Eisenberg () is a town in
Thuringia
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Er ...
,
Germany
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. It is the capital of the district
Saale-Holzland
Saale-Holzland (official German language, German name: Saale-Holzland-Kreis) is a ''Kreis'' (Districts of Germany, district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the district Burgenlandkreis in Sa ...
.
Neighboring municipalities are
Jena
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( in west) and
Gera
Gera () is a city in the German state of Thuringia. With around 93,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Thuringia after Erfurt and Jena as well as the easternmost city of the ''Thüringer Städtekette'', an almost straight string of ...
( in south east). West of Eisenberg runs the motorway
A 9 from
Berlin
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to
Munich
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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.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the city
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Johann Michael Heineccius (1674–1722), Lutheran clergyman and historian
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Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681–1741), professor of law and philosophy
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Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781–1832), philosopher
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Bruno Bauer
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(1809–1882), philosopher
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Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829–1907), Prussian General of the Cavalry
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Gerhard Buchwald (1920–2009), physician
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Gunther Emmerlich (1944–2023), singer and entertainer
Other personalities
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Christian of Saxony-Eisenberg (1653–1707), the only Duke of Saxony-Eisenberg
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Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller (1735–1803), an old philologist and lexicographer, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg between 1747 and 1752
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Charlotte Amalie von Sachsen-Meiningen (Duchess of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg) lived for several years in Eisenberg
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Georg von Sachsen-Altenburg (1796–1853), Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, resided alternately in Altenburg and Eisenberg
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Otto Hammann (1852–1928), jurist, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg
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Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871–1955), Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, attended the Christian-School in Eisenberg between 1886 and 1889
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Peter Landau (1935-2019), 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
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