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Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as both the hometown of the influential theologian Martin Luther and the place where he died; hence, its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben. First mentioned in the late 10th century, Eisleben is divided into the old town of Alstadt, and new town of Neustadt.
Eisleben, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany. It is situated in the eastern foothills of the Harz Mountains. First mentioned in 994 as a market called Islebia and in 1180 as a town, it belonged to the counts of Mansfeld until it passed to Saxony in 1780. It was assigned to Prussia in.
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Buy. Eat. Drink. Sleep. Connect. Go next. Lutherstadt Eisleben is in Saxony-Anhalt. It is best known as the birth and death town of the 16th century Protestant reformer Martin Luther. Nowadays it is a small and calm town of about 22,400 inhabitants (as of 2021). Understand. Get in. By car.
Torgau. Weimar. Wittenberg. Martin Luther in Eisleben. Lutherstadt Eisleben is one of the oldest towns between the Harz mountains and the river Elbe and is where Martin Luther came into this world and also left it.
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The 1,000-year-old Lutherstadt Eisleben, located in the eastern foreland of the Harz and surrounded by the rolling hills of the Mansfeld Land, is the hometown of Martin Luther. The memory of the great German reformer is cherished by the town in the memorial sites, which belong to the UNESCO World Heritage.
Luther's Birth Place. Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483 in Eisleben, Germany. It wasn’t long before the citizens of Eisleben created a memorial to Eisleben’s most famous son in the house where he was born: At the end of the 17th century a public museum was opened for Lutheran pilgrims.
