Eisleben

Eisleben, Luther's birthplace, a town of Prussian Saxony, 24 miles WNW. of Halle. Once the capital of the counts of Mansfeld, it is the centre of a rich mining district. Pop. (1875) 14,378; (1890) 23,897. The house in which Luther was born was partially consumed by fire in 1689, but was restored, as also recently have been the house in which he died, the church (Peter-Paulskirche) where he was christened, and another (Andreaskirche) in which he preached. In 1883, on the occasion of his quatercentenary, a bronze statue was unveiled of the Reformer, and a new gymnasium inaugurated, successor to the one which he founded two days before his death. See Grössler's Geschichte Eislebens (Halle, 1875).