Eisleben: Luther's Birthplace and Deathplace in Sachsen-Anhalt
Martin Luther was born in Eisleben in 1483 and died here in 1546. Both his birth house and death house are UNESCO World Heritage sites and now operate as museums. The town, officially carrying the Lutherstadt title, has about 22,670 inhabitants and lies in the Landkreis Mansfeld-Suedharz. Copper and silver mining in the Mansfeld basin sustained the local economy for centuries; the Mansfelder Land mining tradition stretches back to the Middle Ages.
Halle an der Saale is about 35 kilometres to the east. Sangerhausen lies to the west. The landscape is gently rolling, transitioning from the Harz foothills to the Saale-Unstrut lowland. Mining decline in the 1990s caused significant population loss, and the town has been adjusting its infrastructure to a smaller population since.
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Martin Luther was born in Eisleben in 1483 and died here in 1546. Both his birth house and death house are UNESCO World Heritage sites and now operate as museums. The town, officially carrying the Lutherstadt title, has about 22,670 inhabitants and lies in the Landkreis Mansfeld-Suedharz. Copper and silver mining in the Mansfeld basin sustained the local economy for centuries; the Mansfelder Land mining tradition stretches back to the Middle Ages.
Halle an der Saale is about 35 kilometres to the east. Sangerhausen lies to the west. The landscape is gently rolling, transitioning from the Harz foothills to the Saale-Unstrut lowland. Mining decline in the 1990s caused significant population loss, and the town has been adjusting its infrastructure to a smaller population since.
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