Eisenberg, Thuringia

Town in Thuringia, Germany

(2018–24) Michael Kieslich^[1] (CDU)Area • Total24.85 km² (9.59 sq mi)Elevation290 m (950 ft)Population • Total10,957 • Density440/km² (1,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes036691Vehicle registrationSHK, EIS, SROWebsitewww.stadt-eisenberg.de

Eisenberg is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Saale-Holzland.

Neighboring municipalities are Jena (25 kilometres (16 miles) in west) and Gera (15 kilometres (9 miles) 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.

Personalities

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

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 (born 1935), legal scientist, went to school in Eisenberg

References

External links

Information about the Castle Church: Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde Eisenberg.