Quedlinburg
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| Quedlinburg | |
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| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Harz |
| Town subdivisions | 3 Stadtteile |
| Mayor | Eberhard Brecht (SPD) |
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| Area | 78.15 km² (30.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 150 m (492 ft) |
| Population | 22,185 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 284 /km² (735 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HZ (ehemals QLB) |
| Postal code | 06484 |
| Area code | 03946 |
| Website | www.quedlinburg.de |
| Satellitenbild Quedlinburg Quelle: World Wind |
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Quedlinburg is a City in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The city covers an area of 78 km² (30.1 sq mi) . 22,795 people live there (2005). The place is located just 8 kilometers north of the Harz mountains. The small river called Bode is flowing through the city. In 1994 the UNESCO set the old town Quedlinburg on the list of World Heritage Sites.
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[change] History
In the year 922 the name Quedlinburg was first mentioned in a paper from King Henry I the Fowler of Germany. In the first half of the 10th century the Hungarians with their horses attaced many place all over central Europe. King Henry build up a castle to give the farmers around a place to flee. In 936 the king died and his body was buried on the castles hill in Quedlinburg. His widow Matilda and his son King Otto I set up an convent für ladies. The tasks of this convent was to remind the memory of King Henry I and to educate young ladies to get better chaces to get married. This convent on the hill existed until it was dissolved in 1803. First abbess of the ladies-convent was Matilda the daughter of King Otto I and grand-daughter of Queen Matilda. In the valley north of that hill in 994 King Otto III founded the old town. He was ask to do so from his aunt abbess Matilda.
This old town was used by merchants to sell and buy textiles and so it grow up. In the middle of the 12th century a new town was created by the abbess of the ladies-convent. In 1330 both towns were united. They got stronger in power and in 1477 they tryed to get totaly independent from the abbess. But military troops from the brothers of the abbess occupied both towns. All the citizens got under control of the abess again. In 1541 the Protestant Reformation reached the convent and the town and everybody changed his beliefs to Protestant religion. Surprisingly during the Thirty Years' War the town was not destroyed, because the abbess made diplomatic arrangements with all the bypassing military leaders.
[change] Geography and Climate
The city is located 8 kilometers north of the Harz mountains around 123 meters above sea level. The surroundig mountains reach abaout 180 meters above sea level. Most of the town is on the western site of the rivers Bode bank. The town area covers around 78,15 square kilometers.
The average temperature of the year is 8,8 degree.
[change] Sister cities
Quedlinburg has partnerships with 5 cities. Each of the 5 boroughs also has their sister cities, sometimes called twin towns.
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.svg/30px-Flag_of_Saxony-Anhalt_(state).svg.png){kind=small} Urban and rural districts in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany  |
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| Urban districts | Dessau-Roßlau · Halle · Magdeburg |
| Rural districts | Altmarkkreis Salzwedel · Anhalt-Bitterfeld · Börde · Burgenlandkreis · Harz · Jerichower Land · Mansfeld-Südharz · Saalekreis · Salzlandkreis · Stendal · Wittenberg |
| Former districts | Anhalt-Zerbst · Aschersleben-Staßfurt · Bernburg · Bitterfeld · Bördekreis · Burgenlandkreis · Halberstadt · Köthen · Mansfelder Land · Merseburg-Querfurt · Ohrekreis · Quedlinburg · Saalkreis · Sangerhausen · Schönebeck · Weißenfels · Wernigerode |
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Aachen Cathedral · Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch · Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl · Town of Bamberg · Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau · Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin · Classical Weimar · Cologne Cathedral · Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz · Dresden Elbe Valley · Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar · Lübeck · Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg · Maulbronn Monastery Complex · Messel Pit Fossil Site · Monastic Island of Reichenau · Muskauer Park (with Poland) · Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg · Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin · Pilgrimage Church of Wies · Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof · Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier · St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim · Speyer Cathedral · Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar · Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen · Upper German Raetian Limes (with UK) · Upper Middle Rhine Valley · Völklingen Ironworks · Wartburg Castle · Würzburg Residence with the Count Gardens and Residence Square · Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen |
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