page_title: Eisleben
section_title: People
hierarchical_section_title: Eisleben / People
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Prof. Dr. Friedrich August Quenstedt im Ornat als Rektor der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Gemälde aus dem Jahre 1868).
context_page_description: Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as the hometown of Martin Luther; because of this, its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben. In 2015, Eisleben had a population of 24,198.
  Eisleben has two parts old town and new town. The new town was created for Eisleben's miners in the 14th century.
  Eisleben was the capital of the district of Mansfelder Land and is the seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Lutherstadt Eisleben.
context_section_description: Gertrude the Great (1256–1301), mystic, saint of the Catholic Church
  Martin Luther (1483–1546), Protestant reformer, author and professor of theology
  Johannes Agricola (1494–1566), Protestant reformer
  Michael Teuber (1524–1586), lawyer
  Caspar Schütz (around 1540-1594) German historian
  Friedrich Koenig (1774–1821), printer
  Ludwig Geyer (1779–1833), painter, playwright and actor
  Friedrich August von Quenstedt (1809–1889), geologist and paleontologist
  Carl Fischer (1841–1906), worker and author
  Max Schneider (1875–1967), music historian
  Hermann Lindrath (1896–1960), CDU politician and minister
  Egbert Hayessen (1913–1944), major and resistance fighter of 20 July 1944
  Ute Starke (born 1939), gymnast, Summer Olympics 1960, 1964 and 1968
  Gudrun Berend (1955-2011), hurdler
  Thomas Lange (born 1964), two-time Olympic champion in rowing
  Timo Hoffmann (born 1974), boxer
caption: Friedrich August von Quenstedt in 1868
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