Eisleben
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Lutherstadt Eisleben is in Saxony-Anhalt. It is best known as the birth and death town of the 16th century Protestant reformer Martin Luther. Nowadays it is a small and calm town of about 20,000 inhabitants.
Get in
By car
Eisleben is about 15km north of the Autobahn A38 Halle-Göttingen. From the exit "Eisleben", drive along B180 towards the city and follow the signs (B180 itself passes the city on the eastern side).By train
Regional trains between Halle and Kassel stop at Eisleben railway station, about 1km south of downtown. The train runs hourly, on weekdays even more frequently.See
Helfta MonasteryAt the Romanesque Road (Straße der Romanik). The one world-famous Cistercian monastery was founded by Gertrude the Great in the late 13th century, but closed during the Reformation in 1522. Nowadays it has been reconstructed and since 2000 nuns live here once again.
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address: Seminarstraße 16The oldest museum in Germany and one of the oldest in the world. The birth house and death house of the 16th century Protestant reformer are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List together with sites in Wittenberg.
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address: Andreaskirchplatz 7A museum, just like Luther's birth house.
Do
Eisleber WiesenmarktA yearly fair, takes place the 3rd weekend each September. Wiesenmarkt has a history of over four centuries, draws people from all over the region and is the main event in the town.
Sleep
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Deckert's Hotel am Katharinenstift
phone: +49 3475 632670address: Sangerhäuser Str. 12 -
phone: +49 3475 612620address: Hallesche Str. 33
Go next
- Halle
- Eisenach
- Wittenberg – about 100 km northeast, where Luther lived and worked and the other half of the Luther World Heritage Site