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The Protestant Monastery of St Augustine in Erfurt is a former monastery of the Augustinian hermits in Erfurt, Germany, now used as a conference center. It is also the official home of the provost of Erfurt.
History
[edit]The Augustinian community in Erfurt was probably founded in 1266. It became the largest and most important house of the order in the thirteenth century.[1] Construction of the monastery began in 1277,[2] continuing into the next two centuries. The church nave was built in the fifteenth century with an octagonal tower.[1]
Martin Luther became a monk at the monastery in 1505.[3]
Sources
[edit]- Brecht, Martin (1993). Martin Luther: His Road to Reformation, 1483-1521. Translated by James L. Schaaf. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press.
- "Chronology". Evangelisches Augustinerkloster zu Erfurt.
- ^ a b Brecht 1993, p. 55.
- ^ Evangelisches Augustinerkloster zu Erfurt.
- ^ Brecht 1993, p. 58.