page_title: Christian Döring (Bible publisher)
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Christian Döring (Bible publisher) / Life
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gedenktafel, Christian Döring, Schloßstraße 26, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Deutschland English: Memorial plaque, Christian Döring, Schloßstraße 26, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany Koordinate:51°51′59″N 12°38′28″E&#xfeff; / &#xfeff;51.86639°N 12.64111°E
context_page_description: Christian Döring was a 16th-century figure of the Reformation, a wealthy goldsmith and one of the first publishers of the Bible in native German.
context_section_description: He was born in Frankfurt around 1480. In 1508 he successfully applied for citizenship in Berlin. In June 1508 he went to Altenburg, then decided to settle in Wittenberg (which was a centre of new thought at that time). He lived at 26 Schlossstrasse, close to the market. Here he befriended Lucas Cranach the Elder, who was a neighbour, as was Christoph Balzer. He set up shop as a goldsmith on the town marketplace. He was made city treasurer soon after arrival. Other friends included Thomas Muntzer, Philip Melanchthon and Johann Bugenhagen, all of whom became leading figures in the Reformation.
  Martin Luther lived a little to the east and borrowed Döring's cart to undertake his famous trip to Worms in 1519. Due to this relationship, when Luther wrote the first translation of the Bible in German, Döring agreed to organise and pay for the printing, along with his friend, Lucas Cranach.
  In September 1522 he printed and published the first Bible written in German: Luther's "September Testament". A pivotal point in the Reformation, the rapid demand for copies made him an even richer man. From 1523 Döring bought out Cranach's share to be the sole holder of the rights.
  He last appears in Wittenberg on 14 December 1533, when the records declare him bankrupt. His house on Schlossstrasse was then occupied by Johann Schneidewein. He left Wittenberg in or before April 1534. He sold his rights to the printing of the Bible, leading to a new wave of printing in 1534.
caption: Plaque on 26 Schloßstraße Wittenberg
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