Kloster Himmelpforte : Geschichtliches Drama in 4 Akten by Robert Falke
Kloster Himmelpforte by Robert Falke is a historical drama written in the early 20th century. The play portrays the early Reformation and the Peasants’ War in and around Wernigerode and the monastery Himmelpforte, focusing on Martin Luther’s challenge to indulgences and the turmoil between faith, authority, and social revolt, interwoven with a love story that anticipates clerical marriage. The story opens amid mounting tensions: indulgence hawkers inflame the town, Luther arrives, rebukes
abuses, confers with Staupitz and Prior Tiemann, and resolves to speak out. Years later the barber-surgeon Wiardes, driven by pride and desire for Judith, stirs the peasants with the brutal Dantzke, while the soldier Paul Rese hesitates. The mobs storm the castle and move on the monastery; the corrupt monk Gröning tries to force himself on Judith, Wiardes strikes him down, Dantzke sets the cloister ablaze, and Rese saves Judith. The revolt collapses; Wiardes is condemned but, through Judith’s plea and noble intercession, is pardoned and banished. In the aftermath, Luther unites Judith and the now-evangelical Tiemann in marriage, the town embraces the new preaching, and Luther urges that reform advance by the Word rather than the sword as the hymn Ein feste Burg rises in final affirmation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Falke, Robert, 1864-1948 |
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| Title | Kloster Himmelpforte : Geschichtliches Drama in 4 Akten |
| Original Publication | Leipzig: Verlag von Arwed Strauch, 1921. |
| Credits | Christian Reinboth |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Historical drama |
| Subject | Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78030 |
| Release Date | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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