English summary: On 19 October 2011 the Leipzig church historian Helmar Junghans (2010) would have celebrated his eightieth birthday. To commemorate this occasion, an academic symposium was held on Reformation Day 2011 in Leipzig in honor of the life achievement of the Reformation historian and Luther scholar and to recall his extraordinary biography. This volume documents the papers presented on 31 October 2011, complemented by texts on Junghans'...