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{{short description|Castle in Eisenach, Germany}}

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The '''Wartburg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈvaʁtbʊʁk}})  is a castle originally built in the [[Middle Ages]]. It is situated on a precipice of {{convert|410|metres}} to the southwest of and overlooking the town of [[Eisenach]], in the state of [[Thuringia]], Germany.  It was the home of St. [[Elisabeth of Hungary]], the place where [[Martin Luther]] translated the [[New Testament]] of the Bible into German, the site of the [[Wartburg festival]] of 1817 and the supposed setting for the possibly legendary ''[[Sängerkrieg]]''. It was an important inspiration for [[Ludwig II]] when he decided to build [[Neuschwanstein Castle]]. 

Wartburg is the most visited tourist attraction in [[Thuringia]] after [[Weimar]]. Although the castle today still contains substantial original structures from the 12th through 15th centuries, much of the interior dates back only to the 19th century. In 1999, Wartburg Castle was inscribed on the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage List]] because of its quintessential medieval architecture and its historical and religious significance.<ref name = "unesco">{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/897 |title=Wartburg Castle |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher=United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |access-date=30 July 2022 |archive-date=23 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223100701/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/897/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Löhr |first1=Dirk |title=Wartburg Castle – the most visited Reformation site |url=https://www.dw.com/en/wartburg-castle-the-most-visited-reformation-site/a-36162981 |access-date=20 September 2023 |publisher=DW |date=28 October 2016}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name of the castle is probably derived from {{langx|de|Warte}}, a [[watchtower]], in spite of a tradition which holds that the castle's founder, on first laying eyes on the site, exclaimed, "Warte, Berg—du sollst mir eine Burg tragen!" ("Wait, mountain—you shall bear my castle!").<ref>Reported by [http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/ludowinger_landgrafen_von_thueringen/ludwig_2_der_springer_graf_1123/schwarz_hilmar.html Hilmar Schwartz, in ''Die Ludowinger. Aufstieg und Fall des ersten thüringischen Landgrafengeschlechts'' (Wartburg-Stiftung: Eisenach) 1993.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317180634/http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/ludowinger_landgrafen_von_thueringen/ludwig_2_der_springer_graf_1123/schwarz_hilmar.html |date=17 March 2007 }} Though the source reports the incident, it states that written records cannot be found to that effect.</ref> It is a German play on words for mountain (''Berg'') and fortress (''Burg''), coupled with a further play on ''warte'' (wait) and ''Warte'' ("watchtower").

==Location==
[[File:WAK WUFA Burbach Wartburgblick.jpg|thumb|left|View of Wartburg from the east]]
Wartburg is located on a {{convert|410|metres|adj=on}} precipice to the southwest of, and overlooking the town of [[Eisenach]], in the state of [[Thuringia]], Germany. The hill is an extension of [[Thuringian Forest]], overlooking ''Mariental'' to the south-east and the valley of the [[Hörsel]] to the north, through which passed the historical [[Via Regia]].<ref name="Baedeker">{{cite book |last=Stahn |first=Dina |title=Thüringen (German) |publisher=Karl Baedeker Verlag |year=2009 |isbn=978-3-8297-1175-3}}</ref>{{rp|149}} The [[Rennsteig]] passes not far to the south of the castle.

== History ==
The castle's foundation was laid about 1067 by the Thuringian [[Graf|count]] of [[Friedrichroda|Schauenburg]], [[Louis the Springer]] ( ''Ludwig der Springer'' ), a relative of the [[County of Rieneck|Counts of Rieneck]] in [[Franconia]]. Together with its larger sister castle [[Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg)|Neuenburg]] in the present-day town of Freyburg, the Wartburg secured the extreme borders of his traditional territories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schloss-neuenburg.de/English-Site.html |title=SCHLOSS NEUENBURG in Freyburg an der Unstrut &#91;offizielle Homepage&#93; – English Site |access-date=16 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308170642/http://www.schloss-neuenburg.de/English-Site.html |archive-date=8 March 2011}}</ref>
Louis the Springer is said to have had clay from his lands transported to the top of the hill, which was not quite within his lands, so he might swear that the castle was built on his soil.

