EISLEBEN, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Saxony, 24 m. W. by N. from Halle. Pop. The earliest record of Eisleben (Lat. Islebia) is dated 974. In 1045, at which time it belonged to the counts of Mansfield, it received the right to hold markets, coin money, and levy tolls. In the 18th century, Eisleben fell to Saxony, and, in the partition of Saxony by the congress of Vienna in 1815, was assigned to Prussia. It is divided into an old and a new town (Alstadt and Neustadt). The church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Peter-Paul kirche), contains the font in which Luther was baptized; the royal gymnasium (classical school), was founded by Luther shortly before his death in 1546. The house in which Luther was born was burned in 1689, but was rebuilt in 1693 as a free school for orphans This school fell into decay, but was restored in 1817 by King Frederick William III. of Prussia, who, in 1819, trans ferred it to a new building behind the old house. The house in which Luther died was restored towards the end of the 19th cen tury, and his death chamber is still preserved, In the neighbour hood potash is obtained and manufactures include machinery, furniture and cigars. It is also a centre for plant breeding.