by ILSW | Nov 27, 2018 | Martin Luther, Old Latin School, Wittenberg
Luther´s Birthday: 10th of November 1483 AD 535 years ago today Dr. Martin Luther was born as the eldest child of the wedded couple Hans Luder (1459-1530) and his wife Margarethe born Lindemann (1459-1531) in Eisleben (Today: Lutherstraße 15). It...
by ILSW | Sep 25, 2018 | Education, involvement, outreach, wilhelmweber, Wittenberg
Some of the first Latin I had to translate was “De catechizandis rudibus” by Augustine of Thagaste. Seems I’ve not gotten much further than this. I am at work trying to catechise learners in the rudimentary beginnings. Standing before 5th-10th...
by ILSW | Jun 29, 2017 | intern, involvement, Local, Old Latin School, volunteer, Wittenberg, world exhibition
There was a new face at the Old Latin School during the first weeks of the World Exhibition this summer. Alina Nikolaev lives in Lutherstadt-Wittenberg and currently studies at the Luther-Melanchthon Gymnasium, the local high school and successor of the Old Latin...
by ILSW | Mar 2, 2017 | intern, involvement, Old Latin School, volunteer, Wittenberg
During the grey months of January and February in Wittenberg, the Old Latin School was blessed by the aid, efforts, and enthusiasm given by Ethan Stoppenhagen, our most recent ILSW intern. Originally from Ossian, Indiana, Stoppenhagen studies Classics and German at...
by ILSW | Feb 17, 2017 | Education, Melanchthon, Old Latin School, Wittenberg
On a quiet morning in January, Managing Director Kristin Lange welcomed Dr. Phillipp Melanchthon and a group of students from the Luther-Melanchthon Gymnasium to the Old Latin School. Melanchthon was portrayed by a friend of the OLS, Mr. Michael Schicketanz, who...
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