Buttstädt
Buttstädt 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.
Buttstädt | |
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 Market place with St. Michael's church to the left | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Buttstädt within Sömmerda district  | |
  Buttstädt  Buttstädt | |
| Coordinates: 51°7′0″N 11°25′0″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Sömmerda |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hendrik Blose (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 104.80 km2 (40.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
| Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,734 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 99628 |
| Dialling codes | 036373 |
| Vehicle registration | SÖM |
| Website | stadt-buttstaedt |
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 Graefe (1802–1868), educator
- 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
gollark: If I say [REDACTED] it should pick a random thing without telling me.
gollark: Where are my recreational nuclear weapons?
gollark: BEES
gollark: WHY CAN I NOT COMBINE SMOKE WITH HOURGLASS
gollark: Technically, I can just read them out of the apiodatabasees.
References
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften nach Geschlecht in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2018". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). September 2019.
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