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Editorial 4 F E AT U R E Time of upheaval — 500 years of Reformation 10 LUTHER AND THE REFORMATION. ON LUTHER’S TRAIL IN JENA AND THURINGIA How did the Reformation come to Jena? How did its ideas and dogmas spread? How can testimonies and cultural assets from the time of the Reformation be preserved and also be used for scientific purposes in the future? FSU researchers supply answers. 20 »LUTHER WAS A GENIUS.« A discussion of the Lutheran faith and the reformer himself with Church historian and Luther expert Christopher Spehr. 23 REFORMER IN A CELLULOSE BATH The Thuringian State and University Library possesses an extensive collection of books and manuscripts from the time of the Reformation. The reportage gives an insight into the everyday work of the restorers who preserve these treasures for the future. 30 »SOMETIMES IT’S A HELP, SOMETIMES A HINDRANCE« Scarcely anyone at the FSU has studied the events surrounding the Reformation as intensively in the last few years as the former Rector Klaus Dicke. A portrait. 33 A LEAF FROM THE CALENDAR The Wartburg Festival was held 200 years ago. The signal for political awakening is one of the most multifaceted events in German history. But the event would never have taken place without Jena’s students.