The day started out with drizzling rain, began to sprinkle on the ride from the Wartburg to the town of Eisenach (about 2 miles away), and positively poured for the city tour. It gave new meaning to Bach's "water music."
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| A fountain in a side yard. |
The first stop was the Wartburg, gained by devious means in the 11th century by Ludwig the Springer (Jumper--the names gives you an idea of his personality), housed St. Elisabeth as a child and young married woman in the 13th century, was the location of the famous "Singer-War," where medieval poets sang their songs to win honor, and was the hiding place for Martin Luther in the 16th century after he was excommunicated and lost his citizenship after refusing to recant (and starting the Reformation). The low clouds and drizzle did totally remove the wonderful view, but was eerily pretty in a different way.
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| The study (prison cell) where Luther was hidden while an outlaw of the kingdom in addition to being excommunicated. |
In the town of Eisenach, birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach, we visited the museum first (hoping the rain would stop), where we could listen to many different pieces of Bach's music, see the Bach home's rooms, and see many of the musical artifacts. Then we bravely went out in the rain to tour the home of Martin Luther when he was a school boy and see the church Bach was baptised in. The church (Georgenkirche) door decoration has the initials of Johann Sebastian Bach (JSB), visible in the fancy script from both sides.
There was a new sign, commemorating President Bill Clinton's visit to the Opel (General Motors in Europe) factory and the city in 1998:
"Do not underestimate what you as free people can achieve with your dreams." If you click on the picture, you'll be able to see the text, and that he spoke to over 30,000 people that day.
The first stop was the Wartburg, gained by devious means in the 11th century by Ludwig the Springer (Jumper--the names gives you an idea of his personality), housed St. Elisabeth as a child and young married woman in the 13th century, was the location of the famous "Singer-War," where medieval poets sang their songs to win honor, and was the hiding place for Martin Luther in the 16th century after he was excommunicated and lost his citizenship after refusing to recant (and starting the Reformation). The low clouds and drizzle did totally remove the wonderful view, but was eerily pretty in a different way.
In the town of Eisenach, birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach, we visited the museum first (hoping the rain would stop), where we could listen to many different pieces of Bach's music, see the Bach home's rooms, and see many of the musical artifacts. Then we bravely went out in the rain to tour the home of Martin Luther when he was a school boy and see the church Bach was baptised in. The church (Georgenkirche) door decoration has the initials of Johann Sebastian Bach (JSB), visible in the fancy script from both sides.
There was a new sign, commemorating President Bill Clinton's visit to the Opel (General Motors in Europe) factory and the city in 1998:
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