One of the greatest pleasures I had was to easily visit the Lutheran sites in the eastern part of Germany post-reunification. I was going to go on a state-sanctioned tour during 1983 for the 500th Luther Birthday celebrations, but when my future wife and i planned a honeymoon, she wanted her first trip to Europe to be to an English-speaking nation, so we went to the UK. Since I thought that there would be a time later for these sites, it didn't matter to me. Years later, I know I made the right choice.
While I did not have a lot of time on my 2004-2005 deployment to Germany for travel, Würzburg was close enough to some of these sites for a daytrip. My wife and son came over and se saw Wittenberg. For that we rented a car, and I had my BahnCard 50 for those times when no one wanted provide a car.
The first place I went with a friend and fellow officer was Eisenach and the Wartburg Castle. Eisenach was J.S. Bach's birthplace, and it was a delightful time in early spring. I attach some links and what I consider the loveliest of all melodies.
http://www.eisenach.de/Das-Neueste.21.0.html?&L=1
http://bachhaus.de/en/home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fvlmBNI5PU
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