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The impressive Memorial Hall already reveals the biography of the great scholar (who was a relative of Johannes Reuchlin and a lifelong close friend of Martin Luther) and his vast lifework. The hall is frequently used for lectures, concerts, exhibitions etc. The ceiling and parts of the walls of the Hall of Cities are decorated with 121 carved wooden coats of arms and giving evidence of the large number of cities, Melanchthon was associated with. The Hall of Theologians is a reminder of the churchmen who were friends of Melanchthon. The Hall of Princes presents the political forces of the Reformation. On the paintings and coats of arms in the stained glass windows, those princes, earls and noblemen are depicted, who were committed to introducing the Reformation theology in their territories. The Hall of Humanists commemorates Melanchthon’s outstanding contemporaries in the fields of science and arts.