Wartburg
noun
1.
a castle in E Germany, in Thuringia, near Eisenach: Luther translated the New Testament here 1521–22.
noun
1.
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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