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Location of Eisenberg within Donnersbergkreis district
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| Coordinates:49°33′41″N8°04′21″E / 49.56139°N 8.07250°E /49.56139; 8.07250 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Donnersbergkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Eisenberg (Pfalz) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Peter Funck[1] (FW) |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.75 km2 (7.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,305 |
| • Density | 496.3/km2 (1,285/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67304 |
| Dialling codes | 06351 |
| Vehicle registration | KIB |
| Website | www.eisenberg.de |
Eisenberg (German pronunciation:[ˈaɪzn̩bɛʁk]) is the largest town in theDonnersbergkreis, inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany.
Eisenberg is the seat of theVerbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality")Eisenberg.
The name indicates ancientiron mining (Eisen = iron; -berg = hill/mountain). Even more important is the extraction ofclay andKlebsand.
Eisenberg is located in theNorth Palatinate in the south-eastern part ofDonnersbergkreis district of which it is the largest municipality by population.Worms is about 25 km (16 mi) to the north-east,Kaiserslautern 30 km (19 mi) to the west andMannheim 40 km (25 mi) to the south-east. Neighbouring municipalities areKerzenheim,Ebertsheim,Tiefenthal,Hettenleidelheim,Wattenheim andRamsen.
Besides the town itself the villages ofStauf (incorporated in 1962[3]) andSteinborn, as well as the inhabited places of Abendthal, Erlenhof, Lauberhof, Ochsenbusch, Seltenbach und SOS-Kinderdorf belong to the municipality.[4]
The eponymousEisenberger Becken (Eisenbergbasin) in which the town is located is enclosed by theAlzey Hills, Göllheim Hills and theGrünstadter Berg (en.: Grünstadt mountain) to the north and east. To the south and west theStumpfwald and theLeininger Sporn, both part of thePalatinate Forest, surround the basin.
The Eisenberg Basin is a sunken floe ofBuntsandstein. Because of this the basin can be seen as part of the Palatinate Forest but due to the deposits from theTertiary andQuaternary, as well as its climate, use andtopology it is regarded as part of theRhenish-Hessian Hills.
Klebsand and fire-resistant clay can be found in the basin's center. Their mining has had a large impact on the landscape.
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TheRomans had already settled the area of the town. Avicus was found on the bypass road near the border with Hettenleidelheim. It is said to be identical withRufiniana (gr.: Ρουφινιάνα), a settlement of theNemetes, mentioned byPtolemy.[5]Eisenberg's first mention in medieval times was asYsinberc in 763.
From the 14th century onwards Eisenberg was part of theDominion of Kirchheim that was ruled by theHouse of Nassau as part of the Duchy ofNassau-Weilburg.
After theWar of the First Coalition Eisenberg was occupied and later annexed byFrance with theTreaty of Campo Formio in 1797. From 1798 to 1814 it belonged to the FrenchDepartement du Mont-Tonnerre. After theCongress of Vienna the region was first given toAustria (1815) and later toBavaria (1816).
AfterWorld War II Eisenberg became part ofRhineland-Palatinate (1946). On 15 March 1963 the municipality was grantedtown privileges.[6] Since 1969 it belongs to theDonnersbergkreis district.
Thecity council is composed of 24 members who were elected in apersonalized proportional representation in the local elections on June 9, 2024, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[7]
The coat of arms shows three argent horseshoes on a sable background.The horseshoe as a symbol can be traced back 15th century and can be seen in the oldest surviving seal from 1622. In the 17th century the number of horseshoes was increased to three.The current coat of arms was granted in 1844 byLudwig I of Bavaria in the colours of theTeutonic Order (black and white) which had properties in Eisenberg.
Sanvignes-les-Mines,Burgundy, France
Baldock,North Hertfordshire, United KingdomThe confessional make-up of the town population on 31 March 2024 was as follows:
In the 16th century the protestant village had its ownparish that included neighbouring Hettenheim. Today the protestants are part of theEvangelical Church of the Palatinate. The catholics belong to theDiocese of Speyer and are managed by the parish in Hettenleidelheim.
