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Eisleben

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Eisleben , city (1994 pop. 24,350), Saxony-Anhalt, E Germany, at the foot of the Harz Mts. It is an industrial city and has been a copper-mining center since the 14th cent. Manufactures include textiles, clothing, machinery, and furniture. The city also has significant seed nurseries. Eisleben was first mentioned c.1000 as a market settlement. It passed to Prussia in 1815. In Eisleben are the house in which Luther was born (1483), the church where he was baptized, and the house in which he died (1546).

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Eisleben

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Eisleben, Saxony‐Anhalt/Germany Islebia Derived from its original name, the present name may mean an ‘Inherited Estate belonging to a Man called Eis’ from Leben ‘Inherited Estate’. The official name is Lutherstadt‐Eisleben because Martin Luther (1483–1546), a preacher who triggered the Protestant Reformation, was born here in 1483.

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