Im September 1524 übergaben die Prediger Thomas Müntzer und Heinrich Pfeiffer dem Mühlhäuser Rat die „Elf Mühlhäuser Artikel“ – ein radikales Manifest und eine Kampfansage.
501 Jahre danach, am 17. September, trat der Ex-Bundestagspräsident Dr. Norbert Lammert ebendort auf. Laut Internetankündigung wollte er in der Divi-Blasii-Kirche über die damaligen „Forderungen nach mehr Freiheit, Recht und Mitbestimmung“ reden, über „Freiheit und Gemeinschaft“. Aha. Aber worum ging es denn wirklich bei der „Revolution des gemeinen Mannes“?
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