Editing Eisenach (section)

== Economy==
=== Agriculture, industry and services ===
[[File:OPEL Eisenach Gesamtansicht 2009.jpg|thumb|A factory of [[Opel]], Eisenach's largest employer]]

The region around Eisenach is the part of Thuringia with the strongest economic base.<ref name="Baedeker"/>{{rp|139}}

Agriculture is not very important in Eisenach, because of the hilly terrain, the—compared to central Thuringia further east—less fertile soil and the relatively humid climate. However, 43% of the total municipal territory are in agricultural use, mostly as [[maize]] and [[rapeseed]] fields or as cattle pasture.

The industrial structure is relatively focused on car production. The German auto manufacturer [[Opel]] built an entirely [[Opel Eisenach|new plant]] in the northwest of the town, after the [[Wartburg (car)|Wartburg]] car plant had ceased production in 1991. The new plant opened in 1992. Most other large manufacturers in Eisenach serve as suppliers for Opel, the largest among them is [[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]]. [[BMW]] runs a factory in the neighbouring municipality of [[Krauthausen]] that supplies car parts. Another component supplier is "Truck-Lite Europe". In 2012, there were a total of 19 industrial companies with more than 20 workers in Eisenach, employing 5,600 people and generating a turnover of more than 1.8 billion euros.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tls.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?tabelle=gg000602|title=Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik|first=Thüringer Landesamt für|last=Statistik|website=www.tls.thueringen.de|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref> Of those employees, 3,000 work for just two companies (Opel and Bosch), underlining the dependence of Eisenach on the [[automotive industry]].

Services in Eisenach are focused on tourism with 166,000 overnight visitors spending a total of 311,000 nights in hotels in 2012. In addition, there are large numbers of (mostly German) one-day visitors.

Eisenach also provides services to the region (retail, hospitals, theatres, cinemas etc.).

During recent years, the economic situation of the town improved: the unemployment rate declined from 17% in 2005 to 9% in 2013.