The Melanchthonhaus is a writer's house museum in the German town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. It is a Renaissance building with late Gothic arched windows and the broad-tiered gables. It includes the study of the influential Protestant Reformer Philipp Melanchthon, who lived there with his family. In 1954 the house became a museum on Melanchthon's life and work displaying paintings, prints and manuscripts by him and his contemporaries. In 1996, the building became a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with sites associated with Melanchthon's contemporary Martin Luther in Witternberg and Eisleben because of their religious significance and the lasting, global influence of Protestantism.^[1]

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Melanchthonhaus

UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Melanchthonhaus
Official name	Melanchthonhaus
Location	Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Part of	Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
Criteria	Cultural: (iv)(vi)
Reference	783-001
Inscription	1996 (20th Session)
Area	0.12 ha (0.30 acres)
Coordinates	51°51′53″N 12°39′03″E
Location of Melanchthonhaus in Germany Show map of Germany Melanchthonhaus (Wittenberg) (Saxony-Anhalt) Show map of Saxony-Anhalt

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