Eisenberg is a town in

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

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. It is the capital of the district

Saale-Holzland Saale-Holzland (official German name: Saale-Holzland-Kreis) is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the district Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, the district-free city Ger ...

. Neighboring municipalities are

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( in west) and

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( in south east). West of Eisenberg runs the motorway A 9 from

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. 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 Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (6 January 1653 – 28 April 1707) was a duke of Saxe-Eisenberg. He was born in Gotha, the eighth, but fifth surviving, son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. Chris ...

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

* Johann Michael Heineccius (1674–1722), Lutheran clergyman and historian *

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (September 11, 1681 – August 31, 1741) was a German jurist from Eisenberg, Thuringia. Life He studied theology at Leipzig, and law at Halle; and at the latter university he was appointed in 1713 professor of ...

(1681–1741), professor of law and philosophy *

Karl Christian Friedrich Krause Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (; 6 May 1781 – 27 September 1832) was a German philosopher whose doctrines became known as Krausism. Krausism, when considered in its totality as a complete, stand-alone philosophical system, had only a small f ...

(1781–1832), philosopher *

Bruno Bauer Bruno Bauer (; 6 September 180913 April 1882) was a German philosopher and theologian. As a student of G. W. F. Hegel, Bauer was a radical Rationalist in philosophy, politics and Biblical criticism. Bauer investigated the sources of the New Te ...

(1809–1882), philosopher *

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(1829–1907), Prussian General of the Cavalry *

Gerhard Buchwald Gerhard Buchwald (15 February 1920 – 19 July 2009) was a German medical doctor and vaccination critic from Eisenberg, Thuringia. Buchwald studied medicine in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), Danzig (Gdańsk), and Jena Jena () is a German ci ...

(1920–2009), physician *

Gunther Emmerlich Gunther Emmerlich (born 18 September 1944) is a German opera singer (bass) and show presenter. He is also committed and proficient as a jazz performer and as a player of the banjo. Life Gunther Emmerlich was born during the final year of the wa ...

(born 1944), singer and entertainer

Other personalities

* Christian of Saxony-Eisenberg (1653–1707), the only Duke of Saxony-Eisenberg *

Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller (22 March 1735, in Ihlow – 5 July 1803, in Brieg) was a German classical philologist and lexicographer. From 1757 he studied theology and classical philology at the University of Leipzig, and following gradua ...

(1735–1803), an old philologist and lexicographer, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg between 1747 and 1752 *

Charlotte Amalie von Sachsen-Meiningen Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Meckl ...

(Duchess of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg) lived for several years in Eisenberg *

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(1796–1853), Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, resided alternately in Altenburg and Eisenberg * Otto Hammann (1852–1928), jurist, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg *

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(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
Towns in Thuringia Saale-Holzland-Kreis Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg {{SaaleHolzland-geo-stub