The castle was first mentioned in a written document in 1080 by [[Bruno the Saxon|Bruno, Bishop of Merseburg]], in his ''De Bello Saxonico'' ("The Saxon War") as ''Wartberg''.<ref name=History>{{cite web |url=http://www.wartburg-eisenach.de/english/geschich/framedef.htm |title=History of the Wartburg |publisher=Wartburg-Stiftung |access-date=8 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109103123/http://www.wartburg-eisenach.de/english/geschich/framedef.htm |archive-date=9 January 2016}}</ref>

During the [[Investiture Controversy]], Louis's henchmen attacked a military contingent of King [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV of Germany]]. The count remained a fierce opponent of the [[Salian dynasty|Salian]] rulers, and upon the extinction of the line, his son [[Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia|Louis I]] was elevated to the rank of a [[Landgrave]] in Thuringia by the new German king [[Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor|Lothair of Supplinburg]] in 1131.

From 1172 to 1211, the Wartburg was one of the most important princes' courts in the German [[Holy Roman Empire|Reich]]. [[Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia|Hermann I]] supported poets like [[Walther von der Vogelweide]] and [[Wolfram von Eschenbach]] who wrote part of his ''[[Parzival]]'' here in 1203.<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|149}}

The castle thus became the setting for the legendary ''[[Sängerkrieg]]'', or Minstrels' Contest<ref name="History"/> in which such ''[[Minnesänger]]'' as Walther von der Vogelweide,<ref>[http://www.phil.uni-passau.de/histhw/stadtgeschichte/english/Vogelweide.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611011058/http://www.phil.uni-passau.de/histhw/stadtgeschichte/english/Vogelweide.html |date=11 June 2007 }} Retrieved 5 March 2008, Wartburg-battle</ref> Wolfram von Eschenbach,<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/269/000103957/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430034855/http://www.nndb.com/people/269/000103957/ |date=30 April 2008 }} Retrieved 5 March 2008, Wartburg-Krieg</ref> Albrecht von Halberstadt (the [[translator]] of [[Ovid]]) and many others supposedly took part in 1206/1207. The legend of this event was later used by [[Richard Wagner]] in his opera ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]''.

At the age of four, St. [[Elisabeth of Hungary]] was sent by her mother to the Wartburg to be raised to become consort of Landgrave [[Ludwig IV of Thuringia]]. From 1211 to 1228, she lived in the castle and was renowned for her charitable work. In 1221, Elisabeth married Ludwig. In 1227, Ludwig died on the Crusade and she followed her confessor [[Konrad von Marburg|Father Konrad]] to [[Marburg]]. Elisabeth died there in 1231 at the age of 24 and was [[Canonization|canonized]] as a saint of the [[Roman Catholic Church]] just five years after her death.<ref name="History"/><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071229080013/http://www.stelizabethaiea.org/stelizabeth.htm]}} Retrieved 5 March 2008, St Elisabeth on the Wartburg</ref><ref name="Welterbe">{{cite book |last=Schuchardt |first=Günther |title=Welterbe Wartburg (German) |publisher=Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg |year=2009 |isbn=978-3-7954-4060-2}}</ref>{{rp|4}}

In 1247, [[Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia|Heinrich Raspe]], the last landgrave of Thuringia of his line and an [[anti-king]] of Germany, died at the Wartburg.<ref name="History"/> He was succeeded by [[Henry III, Margrave of Meissen]].

In 1320, substantial reconstruction work was done after the castle had been damaged in a fire caused by lightning in 1317 or 1318. A chapel was added to the Palas.<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|15,18}}

The Wartburg remained the seat of the [[Rulers of Thuringia|Thuringian]] landgraves until 1440.
[[File:Luther's study, Wartburg, Thuringia, Germany-LCCN2002720777.jpg|thumb|The Luther Room in the ''Vogtei'' (bailiwick's house)]]
From May 1521 to March 1522, [[Martin Luther]] stayed at the castle under the name of ''[[Junker Jörg]]'' (the Knight George), after he had been taken there for his safety at the request of [[Frederick the Wise]] following his [[excommunication]] by [[Pope Leo X]] and his refusal to recant at the [[Diet of Worms]]. It was during this period that Luther translated the [[New Testament]] from [[Koine Greek|ancient Greek]] into [[German language|German]] in just ten weeks.<ref name="History"/> Luther's was not the first German translation of the Bible but it quickly became the most well known and most widely circulated.

