Editing Eisenach (section)

== Geography and climate==
[[File:Luftbild Eisenach Altstadt Lutherstadt mit Georgenkirche Thüringen - Foto 2009 Wolfgang Pehlemann Steinberg Osttsee IMG 0488.jpg|thumb|Eisenach's town centre, viewed from the west]]

=== Topography ===
Eisenach is situated at the northern edge of the [[Thuringian Forest]], at an elevation of about 220 m. The terrain is hilly, to the south also mountainous (up to 460 m of elevation), with the central [[Hörsel]] valley crossing the town in east-western direction. The [[Nesse (Hörsel)|Nesse]] river enters the Hörsel river in Eisenach after forming a valley through the spur of the Hörselberg mountains in the eastern municipal territory. The northern territory around the Neunkirchen, Stregda and Hötzelsroda districts is relatively flat and in agricultural use. Approximately {{convert|7|km|0|abbr=on}} west of the town centre runs the wide [[Werra]] valley, where the Hörsel river enters this bigger river near Hörschel district. The southern municipal territory is covered with forest, same as some smaller parts north of the Hörsel river. The [[Hainich]] mountains begin {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} north-east of Eisenach.

=== Administrative division ===
[[File:ESA Stadtteile.png|thumb|District map]]

Eisenach abuts the municipalities [[Krauthausen]], [[Mihla]], [[Lauterbach, Thuringia|Lauterbach]], [[Bischofroda]] and [[Berka vor dem Hainich]] in the north, [[Hörselberg-Hainich]] and [[Wutha-Farnroda]] in the east and [[Marksuhl]], [[Wolfsburg-Unkeroda]] and [[Gerstungen]] in the south (all situated in the district [[Wartburgkreis]]) and [[Werra-Meißner-Kreis]] ([[Hesse]], municipality of [[Herleshausen]] in the west). The municipal border between Eisenach and Herleshausen was part of the [[inner German border]]/[[Iron Curtain]] from 1949 to 1990.

The municipality of Eisenach includes beside the inner town the following rural districts (all of them were incorporated in 1994):

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* Berteroda
* Göringen
* Hörschel
* Hötzelsroda
* Madelungen
* Neuenhof
* Neukirchen
* Stedtfeld
* Stockhausen
* Stregda
* [[Wartha (Eisenach)|Wartha]]
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The village of Fischbach was incorporated in 1922 and is a part of the inner town today.

=== Climate ===
Eisenach has a [[humid continental climate]] (Dfb) or an [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb'') according to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system.<ref name = koppen>{{cite journal| last = Kottek | first = M.|author2=J. Grieser |author3=C. Beck |author4=B. Rudolf |author5=F. Rubel | title = World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated| journal = Meteorol. Z.| volume =15 | pages =259–263| url =http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_free/55034.pdf| doi =10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130| access-date = 22 January 2013| year =2006| issue = 3| bibcode = 2006MetZe..15..259K}}</ref><ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author=Peel, M. C. | author2=Finlayson, B. L. | author3=McMahon, T. A. | name-list-style=amp| year=2007 | title= Updated world map of the Köppen&ndash;Geiger climate classification | journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume=11 | issue=5 | pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 | bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | url=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html | issn = 1027-5606| doi-access=free }} ''(direct: [http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf Final Revised Paper])''</ref> Summers are warm and sometimes humid, winters are relatively cold. The town's topography creates a microclimate with mostly adequate air circulation along the west-eastern valley which made Eisenach a resort at the end of the 19th century. Annual precipitation is {{convert|831|mm|in|sp=us}} with moderate rainfall throughout the year. Light snowfall mainly occurs from December through February, but snow cover does not usually remain for long in the inner town valley.