Luther travelled on 23 January 1546 from Halle to Eisleben on a mission to solve an inheritance dispute in the House of Mansfeld.

The theologian Justus Jonas documented the version of his death accepted by Luther's followers.

[3] According to this version, Luther recited prayers, begged the Lord to take his soul and then his senses faded.

Sixty years after Luther's death, Catholic polemicist Henrici Seduli asserted in his Præscrptiones Adversus Hæreses that Luther had hanged himself, citing the alleged testimony of one of the theologian's supposed retainers, Ambrosio Kudtfeld.

The site of Luther's last rest became a place of worship for the faithful of the Protestant religion and they went on pilgrimages to the house until this was banned in 1707.

[2] The building was reopened In February 2013 after two years of major restoration and extension of the museum costing 5.8 million euros.