Buttstädt
Buttstädt | |
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Market place with St. Michael's church to the left | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Buttstädt within Sömmerda district | |
Buttstädt Buttstädt | |
| Coordinates: 51°7′N 11°25′E / 51.117°N 11.417°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Sömmerda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–25) | Hendrik Blose[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 104.8 km2 (40.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,470 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 99628 |
| Dialling codes | 036373 |
| Vehicle registration | SÖM |
| Website | stadt-buttstaedt |
Buttstädt (German pronunciation: [ˈbʊtˌʃtɛt]) is a municipality in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Weimar. The former municipalities Ellersleben, Eßleben-Teutleben, Großbrembach, Guthmannshausen, Hardisleben, Kleinbrembach, Mannstedt, Olbersleben and Rudersdorf were merged into Buttstädt in January 2019.
History
Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Buttstädt was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Ernst Behr (1847–1929), evangelical superintendent
Sons and daughters of the town
- Heinrich Gräfe (1802–1868), German educator.[3]
- Ortrun Wenkel (born 1942), opera singer
- Henry Lauterbach (born 1957), athlete in long jump and high jump
People connected to Buttstädt
- Johann Samuel Schröter (1735–1808), theologian
- Johannes Enke (1899–1945), communist, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, Nazi victim
References
- ^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden vom Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 315.