ELCA Wittenberg Center

The ELCA Wittenberg Center works closely with the LWF Wittenberg Center in offering hospitality to pilgrims and helping the Reformation come alive for them.

The ELCA Wittenberg Center can assist you in exploring the many study and learning opportunities available in the City of Wittenberg. In partnership with the LWF Wittenberg Center and the Colleg Wittenberg, the ELCA Wittenberg Center offers hospitality and learning opportunities available in the heart of the historic city of Martin Luther and in other Reformation sites. We can arrange:

• English language resources for pilgrims following in the footsteps of the Reformation

  The new Colleg Wittenberg

• Resources and references for scholars doing research on the Reformation and the Protestant Churches of Germany
• Hosting of groups from colleges, seminaries and congregations through the Colleg Wittenberg

The new Colleg Wittenberg offers inexpensive lodging for up to 48 people. It has seminar rooms, a cafeteria, laundry facilities, bikes and other amenities.  They will work with universities and seminaries to provide a quality educational experience. Find out more about studying in Wittenberg in this downloadable pdf. 

Towards 2017: The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

The Luther Decade, begun in 2008 by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), commemorates the events leading up to 2017, the year considered by many to be the birth of the Reformation. The EKD has planned annual themes throughout these years, culminating in special memorial events in 2017.  See the Luther Decade website for information centered around the themes and pilgrimages to the Reformation sites.

The themes selected for the Luther Decade:: 

• 2013 - Reformation and Tolerance
• 2014 - Reformation and Politics
• 2015 - Reformation - Visual Arts and the Bible
• 2016 - Reformation and the One World
• 2017 - Anniversary of the Reformation 

International seminars at the LWF Wittenberg Center

• November 3rd until November 16th, 2013
  Church at Luther - Prof. Theodor Dieter and Prof. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson, Strasbourg
• March 2nd antil March 15th, 2014
  Ministry and congregation
• November 9th until November 22nd, 2014
  Church and state - Prof. Theodor Dieter and Prof. Sarah Hinlicky Wilson, Strasbourg
• March 1st until March 14th, 2015
  Holy Scripture, proclamation, doctrine