Eisenberg, Thuringia
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
- ^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
External links
Information about the Castle Church: Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde Eisenberg.
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