Eisenberg, Thuringia

Eisenberg

Coat of arms

Eisenberg

Location of Eisenberg within Saale-Holzland-Kreis district

Coordinates: 50°58′0″N 11°54′0″E / 50.96667°N 11.90000°ECoordinates: 50°58′0″N 11°54′0″E / 50.96667°N 11.90000°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Ingo Lippert (SPD)

Area

• Total

24.85 km² (9.59 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

13,669

• Density

550/km² (1,400/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

07607

036691

SHK, EIS, SRO

Website

www.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 (born 1944), 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 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, attended high school in Eisenberg
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, visited the Christian school in Eisenberg between 1886 and 1889
Peter Landau (born 1935), legal scientist, went to school in Eisenberg

External links

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

Towns and municipalities in Saale-Holzland

Albersdorf Altenberga Bad Klosterlausnitz Bibra Bobeck Bollberg Bremsnitz Bucha Bürgel Crossen an der Elster Dornburg-Camburg Eichenberg Eineborn Eisenberg Frauenprießnitz Freienorla Geisenhain Gneus Golmsdorf Gösen Graitschen bei Bürgel Großbockedra Großeutersdorf Großlöbichau Großpürschütz Gumperda Hainichen Hainspitz Hartmannsdorf Heideland Hermsdorf Hummelshain Jenalöbnitz Kahla Karlsdorf Kleinbockedra Kleinebersdorf Kleineutersdorf Laasdorf Lehesten Lindig Lippersdorf-Erdmannsdorf Löberschütz Mertendorf Meusebach Milda Möckern Mörsdorf Nausnitz Neuengönna Oberbodnitz Orlamünde Ottendorf Petersberg Poxdorf Quirla Rattelsdorf Rauda Rauschwitz Rausdorf Reichenbach Reinstädt Renthendorf Rothenstein Ruttersdorf-Lotschen Scheiditz Schkölen Schleifreisen Schlöben Schöngleina Schöps Seitenroda Serba Silbitz Stadtroda St. Gangloff Sulza Tautenburg Tautendorf Tautenhain Thierschneck Tissa Tröbnitz Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf Unterbodnitz Waldeck Walpernhain Waltersdorf Weißbach Weißenborn Wichmar Zimmern Zöllnitz

Cities in Thuringia by population

100,000+	Erfurt Jena

50,000+	Gera Weimar

20,000+	Altenburg Apolda Arnstadt Eisenach Gotha Greiz Ilmenau Meiningen Mühlhausen Nordhausen Rudolstadt Saalfeld Sondershausen Sonneberg Suhl

10,000+	Bad Langensalza Bad Salzungen Eisenberg Heiligenstadt Hildburghausen Leinefelde-Worbis Meuselwitz Pößneck Schmalkalden Schmölln Sömmerda Waltershausen Zella-Mehlis Zeulenroda-Triebes

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). July 2016.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 492144783062261327630 GND: 4239583-5

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