From 1540 until his death in 1548, {{Interlanguage link multi|Fritz Erbe|de}}, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] [[farmer]] from [[Berka/Werra|Herda]], was held captive in the [[dungeon]] of the south tower, because he refused to abjure anabaptism. After his death, he was buried in the Wartburg near the chapel of St. Elisabeth.<ref>[http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/erbe_fritz_d._1548] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629051024/http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/erbe_fritz_d._1548 |date=29 June 2011 }} Retrieved 29 March 2012, Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online: ''Erbe, Fritz''</ref> In 1925, a handwritten signature of Fritz Erbe was found on the prison wall.

Over the next centuries, the castle fell increasingly into disuse and disrepair, especially after the end of the [[Thirty Years' War]] when it had served as a refuge for the ruling family of [[Saxe-Weimar]].<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|7}} Nevertheless, at least the palace and the ''Vogtei'' ([[bailiwick]]'s house) never fell into complete ruins, but remained under cover, while others, especially outbuildings and the keep ''([[bergfried]])'', fell into complete disrepair, so that they later had to be replaced.

[[File:Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Wartburg mit Mönch und Nonne, 14.12.1807.jpg|thumb|Wartburg, monk and nun, drawing by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1807)]]
In 1777, [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] stayed at the Wartburg for five weeks, making various drawings of the buildings.<ref name="History"/>

[[File:Wartburg-Studentenzug-1817.jpg|thumb|Students marching to the Wartburg in 1817]]
On 18 October 1817, the first [[Wartburg festival]] took place. About 500 students, members of the newly founded German [[Burschenschaft]]en ("fraternities"), came together at the castle to celebrate the German victory over Napoleon four years before and the 300th anniversary of the Reformation, condemn conservatism and call for German unity under the motto "Honour – Freedom – Fatherland".<ref name="History"/> Speakers at the event included Heinrich Hermann Riemann, a veteran of the [[Lützow Free Corps]], the philosophy student Ludwig Rödiger, and [[Hans Ferdinand Massmann]].

With the permission of the absent chaplain [[Friedrich Ludwig Jahn]], the [[Code Napoléon]] and other [[book burning|books were burned]] 'in effigy': instead of the costly volumes, scraps of parchment with the titles of conservative books (including [[August von Kotzebue]]'s ''History of the German Empires'') were placed on the bonfire. [[Karl Ludwig Sand]], who would assassinate Kotzebue two years later, was among the participants.

This event and a similar gathering at Wartburg during the [[Revolutions of 1848]] are considered seminal moments in the movement for [[German unification]].

During the rule of the [[Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]], Grand Duke [[Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Karl Alexander]] ordered the reconstruction of Wartburg in 1838. He and his wealthy wife, [[Princess Sophie of the Netherlands]], had the castle extensively rebuilt as a national cultural monument in the [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Neo-Romanesque style]] during his long reign. The Grand Duke's bedroom with its phenomenal view can also still be visited. The lead architect was {{Interlanguage link multi|Hugo von Ritgen|de}}, for whom it became a life's work. In fact, it was finished only a year after his death in 1889.<ref name="History"/>

Drawing on a suggestion by Goethe that the Wartburg would serve well as a museum, [[Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1786–1859)|Maria Pavlovna]] and her son Karl Alexander also founded the art collection (''Kunstkammer'') that became the nucleus of today's museum.<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|24–28}}

The reign of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ended in the [[German Revolution of 1918-19|German Revolution]] in 1918. In 1922, the ''Wartburg Stiftung'' (Wartburg Foundation) was established to ensure the castle's maintenance.<ref name="History"/>

After the end of World War II, Soviet occupation forces took the renowned collection of weapons and armour. Its whereabouts still remain unknown.<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|10}} The ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Wartburg armoury|de|3=Rüstkammer der Wartburg|lt=Rüstkammer}}'' (the [[Armory (military)|armoury]]) of the Wartburg used to contain a notable collection of about 800 pieces, from the splendid [[armour]] of King [[Henry II of France]], to the items of [[Frederick the Wise]], Pope [[Julius II]] and Bernhard von Weimar. All these objects were taken by the [[Soviet Army|Soviet Occupation Army]] in 1946 and have disappeared in the [[Soviet Union]]. Two [[helmet]]s, two [[sword]]s, a prince's and a boy's armour, however, were found in a temporary store at the time and a few pieces were given back by the [[USSR]] in the 1960s. The new [[Russia|Russian Government]] has been petitioned to help locate the missing [[treasure]]s.

