Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Eisenach, Germany

The Villa auf dem Pflugensberg is a listed villa in the centre of the town of Eisenach in Thuringia. Until 2008, it was the seat of the regional church office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia.

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The Luther monument in Eisenach on Karlsplatz was inaugurated in 1895. The monument honours the reformer Martin Luther, who stayed at Wartburg Castle near Eisenach from 1521 to 1522. It was created by the sculptor Adolf von Donndorf.

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The Eisenach City Palace is a castle on the north side of the market square of the city of Eisenach in Thuringia. It was the residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Eisenach and later a residence of the Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Today, it houses offices of the city administration (cultural office), the Eisenach city archive and, since 1931, the Thuringian Museum.

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The Georgsbrunnen-also "Gülden-Mannsbrunnen"-is a running fountain built in 1549 in the Wartburgstadt Eisenach in Thuringia and monument to city history. It is reminiscent of the city saint of Sankt Georg and was also a symbol of urban market jurisdiction in the late Middle Ages.

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The Black Fountain in the Wartburg town of Eisenach is a running fountain built in 1817 and a monument to the city's history. It commemorates the gunpowder explosion that took place here on the evening of September 1, 1810.

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The residential palace was a building in the old town of Eisenach, which was largely demolished in the 18th century. The preserved parts are now known as the Old Residence and Residence House and are listed as historical monuments. The castle was located on the southern edge of the Eisenach market, immediately south of the Georgenkirche.

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The Georgenkirche is the city and main church of Eisenach, centrally located in the southern area of the market. Martin Luther preached here during the Reformation, making it one of the oldest Protestant places of worship. Johann Sebastian Bach was baptized in it. It served as a court church for a time and was the episcopal church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Thuringia until the merger of the Protestant church provinces of Saxony and Thuringia to form the Evangelical Church in Central Germany on 1 January 2009.

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The Wingolf Monument, located on the Pfarrberg in the centre of Eisenach, is the central place of remembrance for the fallen of the Wingolfsbund, the oldest umbrella organisation of Christian student fraternities. Originally built to commemorate the fallen brothers in the Franco-German War of 1870/71, it now also commemorates the victims of the two world wars. In 2003, the monument, including the staircase, was extensively renovated.

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The Metilstein, also known as Mädelstein or historically Mittelstein, is a 380.0 m high mountain in the northwestern Thuringian Forest. It is located between Eisenach in the north and Wartburg Castle in the south. The northern side of the Metilstein, the Schindersberg (320.6 m above sea level) borders directly on Eisenach's old town. On the mountain there are remains of a medieval hilltop castle and fortifications, which are protected as a ground monument.

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