Eight streets and alleyways lead visitors to Eisleben's market square. Most of the buildings here were built in the 16th century after the great town fire of 1498.

One of these buildings is Eisleben's town hall. The two-storey building was erected between 1508 and 1532 and was a curiosity for a long time: There was no staircase inside the building. Until the 19th century, employees and guests could only reach the upper floor via a double flight of stairs. In front of this staircase, a small figure of the garlic king Hermann von Salm is embedded in the wall. He is said to have spent several years at the Eisleben moated castle between 1081 and 1083 as the counter-king to Henry IV.

The weighing house is located on the east side of the market square. This building once consisted of the medieval department store and the so-called council scales. In the Middle Ages, the copper of the smelters from the region was weighed here.

Another special building on the market square is the Hotel Graf von Mansfeld on the south side. The patrician house from the late Middle Ages can look back on an exciting history. Martin Luther died here on February 16, 1546.

However, the focal point of Eisleben's market square is undoubtedly the Luther monument, which was inaugurated on November 10, 1883. The bronze statue was designed by the renowned sculptor Prof. Rudolf Siemering. It depicts the 37-year-old Martin Luther at the time of the burning of Pope Leo X's ban threat in 1520. Four reliefs are embedded in the base of the statue: Three show scenes from the life of the reformer, while the fourth depicts an allegory about the Reformation against the old Roman church. The monument was extensively renovated in 2016.