Katharina von Bora with the family of Philipp Reichenbach, the city clerk of Wittenberg. Later she went to the home of Lucas Cranach the Elder and his wife, Barbara. Katharina had a number of suitors, including Wittenberg University alumnus Jerome (Hieronymus) Baumgärtner (1498–1565) of Nuremberg and a pastor, Kaspar Glatz of Orlamünde. None of the proposed matches resulted in marriage. She told Luther’s friend and fellow reformer, Nikolaus von Amsdorf, that she would be willing to marry only Luther or von Amsdorf himself. Martin Luther, and many of his friends as well, were at first unsure of whether he should even be married.
Bora (wind) Bora (wind) The bora is a northern to north-eastern katabatic wind in the Adriatic Sea. Similar nomenclature is used for north-eastern winds in other littoral areas of eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. It is known in Greek as ("mpóra", pronounced "bora") and Italian as . In English, the name "bora" is used. The Serbo-Croatian name (бура) and Slovene are not etymologically related to "bora"; they derive from Common Slavic "burja" 'storm' (from the verb "*burĭti") and the meaning 'bora' developed later. The same root as "bora" is found in the name of the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας),