Wartburg Castle

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UNESCO World Heritage Site fortress medieval castle tourist attraction

Wartburg Castle is a medieval fortress in Eisenach, Germany, famed as the place where Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German while in hiding.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → fortress → medieval castle → tourist attraction →
architecturalStyle	Gothic → Historicist → Romanesque →
associatedWith	German Romanticism → Ludwig der Springer → Martin Luther → Saint Elisabeth of Hungary → Wartburg Song Contest →
builder	Ludwig der Springer →
builtFor	Ludwig der Springer →
city	Eisenach →
constructionStart	circa 1067 →
country	Germany →
elevation	approximately 410 meters above sea level →
foundedIn	11th century →
function	residence of the Landgraves of Thuringia →
hasPart	Elisabethkemenate (Elisabeth bower) → Luther Room → Palas (great hall) → Romanesque palace → castle keep → chapel → courtyard → gatehouse → museum →
heritageCriteria	cultural →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
historicalRegion	Duchy of Thuringia NERFINISHED →
locatedIn	Eisenach → Thuringia NERFINISHED →
locatedInContinent	Europe →
locatedNear	Thuringian Forest →
locatedOn	Wartburg mountain →
LutherAlias	Junker Jörg →
LutherStayedFrom	1521 →
LutherStayedUntil	1522 →
notableEvent	Martin Luther’s translation of the New Testament into German →
notableFor	Wartburg Song Contest legend → association with the Protestant Reformation → medieval courtly culture →
ownedBy	Stiftung Wartburg (Wartburg Foundation) →
region	Free State of Thuringia →
UNESCOSiteId	897 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1999 →
usedAs	place of refuge for Martin Luther →
visitorAttraction	yes →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thuringia →	hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite
Thuringia →	knownFor
Martin Luther →	tookRefugeAt