Wartburg

[ vahrt-boo rk ]

/ ˈvɑrtˌbʊərk /

noun

a castle in E Germany, in Thuringia, near Eisenach: Luther translated the New Testament here 1521–22.

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Examples from the Web for wartburg

Luther was quitting the Wartburg for a cause very different from that for which he had entered it.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III|J. H. Merle D'Aubign
They would never have come this way to ride to the Wartburg.
The Mercenary|W. J. Eccott
Let her continue giving to the poor if God so wills it, he said, if but the Wartburg and the Neuburg remain to us.
Woman under Monasticism|Lina Eckenstein
The internal interest of the Wartburg has long since been "restored" away, and its rooms blaze with gilding and colour.
Story of My Life, volumes 1-3|Augustus J. C. Hare

The largest and most important castle is that of the Wartburg at Eisenach, which is in complete preservation.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for wartburg

Wartburg

/ (German ˈvartbʊrk) /

noun

a medieval castle in central Germany, in Thuringia southwest of Eisenach: residence of Luther (1521–22) when he began his German translation of the New Testament

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