Wittenberg Pottery Market

Pottery Market in a UNESCO World Heritage City

Lutherstadt Wittenberg is part of the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt and, together with Eisleben, is a joint UNESCO World Heritage site "Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg". The market square in the historic center—with the Renaissance Town Hall, Luther and Melanchthon monuments, and St. Mary's Church, the pulpit of Martin Luther—provides an unusual setting for a pottery market: no festival tent meadow, no industrial wasteland, but a place where the Reformation began.

The Wittenberg Pottery Market has long been considered one of the largest and highest quality central markets for ceramics in Central Germany—the tourist information office of Lutherstadt explicitly points this out. Workshops from all over Germany travel here. What distinguishes the market from other large pottery markets is the visibility of the work: Many potters have their potter's wheel right at their stand. Those interested can watch a bowl being made from a lump of clay and chat with the craftspeople.

Two Days, One Weekend, One Market

The pottery market takes place every year on the last weekend of September. Lutherstadt Wittenberg Marketing GmbH organizes the event in coordination with the participating workshops. Applications for stand spaces open each spring and are decided based on assortment quality and variety—hence the high selection of workshops.

Wittenberg, World Heritage, Federal State

Wittenberg is located in the north of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, on the Berlin–Leipzig railway line. Visitors to the pottery market often combine it with a Reformation tour of the Luther sites (Castle Church, Luther House, Melanchthon House) or a trip to the nearby UNESCO World Heritage site, the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz.