Located 85 kilometers west of Weimar is Wartburg Castle, one of the most important castles in Germany.
Legend has it that the fortress, perched high above the town of Eisenach, was founded by Ludwig the Jumper in 1067.
Other famous residents include Elizabeth, a princess who cared for the sick and the poor in Wartburg and was canonized as St. Elizabeth (St. Erzsébet) of Hungary, and Martin Luther, who stayed for a year while under the protection of the Elector, using the time to translate the New Testament from the original Greek.
