Eisenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate

Eisenberg

Coat of arms
Eisenberg
Location of Eisenberg within Donnersbergkreis district
Coordinates: 49°33′41″N 8°04′21″E / 49.56139°N 8.07250°E / 49.56139; 8.07250Coordinates: 49°33′41″N 8°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 Adolf Kauth
Area
 • Total 18.73 km2 (7.23 sq mi)
Elevation 183 m (600 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 9,295
 • Density 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 67304
Dialling codes 06351
Vehicle registration KIB
Website www.eisenberg.de

Eisenberg is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the north-eastern edge of the Palatinate forest, approx. 20 km south-west of Worms.

Eisenberg is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Eisenberg.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Georg Fischer (1888-1963), politician (SPD)
  • Josef Diehl (1898-1971), politician (SPD), long-time mayor of Eisenberg
  • Walter Blankenheim (1926-2007) was a German pianist and teacher, born in Eisenberg, died in Saarbrücken (see Wikipedia page)

People who have worked in the city

  • Winfried Hirschberger (born 1945), from 1982 to 1985 city mayor
  • Jaqueline Rauschkolb (born 1987), politician (SPD), parliamentary deputy since 2014, grew up in Eisenberg

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.


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