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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).
Eisleben 

a city in the German Democratic Republic, in Halle District. Population, 295,000 (1975). Crude copper is produced at the site of the Mansfeld copper-ore deposit.
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1546: Martin Luther, father of the Reformation, died at his birthplace at Eisleben, Germany, aged 63.
On This Day; FEBRUARY 18 by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
1546: Martin Luther, father of the Reformation, died at his birthplace at Eisleben, Germany, at the age of 63 apparently of overwork.
ON THIS DAY . . by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
MARTIN LUTHER MUSEUM LOCATION EISLEBEN, GERMANY ARCHITECT SPRINGER ARCHITEKTEN WRITER CATHERINE SLESSOR PHOTOGRAPHY BERND HIEPE Like so many historical figures, the memory of Martin Luther is preserved in the now ubiquitous heritage trail.
071 Martin Luther Museum by Slessor, Catherine / The Architectural Review
 
 
 
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