Feiern Sie Ihr lutherisches Erbe y die Reformation translates to\u00a0Celebrating Lutheran Heritage and the Reformation.<\/p>\n
Augsburg College is designing a custom travel program for October 2016 that will celebrate the Reformation and the upcoming 500th<\/sup> anniversary of when Martin Luther in 1517 nailed the 95 Theses to the church doors in Wittenberg, Germany. A highlight of the trip itinerary will be a visit to Wittenberg over October 31\u2013a time when the town annually celebrates Reformation Day with a parade, medieval fair, special church service, and evening concert. In addition to visiting Wittenberg, the itinerary includes stops in the German cities of Berlin, Dresden, Eisenach, Erfurt, Leipzig, and Prague, Czech Republic.<\/p>\n Led by Augsburg Department of Religion faculty members Mark Tranvik and Hans Wiersma, program participants will explore the lives and ministries of Martin and Katie Luther and the legacies of influential Lutheran musicians Johann Sebastian Bach and Paul Gerhardt. They will learn about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a 20th<\/sup>\u00a0Century German theologian and martyr, and Jan Hus, a church reformer of 15th<\/sup>\u00a0Century Prague\u2013100 years before Luther. Participants also will hear about the church\u2019s role in the Peaceful Revolution that brought down the Berlin Wall and remember the sobering days of WWII at the Buchenwald concentration camp. This travel program is an opportunity to explore the connections between people, cultures, and historical events while examining the Reformation as an ongoing influence in the 21st<\/sup> Century.<\/p>\n