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Eisenach, which has approx. 44,000 inhabitants, located in Germany - in the state of Thuringia.The city has grown around the castle of Wartburg, who according to tradition was founded in 1067 - and still is Eisenach's most important attraction.
Eisenach is also related to two of the German and European history's most famous personalities: Martin Luther (who had parts of their childhood here) and Johann Sebastian Bach (who was born here). Both have museums in the city named after him. Luther Haus is a half-timbered houses from the 1400s, where the famous reformer lived for several years while attending school - while Bach Haus is a 600 year old building situated close to the composer's childhood home.
It must also be mentioned that there are a number of architectural sights in Eisenach - including Old Town Hall from 1596 and Kreuznach Haus (1539). Moreover, the city has a magnificent botanical garden - Kartausgarten - originally built as a monastery garden in the 1300s.
Nearest major airport is Erfurt Airport , 60 km east of Eisenach.
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