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The campus consists of twenty two buildings, including a library with over 55,000 volumes, including a collection of rare pre-18th century theological books.


HISTORY

The origins of the school date to 1863 , when the Theological School of the Wisconsin Synod began in Watertown, Wisconsin . In 1870 , the school merged with Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod 's Concordia Seminary .

In 1878 , the WELS reopened a seminary of their own in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . In 1893 it moved to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin .

In 1929 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary was moved to a new permanent campus in Mequon , Wisconsin . The architecture of the buildings on the campus are loosely based on the Wartburg Castle in Germany , including the use of stone walls and slate for the roof.


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