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Eisenberg once had a synagogue.
The local mosque is managed byDITIB.[8]
Stauf Castle, Gienanth iron works andWormser Straße are protectedarchitectural ensembles.
There are several other protected buildings such as the former station building.
Stauf has abell tower built in 1984 to replace a steel one built in 1950, which was already the replacement for an even older wooden one. It has two bells.
In the town center theStorchenturm (stork tower) a replica of a watch tower can be found. Far from the town but in its district the hunting residence ofNS-politicianJosef Bürckel can be found.
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The western district is part of thePalatinate Forest Nature Park which belongs to the largerPalatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve. Anoak tree in Steinborn and twosweet chestnut trees near Lauberhof are listed as natural monuments. South of the city proper theErdekaut is located, once a clay pit it is now a protected landscape.
Inside the protestant church a mummified hand can be found. It is said that one day two forest owners west of Eisenberg argued about the boundary between their properties. Aforester, who was an expert on the topic, was called to resolve the dispute independently. He was bribed by one of the two men and the court, trusting the foresters expertise, ruled in his favour. The forester had sworn aperjury.After he died they buried him but at the funeral his hand, which he had sworn the perjury with, burst through the coffin and they were unable to bury it. His hand was cut of and held as a souvenir that never decays.[9]
The local history museum is calledHaus Isenburg. The roman ruins of thevicus can also be visited.
In its early daysiron mining was an important part of Eisenberg's economy. The mining and processing ofclay had an even bigger economic impact in the towns history. Old clay pits that demonstrate the ecological consequences of mining can be seen in theErdekaut, south of the town center. The clay mine can no longer be visited due to the extension of commercial mining activity.
TheEisenberger Klebsand (roughly translated to "Eisenberg sticky sand") is a mineral with very good adhesion qualities and the purest of its kind in the world. It is made up of 14.5% clay, 6.5% silt, 76% sand and 3% gravel.Mineralogically speaking 85% of its mass arequartz.
Eisenberg is the only industrial town of the Donnersbergkreis district. The largest company with 1300 workers isGienanth Eisengießerei (foundry) founded in 1735. An other important employer are theKlebsandwerke.
The headquarters of aninsurance company (AOK Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland), aretirement home (AZURIT Rohr GmbH) and anoptician (Delker) are located in Eisenberg.
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The B47federal road runs from Eisenberg toWorms and further intoHesse. TheA6 highway can be reached 5.5 km (3.5 mi) south of Eisenberg (exit 18Wattenheim). TheA63 highway is 9 km (5.5 mi) to the north (exit 12Göllheim).
Public transit was integrated into the WVV since 2000 untilVRN took over in summer of 2006.
Eisenberg (Pfalz) railway station is located along theEis Valley Railway, which was opened in 1876 it was extended toEnkenbach-Alsenborn in 1932. Passenger service on the line was discontinued in 1976 but reopened between 1994 and 2001. Trains now run every 60 minutes fromFrankenthal viaGrünstadt to Ramsen. On sundays and holidays the trains serveEiswoog lake, a recreational area in the Palatinate Forest.
The section Ramsen-Enkenbach has been closed since 1990. The viaduct and other bridges on the line have shown damages since.
Line 920 of the VRN connects Eisenberg hourly toGöllheim andKirchheimbolanden. Lines 917 and 918 serve as urban lines inside the town. It is further served by lines 902, 904 and 906, that connect Eisenberg to other municipalities inside Donnersbergkreis district.[10]Lines 454, 455 and 457 connect it to the municipalities inBad Dürkheim district as well as Enkenbach-Alsenborn inKaiserslautern district.[11]
On the north-western edge of town is a hut of thePalatinate Forest Club, that was opened in 1976.Several hiking trails run through and around Eisenberg, as well as theBarbarossa Cycleway.
Eisenberg has anelementary school, a high school (IGS) and avocational school. There are fivekindergartens in the municipality.
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