Under communist rule during the time of the [[GDR]] extensive reconstruction took place in 1952–54. In particular, much of the [[palas]] was restored to its original Romanesque style.<ref name="History"/> A new stairway was erected next to the palas.<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|24}}

In 1967, the castle was the site of celebrations of the GDR's national jubilee, the 900th anniversary of the Wartburg's foundation, the 450th anniversary of the beginning of Luther's Reformation and the 150th anniversary of the Wartburg Festival.<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|29}}

In 1983, it was the central point of the celebrations on account of the 500th birthday of Martin Luther.<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|29}}

== Architecture ==
[[File:00 Wartburg Burgplan.JPG|thumb|Map of the Wartburg: (1) access ramp,  (2) redoubt,  (3) drawbridge, (4) ''Torhaus'' (barbican), (5) ''Ritterhaus'', (6) ''Vogtei'' and first courtyard, (7) ''Margarethengang'', (8) ''Dirnitzlaube'', (9) inner gatehouse, (10) ''Neue Kemenate'', (11) stairs, (12) ''Bergfried'', (13) ''Palas'', (14) ''Ritterbad'',(15) ''Gadem'', (16) second courtyard with cistern (17) ''Südturm'', (18) southern curtain wall, (19) kitchen garden, (20) Commandant's garden, (21) ''Elisabethengang'', (22) ''Hotel auf der Wartburg'']]

===Palas===
[[File:Wartburg Saengerwettstreit.jpg|thumb|left|Schwind's ''Sängerkrieg'' fresco in the ''Sängersaal'' (1854)]]
The largest structure of the Wartburg is the ''Palas'', originally built in late [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque style]] between 1157 and 1170.<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|150}} It is considered the best-preserved non-ecclesial Romanesque building north of the Alps.<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|11}}

The Palas features rooms like the ''Rittersaal'' and the ''Speisesaal'' which have been reconstructed as closely as possible to the original Romanesque style and which contain original structures (pillars or roof elements). Some rooms have complete wooden beam ceilings from the time of construction. However, many of the rooms mostly reflect the tastes of the 19th and 20th centuries and the image of the Middle Ages prevalent at the time: the ''Elisabeth-Kemenate'' was fitted with mosaics showing the life of St. Elisabeth (created in 1902–06) on behalf of [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Kaiser Wilhelm II]], the ''Sängersaal'' (with [[fresco]]es of the ''Sängerkrieg'' by [[Moritz von Schwind]]) and the ''Festssaal'' on the top floor. The latter also features frescoes by Schwind (on the triumph of Christianity) and served as the inspiration for the ''Sängerhalle'' at Neuschwanstein Castle.<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|150}}<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|24}} The Wartburg's ''Sängersaal'' is the setting for Act II of [[Tannhäuser]]. None of the wallpaintings, including those in the ''Landgrafenzimmer'' or the ''Elisabethengalerie'', are actually medieval in origin, but were created in the 19th century.<ref name="Welterbe"/>{{rp|19–24}}

===Other structures===
The drawbridge and [[barbican]] offer the only access to the castle and have been largely unchanged since medieval times.<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|150}}

''Vorburg'' is the area immediately inside the first gate. It dates to the 14th/15th century and is made up of several [[half-timbered]] buildings: the ''Elisabethengang'' (covered walkway), the ''Vogtei'' ([[Bailiff]]'s lodge), the ''Margarethengang'' (covered walkway) and the ''Ritterhaus'' (Knights' House).<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|150}}

The ''Lutherstube'' in the ''Vogtei'', where Martin Luther stayed when he was in the castle, also features paintings by Lucas Cranach.<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|150}}

The ''Bergfried'' ([[donjon]]) was completed in 1859 and sits on the foundations of a medieval keep. It is topped by a landmark three-meter-tall {{Interlanguage link multi|Wartburg cross|de|3=Turmkreuz der Wartburg|lt=cross}}.<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|150}}

