel herself daughter of a lutheran pastor attended a service to commemorate martin luther d.s. legend has it that it was here on this day five hundred years ago that nailed his ninety five thesis through the door of the council church the document was not tacked on practices of the catholic church luther wanted to reform it not divide it
And it s you know it s parents responsibility it s not just the priest or the pastors responsibility you re the head of the old latin school which is the center of study with a long history here and you back what exactly is the purpose of. history dates back to fifteen sixty four like you said so shortly after luther but definitely out of the reformation in that line and now it s a welcome center a christian welcome center or conference center it s not just americans or germans again turkey you know a group from norway so people are commonly in retreat to or. have experienced wittenberg and kind of come home to the reformation and if that s your heritage and if not a place to actually live while you discover the reformation and learn about it.