Eisenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate

Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

(2019–24) Peter Funck^[1] (FW)Area • Total18.73 km² (7.23 sq mi)Elevation183 m (600 ft)Population • Total9,362 • Density500/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes06351Vehicle registrationKIBWebsitewww.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

• 
  Protestant church
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  town hall
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  gate

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