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"With Pen and Ink in Leipzig"
The Old Pleissenburg Castle (now the new city hall), in which the religious debate between Martin Luther and the Catholic theologian from Ingolstadt Dr. John Eck, took place in the great hall in July 1519.
St. Thomas Church, where the ceremonies for the famous debate between Eck and Luther began and George Rhau, then the choir master of the now famous Thomanerchor, composed a special mass for the occasion, Luther preached here, and Johann Sebastian Bach, who was organist and choirmaster for 27 years, lies buried in front of the altar.
St. Nicholai Church, where Ingetraut Ludolphy received her honorary degree from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. Johann Sebastian Bach was also organist and choir director at the Nicholai Church.
A building housing the Department of Theology, Karl Marx University, Leipzig, where approximately 200 students were enrolled in the study of theology. Among its faculty was Dr. Ingetraut Ludolphy, author of numerous books and pamphlets among them a biography of Luther’s friend and benefactor, Fredrick the Wise, the Elector of Saxony.
A statue of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as a student. Goethe was one of the greatest German poets. He studied at Leipzig University in the 18th century. Goethe spoke highly of Martin Luther.
April, 1997