Join us at Ring und Reigen – a place of dance, music and fest­ive cheer, inspired by 500 years of love.

The Luth­er House, ori­gin­ally built as an Augustini­an mon­as­tery, was more than just a home for Mar­tin Luth­er – it was the set­ting for his form­at­ive years. The reformer spent over 35 years here: first as a monk, then as a lead­ing thinker of the Reform­a­tion. With­in these walls, he not only shaped church his­tory but also influ­enced the intel­lec­tu­al life of Europe. It was here that he wrote his ground­break­ing 95 Theses and developed the ideas that would revolu­tion­ise reli­gious and social life. His fam­ous Table Talks were held in this very place, and many of his writ­ings, which marked a turn­ing point in world his­tory, took shape here.

This is also where the story of Mar­tin Luth­er and Kath­ar­ina von Bora began. They were mar­ried behind the mon­as­tery walls on 13 June 1525 and spent many happy years togeth­er here. This his­tor­ic event will be cel­eb­rated at the Luth­er­hof through­out all three days of the fest­iv­al. Exper­i­ence this extraordin­ary place with all your senses – with music and dan­cing, a refresh­ing drink from the ​‘von Bora’ tav­ern, or a photo with the Luth­er couple in front of the fest­ively dec­or­ated St Catherine’s Gate. Or embark on a jour­ney into Luther’s life by vis­it­ing the spe­cial exhib­i­tions in the Augusteum, where you can also mar­vel at Kath­ar­ina von Bora’s wed­ding ring.

NOTE: Access to the ​‘Ring und Reigen’ exper­i­ence (Luth­er­hof) is free of charge. How­ever, reg­u­lar admis­sion fees still apply to the spe­cial exhib­i­tions in the Augusteum dur­ing the fest­iv­al weekend.

What else awaits you:

Fri­day, 13 June 2025
The fest­iv­it­ies for Luther’s Wed­ding will begin here: Accom­pan­ied by a fan­fare pro­ces­sion, the town guard and their entour­age, Mar­tin and Kath­ar­ina will parade from the Luth­er­hof to the mar­ket square, where the cel­eb­ra­tions will offi­cially open at around 5:00 p.m. At 7:00 p.m., the Luth­er­hof invites you to join the wed­ding dances, accom­pan­ied by Renais­sance music and a dance work­shop hos­ted by Sal­ta­ti­us Bur­gus e.V. – all guests are wel­come to take part and prac­tise tra­di­tion­al walk­ing dances.

Sat­urday, 14 June 2025
The court­yard of the Luth­er House will be fest­ively dec­or­ated for the grand his­tor­ic­al pro­ces­sion. The von Bora tav­ern invites you to a fest­ive morn­ing pint with live music. At 12:30 p.m., the Fahnengarde Vogt­land e.V. will give a spe­cial per­form­ance with fly­ing and wav­ing flags. At 1:00 p.m., Mar­tin and Kath­ar­ina will greet their guests and pose for a souven­ir photo in front of their home, the Luth­er­haus. Mean­while, pre­par­a­tions for the grand parade will begin out­side the court­yard. The pro­ces­sion will start at 2:00 p.m., with Mar­tin and Kath­ar­ina lead­ing the way.

Sunday, 15 June 2025
The Luth­er House court­yard will be trans­formed into a medi­ev­al bakery, where the wed­ding cake will be cut at 10:30 a.m. by the young Luth­er couple. At 11:00 a.m., the his­tor­ic­al children’s fest­iv­al parade will set off from in front of the Augusteum. A fan­fare band and min­strels will accom­pany the chil­dren as they hand out straw­berry cake and bis­cuits to guests, while anoth­er group col­lects dona­tions for the Kath­ar­ina von Bora Hos­pice. In the after­noon, the Luth­er­hof invites you to a fest­ive finale with a clas­sic­al con­cert by the Paul Ger­hardt Orchestra.