Eisfeld is a town and a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Werra, 12 km east of Hildburghausen, and 19 km north of Coburg.Sons and daughters of the city Georg Rhau (1488-1548), book printer and Thomaskantor (1787-1853), draftsman and chalcographer Otto Ludwig (1813-1865), writer