Like the day before, the program of their third day in Germany was punctuated with historical visit. The King and Queen of the Netherlands thus visited the church of the Wittenberg Castle in the afternoon, on the portal of which Luther displayed on October 31th, 1517, his 95 theses which would trigger the Protestant Reformation in Germany. The building also houses his tomb, as well as that of Phillip Melanchthon, one of his closest disciples. The city of Saxony-Anhalt, known in German as Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Wittenberg city of Luther), has several monuments inscribed by UNESCO as World Heritage of Humanity in 1996 for their outstanding universal importance as places Authentic of the Reformation.

In the morning, it was a closer past that interested the Dutch royal couple. They went to Leipzig on the premises of a Plattenbau, a large group of concrete dwelling buildings typical of East German architecture from the second half of the 20th century. The opportunity to evoke the former GDR and the difficult period after reunification.


The planning of Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands also included the discovery of the European Energy Exchange (EEX - the largest market for energy goods) and an accelerator in Leipzig Startups mixing young entrepreneurs and cultural institutions. The Dutch sovereign and his wife were also present for the signing of two cooperation agreements in connection with green chemistry. And they have lunch and dinner respectively with the ministers-presidents of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. As on Wednesday, the mother of the three wore two different outfits: an aquamarine-colored silk dress with bell sleeves and suede clutch from fashion house Natan and a well-known beige pillbox, and JAN TAMINIAU T strap heels in the Day, a gray VALENTINO Jumpsuit, SERGIO ROSSI snake skin clutch and a diamond necklace from the royal vault, in the evening.
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Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands began a four-day visit to Germany on Tuesday at the Wartburg Castle.

500 years of the Reformation requires is that with Luther Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands began this Tuesday, February 7th 2017 their official four-day visit to Germany. The schedule visits includes, the first discovery the Wartburg Castle, which has been place under the World Heritage of Unesco. Perched on a rocky outcrop above the town of Eisenach, this one sheltered Martin Luther. Abandoned by the Holy Roman-German Empire, the famous German preacher lived there incognito from May 1521 to March 1522, hosted by the Duke of Saxony Frederick the Wise. There he translated the New Testament into German. "This translation is considered as the foundation of the normalization of the written German language," says the Palace, which states: "The King and Queen visited the Luther's castle and workroom. In the evening, a dinner is held on the Reformation and its consequences for faith and culture.

For the evening visit, she dressed in her Claes Iversen orange tailored pantsuit tailored with a green GUCCI an emerald green Gucci blouse with bow tie and a long vest from fashion house Natan, Natan thigh high boots, green clutch and Natan earrings. For the meal she later appeared in the beautiful room adorned with frescoes where the evening was held in a smart black tuxedo business pantsuit, on the jacket of which she had pinned a diamond moon brooch and Gianvito Rossi heels and earrings of black onyx from Bonebakker Jeweler

Their Majesty are on a working visit from February 7 to 10 2017 in the Länder of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. The aim is to deepen trade and investment relations between the Netherlands and these regions of Germany, with an emphasis on cooperation in the fields of chemistry, water management and HTSM (High technology systems and materials). In addition, meetings are planned in connection with the 500 years of the Reformation, the Second World War and the reunification of Germany. The Royal couple, who visit one or more German federal states each year, is accompanied by the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen - who is also leading a trade mission - and the Minister of Infrastructure and Tourism 'Environment Melanie Schultz van Haegen.
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