Luther Stone

Luther Memorial, Erfurt
_{Photo: Barbara Neumann}

The Luther Stone stands to the east of Stotternheim. On 2 July 1505 Martin Luther - then a law student at Erfurt University - was returning to Erfurt after visiting his parents in Mansfeld and as he approached the small village of Stotternheim he was caught up in a terrible thunderstorm that put him in fear of his life.

The stone erected on the spot where he is supposed to have cried out: “Help me St Anna and I will become a monk” also marks a turning point in the Reformation. Luther entered the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt on 13 July 1505.