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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central Germany on the Elbe River east of Dessau. Martin Luther made the city the center of the Protestant Reformation when he nailed his 95 theses to the door of the castle church in 1517.
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WITTENBERG (WFRV) - Two people were reported injured in Wittenberg after Tuesday's storm.
WFRV - News - Local 2010
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WITTENBERG (WFRV) - Two people were reported injured in Wittenberg after Tuesday's storm.
WFRV - News - Local 2010
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Hamlet in Wittenberg (1935) challenged Shakespeare and
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Printed in Wittenberg by Georg Rhau, in the year 1546.
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Master Ambrosius Bernardus von Goterboch, my dear brother and a truly pious man who loved Christ, was here with us in Wittenberg at the university.
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We know that -- I know the population of Wittenberg, which is ...
Martin Luther 2004
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The 22. wee passed the Elbe againe at Wittenberg, which is a very strong towne, with a good Vniuersitie: and that day we passed by Coswig.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The whole passage, and especially the “dismal treatise,” recalls the Wittenberg student with a magic of representment.
The Man Shakespeare Harris, Frank, 1855-1931 1909
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It may well be called the Wittenberg church of Switzerland.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Various 1885
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The 22. wee passed the Elbe againe at Wittenberg, which is a very strong towne, with a good Vniuersitie: and that day we passed by Coswig.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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