Eisleben

Eisleben (anciently Islabia), a Prussian town in the province of Saxe, capital of Mansfeld, on the Bose, about 20 miles N. of Merseburg. Luther was born here, and in the church opposite the house in which he was born is a pulpit from which he used to preach. There are copper and silver mines, foundries, and manufactures of saltpetre, vitriol, and Eisleben green. There are also breweries, and tobacco is manufactured.