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Eisleben

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Eisleben (īs`lābən), 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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Wengert, Law and Gospel: Philip Melanchthon's Debate with John Agricola of Eisleben over Poenitentia (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997), 148-53.
German Lutheran theologian and early suppotter of Luther, active in Wittenberg, Eisleben, and Berlin.
This year, Eisleben is the hub of activity marking the 450th anniversary of Luther's death - at age 92 on Feb.
 
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