Wartburg
CASTLE OF, a notable structure in Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar, an eminence rising 600 feet above the town, engirt by forests, founded in 1067, and till 1440 the residence of the Landgrave of Thuringia. It is famous as the spot where the MINNESINGERS (q. v.) assembled to hold a poetic contest ("the war of the Wartburg") about 1207; as the home of St. Elizabeth (1211-1227); and as the 10 months' asylum to which Luther was carried by the Elector of Saxony (May, 1521). The chapel in which Luther preached, as well as the WARTON chamber which he occupied, and in which he discomfited the Evil One by throwing the inkstand at his head, is still pointed out. The whole pile has been magnificently restored since 1851.