Melanchthonhaus (Wittenberg) should not be confused with Melanchthonhaus (Bretten).
| Official Name: | Melanchthonhaus |
| Location: | Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany |
| Part Of: | Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg |
| Criteria: | (iv)(vi) |
| Id: | 783-001 |
| Coordinates: | 51.8647°N 12.6508°W |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Area: | 0.12ha |
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]