everyone who visits eisenach wants to see voc book castle. for many germans it's much more than eleven the century council. is both a landmark and a national legend. mainly because this is where martin luther translated the new testament while staying at the castle beginning in fifteen twenty one four years after he published his theses. that meant all literate germans could read the bible for the first time. in the first person to translate the bible but he did it very well i translated it from the original greek instead of latin. but was this the time missions that. my special jubilee exhibition pays tribute to look there are over three hundred exhibits show how our attitude towards him is changed repeatedly over the past five hundred years. luther a national hero. and luther a religious revolutionary who often sparked controversy. the title of the site for the von book exhibition shows five hundred years of german history and focuses on luther and the german people you know from the college of the reformation influence german history and h

life are experiencing a huge visitor search though i too headed over to the range and to check out eisenach and affluent but of course there's what's more for you on today's show. from luther snow globes to lou thirsts alarm me the reformer is now a silvan or star. globe trotters stephen a sends us money or guides from sri lanka. and in our email we take to the parrot. lighting they can start. i'm on my way to botch book castle high above guys and this is where martin luther translated the new testament into german between fifteen twenty one and fifteen twenty two. it's a climb. but if you run out of breath don't worry along the way you'll find fifteen panels with information about luther the perfect excuse for a little break. luther was quite the phrase monger many of his sayings still apply today. the wearer of cats that lift you when you're looking but scratch you when you're not i kind of doubt he was really talking about caps there of course when he was really talking about were hypocrites and backstabbers. i've made it bought a book castle it's almost a thousand years old and a unesco