city in N Germany, on the Elbe, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt: the Reformation originated here in 1517: pop. 53,000
See Wittenberg in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(wĭtˈn-bûrgˌ, vĭtˈn-bĕrkˌ)
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 Schlosskirche in 1517. Population: 46,100.