DavidNWendy

We are going to Munich for Easter this year (well not really just for Easter but that is when our trip is scheduled April 9-13). Can anyone reccomend a good place (with some Martin Luther tie in is possible) to have a LUtheran mass? Also, any famous,not to be missed Lutheran sites in the area. My wife (the Wendy of DavidNWendy) is a Lutheran and I would like to suprise her with some intersting and historical places on our trip including a famous mass. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
David

BTilke

I'm interested in what responses you get. Two possible avenues to explore:
http://www.ekd.de/english/2169.html
is the English language web site for the Lutheran church in Germany. They will probably be glad to make suggestions.
Also, the minister at the Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Vancouver, WA, coordinated a Lutheran-oriented trip to Germany last year. I'm sure he would be more than willing to give you some ideas. The church's phone number is (360) 254 9243.

Underhill

FYI--Munich, lying in Bavaria, is strongly Roman-Catholic oriented; I wouldn't expect any noteworthy Lutheran churches to be there. Other regions of Germany are more apt to have Lutheran ties.

indytravel

Munich is traditionally very Catholic. I enjoyed Lutherstadt/Wittenburg but it's much further north nearer to Berlin.

I'm curious too about Lutheran ties in Bavaria.

eurotravler

David - I am not aware af any noteworthy Luther sites in Munich. I also do not believe you will find a "Lutheran" Church in Munich but rather an Evangelisch(sp?) Church. Take a look at this link for Luther:
http://www.luther.de/staedte.html or
http://www.wittenberg.de/e/

CharlieB

David - Underhill is correct, not many Lutheran sites in Bavaria. You will have to travel about 4+ hours north to get to the major Lutheran sites, Eisleben (near Halle)where Luther was born and died, Erfurt, and Eisenach with the impressive Wartburg castle - even farther to Wittenberg and Worms. You might want to surprise Wendy with a side trip to Eisenach - a delightful town and the castle itself is worth the trip. Have a great time!

Thomas_Milligan

The web site of the Lutheran Diocese of Munich http://www.muenchen-evangelisch.de/ has a calendar of services in Lutheran churches in the Munich area, and many have special services on Good Friday and Easter. One that might be of interest is St. Matthaus Church at Sendlinger-Tor-Platz, which has its own web site at http://www.stmatthaeus.de/. Their service at 10:00 on Easter Sunday will feature the Munich Motet Choir and a Brass Ensemble.

Historically Munich was a strongly Catholic city and does not have much related to Luther to my knowledge. Important in the Reformation are the nearby cities of Augsburg and Nuremberg.

It is a great distance from Munich, but Wittenberg, located between Leipzig and Berlin, has an outstanding Reformation Museum located in Luther's house as well as the Castle Church where Luther posted his 95 Theses which inaugurated the Reformation.

DavidNWendy

Thanks Everyone for your suggestions. Being a non-Lutheran I did not understand there was not much in Southern Germany that would relate to Luther. There are some great ideas I really appreciate here and will let everone know what I find. My wife did not know of any sites either, when I asked in passing, so I guess I cannot go too wrong. Also, we are planning on going back to Germany in the next few years and will be going into Frankfort and plan on being in Berlin and other cities in Germany. I guess we will have to carve out some time to go to Wittenburg and Lutherstadt. I love Thomas Milligan's information and think Easter Sunday will find us in the Saint Matthaus church - unless we take Charlie B up on his suggestion and venture north. I guess I will have to ask Wendy what she wants to do and if we have enough time to see everything we want to. It's funnny but every time we plan a trip we wind up finding more to do in any city (in the US or in other countries) than we have time to do. I guess this a good thing though
Thanks Again.
David

Zeus

Augsburg is less than an hour away from Munich. Site of the Augsburg Confession is almost a Mecca for Lutherans. Check out the link below for more info about Augsburg.

http://augsburg.de/Seiten/augsburg_e...gsburg_e.shtml

Schildc1

The previous posters are right about Bavaria being very Roman Catholic and, certainly, Munich. That said, I am a lifelong Lutheran married to a Catholic and have felt thoroughly inspired by Sunday masses in the Frauenkirche as well as the Theatinerkirche in the above-mentioned city. The vocal and/or orchestral elements added to the services are superb! Truly interesting cities with Luther importance which I have enjoyed were Worms(has nothing to do with the critters!) and Augsburg. Gute Reise!

eurotravler

Web site for the Lutheran English Ministry in Wittenberg:
http://www.wittenberg-english-ministry.com/