Aue-Verlag 72 x 22 x 21 cm Wartburg Model Kit

• Scale ratio: 1:250.
• Tools needed: scissors, modelling with snap off blade, water based glue, ruler and pins.
• Suitable for children.
• Made in Germany.

Schreiber-Bogen Card Modelling Wartburg Colored model to cut out and stick! Material: Paper, Cardboard Number of sheets: 9 Standard: 1:250 (Z) Degree of difficulty : 3 The manufacturer classifies his models under 5 degrees of difficulty: 'Child model': very easy and with childlike motives '0': Beginner model '1': Easy '2': Moderately severe '3': Difficult In the 11 th century, Landgrave Ludwig of Thuringia had a castle built on a 400m-high rock near the town of Eisenach. The name of the present Wartburg is said to go back to an alleged cry of the landgrave: 'Wait, ('Wart') rock, you will bear me a castle ('Burg')'. Since then the Wartburg was the seat of the Thuringian court which was considered to be the centre of knightly poetic art at the beginning of the 13th century. During this time, according to a legend, the so-called 'Singers'''' war on the Wartburg' is said to have taken place. People who played an important role in history and religion were inhabitants of the Wartburg. Elisabeth of Thuringia lived from 1211 1228 on the Wartburg. She was married to Landgrave Ludwig IV. Because of her self-imposed ascetic way of life and her commitment to the poor, she threw the aristocratic court into a turmoil and had to leave the castle after her husband''''s death. Already four years after her death she was canonized. About three hundred years later Martin Luther was hidden on the Wartburg. Before that he had been banned because of his criticism of the church and outlawed. He adopted the name 'Junker Jörg', and during his stay he translated the New Testament from the Greek language into German. He lived in the Bailiwick which, for this reason is today also called the 'Luther House'. The Luther Room can still be visited today. In the middle of the 19th century as well as in the 50s of the 20th century, extensive restoration work was done on the Wartburg. Through the many replenishments in the course of the centuries, many differe