Eisleben

Eisleben is the second one biggest city in the administrative district of Mansfeld Sudharz within the eastern Harz foreland in Saxony Anhalt. It is called the area of birth and loss of life of Martin Luther. In honor of the metropolis's finest son, Eisleben has been called Lutherstadt seeing that 1946. The Luther memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. Eisleben belongs to the Federation of Luther towns. The Luther web sites in Eisleben and Wittenberg have been united to form the Luther Memorials Foundation in Saxony Anhalt.

In the 3rd to 5th century, the time of the migrations, Suebian tribes, fishing and warning moved from the location Holstein, Schleswig and Mecklenburg to the south. West of the Elbe and Saale to Thuringia on this manner may be traced to the endings of the place names life. Thus, as an example, among Haldensleben and Erfurt approximately 100 cities and villages with this ending within the area name. According to Hermann Grossler, the phrase lifestyles on this context way inheritance or genetic fabric. The front part of those place names refers back to the extended family of the landlords.