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Eisenach

Eisenach is a town in western Thuringia, Germany, at the edge of the Thuringian Forest, below the Wartburg castle. It was a residence of the Ludowingian landgraves of Thuringia and later the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach. Martin Luther went to school there, Johann Sebastian Bach was born there in 1685, and in 1869 the Social Democratic Workers' Party was founded in the town.

Eisenach
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Landgraviate of ThuringiaDuchy of Saxe-WeimarDuchy of Saxe-EisenachDuchy of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachFree State of Thuringia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Eisenach. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/eisenach
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