GUIDED TOURS AND VISITS	Contact
Guided tours of the historic old town, visiting Martin Luther’s birthplace and the house where he died, both UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites; the Church of St Peter and Paul (where Luther was baptised); St Andrew’s Church (market church with Luther’s original pulpit); the Luther memorial in the marketplace and St. Anne’s Church (the miners’ church with biblical scenes carved in stone) Special guided tours on the history of the town or on copper mining in the Mansfeld region Themed tours of the Lutheran sites and museum education programmes are available on request All tours are held every day and must be booked in advance.	For information and bookings for the events listed above, please contact: Fremdenverkehrsverein Lutherstadt Eisleben/ Mansfelder Land e.V. Bahnhofstraße 36 D-06295 Lutherstadt Eisleben Tel.: +(0)34 75 /60 21 24 oder 1 94 33 Fax: +(0)34 75 /60 26 34 E-Mail: info@eisleben-tourist.de Internet: www.eisleben-tourist.de other contacts: Luther Memorials Foundation Martin Luthers Geburtshaus (house where Luther was born) Lutherstrasse 15 Tel.: +49 (0)3475 71 47 80; Fax: +49 (0)3475 71 47 815 Museum “Luthers Sterbehaus” Andreaskirchplatz 7 Tel/Fax: +49 (0)3475 602 285
MONASTIC LIFE
History and legends are brought to life in the newly rebuilt Cistercian convent at Helfta. Its 15 hectares of grounds are an inviting place for relaxation and contemplation. Daily guided tours of the convent by prior arrangement Visitors are invited to attend canonical services and Holy Mass in the convent church. A new hotel, restaurant and function room complex has been built within the historic convent walls.
LECTURES
Lectures and special exhibitions in the houses where Martin Luther was born and where he died. Full programme available on request.
MUSICAL EXPERIENCES
Concerts are held all year round in the St. Mechthild hall at Helfta Convent. 1 May to 30 September: lunchtime organ recitals Tuesdays from 12 noon to 12.30pm in the Church of St Andrew Guided tours of the organ and organ music by prior arrangement.
CHURCH SERVICES
Sundays at 10.00am, held alternately in the Church of St. Peter and Paul or the Church of St. Andrew. Sundays at 10.30am in St. Anne’s Church
EXCURSIONS
The lutheran town of Mansfeld You will visit the house where Luther’s parents lived, St. George’s Church and Mansfeld Castle whose castle chapel dates back to Lutheran times. Mining heritage Guided tours around the landscape formed by disused spoil heaps in the Mansfeld region where copper was mined for more than 800 years. Underground excursion into the Wettelrode visitor mine, see how mining and smelting was carried out at the Mansfeld Museum, Hettstedt
CULINARY DELIGHTS
Wine tasting at privately-owned vineyards on the Mansfeld Lakes Wine Route Beer seminar and tasting of beer brewed at the Helfta Convent, held in the convent tavern Medieval banquet with entertainment
TRADITIONAL EVENTS
Eisleben’s Wiesenmarkt (meadow market)—the biggest fun fair in central Germany: every year on the third weekend in September Martin’s Festival on Martin Luther’s birthday Christmas Market in the historic market square	Historical costumes at the Eisleben town festival