Eisenberg, Thuringia
Eisenberg is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Saale-Holzland.
Neighboring municipalities are Jena and Gera. 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, Lutheran clergyman and historian
- Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, professor of law and philosophy
- Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, philosopher
- Bruno Bauer, philosopher
- Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Prussian General of the Cavalry
- Gerhard Buchwald, physician
- Gunther Emmerlich, singer and entertainer
Other personalities
- Christian of Saxony-Eisenberg, the only Duke of Saxony-Eisenberg
- Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller, an old philologist and lexicographer, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg between 1747 and 1752
- Charlotte Amalie von Sachsen-Meiningen lived for several years in Eisenberg
- Georg von Sachsen-Altenburg, Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, resided alternately in Altenburg and Eisenberg
- Otto Hammann, jurist, studied at the Gymnasium in Eisenberg
- Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Duke of Saxony-Altenburg, attended the Christian-School in Eisenberg between 1886 and 1889
- Peter Landau, legal scientist, went to school in Eisenberg