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Bold Women's Tour of Germany 2007

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Two lions guard the initial entrance to the castle in Torgau.
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Two lions guard the initial entrance to the castle in Torgau.

  • Close to St. Mary's is this building where Luther, Melancthon, Bugenhagen and Jonas wrote the Torgauer Artikel, which was a draft of what became the Augsburg Confession.
  • Taken within the chancel at St. Mary's, you see the font, free-standing altar and the pulpit.
  • The original altar at St. Mary's, the city church. St. Mary's was originally a Roman Catholic church, but was converted in the Reformation.
  • The Rev. Joy Schroeder (faculty, Trinity Lutheran Seminary) stands beside the grave of Katherina von Bora Luther, buried at St. Mary's.
  • A close-up of the pulpit at the "angel" chapel at the castle in Torgau.
  • The castle bearing the coat of arms of the duchy of Saxony-Wittenberg.
  • Two lions guard the initial entrance to the castle in Torgau.
  • A fuller look at the pulpit in the castle chapel.
  • Another close-up look at the pulpit at the castle chapel.
  • Beyond being an important Reformation site, Torgau is home to the world's oldest toy store -- the same family, for 11 generations now, has operated this toy store for more than 300 years!
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