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EISENBERG (Isenberg), a town of Germany, in the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, on a plateau between the rivers Saale and Elster, 20 m. S.W. from Zeitz, and connected with the railway Leipzig-Gera by a branch to Crossen. Pop. (1905) 8824. It possesses an old castle, ...

EISENERZ ("Iron ore"), a market-place and old mining town in Styria, Austria, 68 m. N.W. of Graz by rail. Pop. (1900) 6494. It is situated in a deep valley, dominated on the east by the Pfaffenstein (6140 ft.), on the west by the Kaiserschild (6830 ft.), and o

EILENBURG, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Saxony, on an island formed by the Mulde, 31 m. E. from Halle, at the junction of the railways Halle-Cottbus and LeipzigEilenburg. Pop. (1905) 15,145. There are three churches, two Evangelical and one R

ESBJERG, a seaport of Denmark in the ami (county) of Ribe, 18 m. from the German frontier on the west coast of Jutland. It has railway communication with the east and north of Jutland, and with Germany. If was granted municipal rights in 1900, having grown wit

ESCHENBURG, JOHANN JOACHIM (1743-1820), German critic and literary historian, was born at Hamburg on the 7th of December 1743. After receiving his early education in his native town, he studied at Leipzig and Gottingen. In 1767 he was appointed tutor, and subs

... the Ernestine line. It was a separate Saxon 'duchy from 1596 to 1638, from 1640 EISENBERG— EISTEDDFOD to 1644, and again from 1662 to 1741, when it finally fell to SaxeWeimar. The town of Eisenach, by reason of its associations, has been a favourite centre for ...