The Bach memorial on the Frauenplan in front of the Bachhaus Eisenach was created by Adolf von Donndorf and inaugurated in 1884. The annual Bach tributes to his birthday on March 21 take place here.

Johann Sebastian Bach's parents Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elisabeth Lämmerhirt came from Erfurt and came to Eisenach in 1671 when his father was appointed town musician under Johann Georg von Sachsen-Eisenach.