Wittenberg
a town in Prussia; province of Saxony; on the Elbe, 45 miles S. E. of Madgeburg. It was while Luther was a professor in Wittenberg that he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Schlosskirche. The university in which he was professor was united to Halle in 1817. The principal buildings are the Schlosskirche, in which both Luther and Melanchthon are buried; the Stadtkirche, where Luther and Melanchthon preached; the remains of the Augustine monastery, with Luther's apartments; the houses of Melanchthon and Cranach; the town hall, the gymnasium, etc. Pop. about 25,000. 3000