Eisenberg
Town hall (Rathaus) Eisenberg Neighboring municipalities are Jena (25 km in west) and Gera (15 km in south east). West of Eisenberg runs the motorway A 9 from Berlin to Munich. A tradition in Eisenberg on Christmas Eve is that the people of the city meet at the market place by 6 to listen to live Christmas music from the tower of the city hall - played by the brass choir of the Lutheran parish.
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Town hall (Rathaus) Eisenberg Neighboring municipalities are Jena (25 km in west) and Gera (15 km in south east). West of Eisenberg runs the motorway A 9 from Berlin to Munich. A tradition in Eisenberg on Christmas Eve is that the people of the city meet at the market place by 6 to listen to live Christmas music from the tower of the city hall - played by the brass choir of the Lutheran parish.
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The main attraction of the town is the baroque Castle Church, built in 1692 by Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg.
• Type — Stadt • Name — Eisenberg • Image Photo — Altstadt Eisenberg.JPG • Image Coa — DEU Eisenberg (Thüringen) COA.svg • Image Plan — Eisenberg in SHK.svg • State — Thüringen • District — Saale-Holzland-Kreis • Elevation — 290 • Area — 24.67 • Postal Code — 07607 • Area Code — 036691 • Licence — SHK, EIS, SRO • Gemeindeschlussel — 16 0 74 018 • Divisions — 4 • Website — www.stadt-eisenberg.de • Mayor — Michael Kieslich • Leader Term — 2024–30 • Party — CDU Eisenberg is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Saale-Holzland. • Illustration — Town hall (Rathaus) Eisenberg Neighboring municipalities are Jena (25 km in west) and Gera (15 km in south east). West of Eisenberg runs the motorway A 9 from Berlin to Munich. A tradition in Eisenberg on Christmas Eve is that the people of the city meet at the market place by 6 to listen to live Christmas music from the tower of the city hall - played by the brass choir of the Lutheran parish. The main attraction of the town is the baroque Castle Church, built in 1692 by Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg.
Sons and daughters of the city
Sons and daughters of the city
• Johann Michael Heineccius (1674–1722), Lutheran clergyman and historian • Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681–1741), professor of law and philosophy • Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781–1832), philosopher • Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), philosopher • Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829–1907), Prussian General of the Cavalry • Gerhard Buchwald (1920–2009), physician • Gunther Emmerlich (1944–2023), singer and entertainer • Illustration — Aerial view of Christiansburg Castle where the district's administration is headquartered
Other personalities
Other personalities
• Christian of Saxony-Eisenberg (1653–1707), the only Duke of Saxony-Eisenberg • Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller (1735–1803), an old philologist and lexicographer, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg between 1747 and 1752 • Charlotte Amalie von Sachsen-Meiningen (Duchess of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg) lived for several years in Eisenberg • Georg von Sachsen-Altenburg (1796–1853), Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, resided alternately in Altenburg and Eisenberg • Otto Hammann (1852–1928), jurist, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg • Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, attended the Christian-School in Eisenberg between 1886 and 1889 • Peter Landau (1935-2019), legal scientist, went to school in Eisenberg
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