The ''Neue Kemenate'' (New Bower, 1853–1860) today exhibits the art treasures of the Wartburgsammlung, including paintings by [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]] and sculptures from the workshop of [[Tilman Riemenschneider]].<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|150}}

The Romanesque ''Südturm'' or South Tower was built in 1318. Together with the Palas it is the oldest part of the castle. A [[dungeon]] is located below.<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|150}}

In 1999, UNESCO added Wartburg Castle to the World Heritage List as an "Outstanding Monument of the [[feudalism|Feudal Period]] in [[Central Europe]]", citing its "Cultural Values of Universal Significance".<ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=897] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228045054/http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=897 |date=28 February 2020 }} for its citation as an outstanding monument of the feudal period in central Europe</ref>

For a while, the status of Wartburg as a World Heritage site was endangered by plans to build very tall [[wind turbine]]s on Milmesberg near [[Marksuhl]]. However, in November 2013, the investor agreed not to build the turbines and a regional planning update has banned such structures within sight of Wartburg in the future.<ref name=MDR>{{cite web |url=http://www.mdr.de/thueringen/mitte-west-thueringen/windkraftanlagen_milmesberg_wartburg100.html |title=Investor verzichtet auf Windkraftprojekt nahe Wartburg(German) |publisher=MDR Thüringen |access-date=10 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201204421/http://www.mdr.de/thueringen/mitte-west-thueringen/windkraftanlagen_milmesberg_wartburg100.html |archive-date=1 February 2014}}</ref>

{{wide Image|Wartburg 06.jpg|1000px|Panorama view from the redoubt to the east}}

==Today==
Wartburg is a popular tourist destination, the most-visited site in Thuringia after [[Weimar]].<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|148}} It is accessible to visitors and guided tours offer access to the interior of the buildings. In addition, there is a museum in the castle. Children can ride donkeys up the hill. The ''Festsaal'' is used regularly for staging the opera ''Tannhäuser'', as well as concerts and other events. There is also a hotel, located right next to the castle, originally built during the castle's reconstruction in the 19th century.<ref name=Official>{{cite web |url=http://wartburg-eisenach.de/frame_st.htm |title=Official Website (uses frames) |publisher=Wartburg-Stiftung |access-date=9 July 2014 |archive-date=18 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175111/http://www.wartburg-eisenach.de/frame_st.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Bill Clinton]], the 42nd president of the United States, visited the Wartburg castle, as well as the [[Bach House (Eisenach)|Bach House]], on 14 May 1998 during his [[state visit]] to Germany.

== Legacy ==
For centuries, the Wartburg has been a place of pilgrimage for many people from within and outside Germany, for its significance in [[German history]] and in the [[history of Christianity|development of Christianity]]. Several places (especially US towns founded by Lutherans) and a [[Wartburg (marque)|local brand of automobile]] have been named after the Wartburg. [[Wartburg College]] in [[Iowa]], United States, is named in commemoration of Martin Luther's receiving refuge at the castle and because of the college's forest location and its Thuringian heritage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wartburg.edu/about/wartburghistory/index.html |title=Redirect |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410152323/http://www.wartburg.edu/about/wartburghistory/index.html |archive-date=10 April 2009}}</ref>  [[Wartburg Theological Seminary]], also located in Iowa was named in commemoration of Wartburg Castle. The main complex at [[Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary]] resembles the Wartburg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Campus |url=https://www.wisluthsem.org/friends/visit-wls/ |website=Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary |access-date=21 July 2020 |archive-date=21 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721194811/https://www.wisluthsem.org/friends/visit-wls/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Wartburgkreis]] is named after the castle, although Wartburg is located outside the district. Eisenach, originally part of the district, became ''kreisfrei'' ("district-free") in 1998.

==Image gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px">
File:Wartburg aus Suedwest.jpg|Wartburg c. 1890–1900, seen from the south-west
File:Wartburg.Southtower.JPG|The South Tower
File:Thuringia Eisenach asv2020-07 img03 view from Wartburg South Tower.jpg|View of the courtyard from the South Tower. The ''Palas'' from around 1160 (right side) is considered the best-preserved non-ecclesial Romanesque building north of the Alps.
File:Wartburg-Gate.from.the.inside.jpg|Main gate seen from the first courtyard
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/897 Wartburg Castle: UNESCO Official Website]

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