A town in eastern Germany, on the River Elbe north-east of Leipzig; population 46,100 (est. 2006). It was the scene in 1517 of Martin Luther's campaign against the Roman Catholic Church, which was a major factor in the rise of the Reformation.
Definition of Wittenberg in US English:
Wittenberg
proper nounˈwitnˌbərɡ
A town in eastern Germany, on the Elbe River northeast of Leipzig; population 46,100 (est. 2006). It was the scene in 1517 of Martin Luther's campaign against the Roman Catholic Church that was a major factor in the rise of the Reformation.