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Eisenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate

Coordinates: 49°33′41″N 8°04′21″E / 49.56139°N 8.07250°E / 49.56139; 8.07250
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Eisenberg
Coat of arms of Eisenberg
Location of Eisenberg within Donnersbergkreis district
Eisenberg is located in Germany
Eisenberg
Eisenberg
Eisenberg is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Eisenberg
Eisenberg
Coordinates: 49°33′41″N 8°04′21″E / 49.56139°N 8.07250°E / 49.56139; 8.07250
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictDonnersbergkreis
Municipal assoc.Eisenberg (Pfalz)
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Peter Funck[1] (FW)
Area
 • Total18.73 km2 (7.23 sq mi)
Elevation
183 m (600 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,362
 • Density500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67304
Dialling codes06351
Vehicle registrationKIB
Websitewww.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

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Sons and daughters of the city

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  • 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

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  • Winfried Hirschberger (born 1945), from 1982 to 1985 city mayor
  • Jaqueline Rauschkolb (born 1987), politician (SPD), parliamentary deputy since 2014, grew up in Eisenberg

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Donnersbergkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.