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Eisenach

American  
[ahy-zuh-nahkh] / ˈaɪ zəˌnɑx /

noun

  1. a city in central Germany.


Eisenach British  
/ ˈaizənax /

noun

  1. a city in central Germany, in Thuringia: birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach. Pop: 44 081 (2003 est)

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Bach was born in Eisenach in central Germany in 1685 and died in 1750.

From Barron's Nov. 17, 2025

In Eisenach, Germany, a city of 42,000, Opel builds a compact SUV called the Grandland.

From Seattle Times Nov. 2, 2021

Opel, a unit of Stellantis, the company that owns Jeep and Fiat, said in September that it would shut down a factory in Eisenach until next year because of a shortage of semiconductors.

From New York Times Oct. 5, 2021

Bach was born in a small town of Eisenach in Germany to a family with strong musical background.

From Time Mar. 21, 2019

On the 18th of October, 1817, they held a grand Convention at the Wartburg—the castle near Eisenach, where Luther lay concealed,—and this event occasioned great alarm among the reactionary class.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor

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