Torgau Museum Trail

Guided Tour on the Torgau Museum Trail
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The Torgau Museum Trail is an excellent way to explore the town on foot and discover history along the way: 

The brewery museum chronicles the 500-year history of brewing in Torgau. It even has a medieval brewery cellar hewn into the rock for you to look round. Beer from Torgau was distributed as far as Leipzig, Dresden and Nuremberg, and even Martin Luther was known to enjoy a drop. Hidden behind the understated yet imposing facade of the Mayor Ringenhain House in Breite Strasse are ceiling and wall paintings of the late 16th and early 17th century. These finely crafted works and the interior as a whole make it the most important Renaissance town house in central Germany with regard to art history and culture. It provides an insight into the lives of the wealthy Torgau cloth merchants and of the mayor, Paul Ringenhain, and his family. The jewel in the crown is the Engelsstube (Angels' Room) on the first floor which has a ceiling depicting the heavens with stars, clouds and music-playing angels. 

The Katharina Luther Room (Katharinenstrasse 11), the Hausmann Tower and the Palace Lapidarium are also featured on the Torgau Museum Trail.