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Querfurt

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Querfurt within Saalekreis district

(2017–24) Andreas Nette^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total155.23 km² (59.93 sq mi)Elevation

168 m (551 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total10,256 • Density66/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

06268

Dialling codes034771Vehicle registrationSK, MER, MQ, QFTWebsitewww.querfurt.de

Querfurt (German: [ˈkveːɐ̯fʊʁt] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Saalekreis district, or Kreis, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located in a fertile area on the Querne, 18 miles (29 km) west from Merseburg. In 2020, the town had a population of 10,454. The town Querfurt consists of Querfurt proper and the following 8 Ortschaften or municipal divisions: Gatterstädt, Grockstädt, Leimbach, Lodersleben, Schmon, Vitzenburg, Weißenschirmbach and Ziegelroda.^[3]

Querfurt is known as the birthplace of Saint Bruno of Querfurt.

History

For some time, Querfurt was the capital of a principality covering nearly 200 square miles (500 km²), with a population of about 20,000. The ruling family having become extinct in 1496, it passed to that of Mansfeld. In 1635, according to the terms of the Peace of Prague, it was ceded to the Elector of Saxony, John George I, who handed it over to his son Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels; in 1746, it was united once more with Saxony. It was incorporated into Prussia in 1815.^[4]

Notable people

Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718-1790), a Protestant minister, naturalist, pioneer of the washing machine and the wood paper
Georg Muche (1895-1987), Bauhaus artist, painter and graphic artist
Walter Herrmann (1910-1987), physicist
Ulrich Willerding (born 1932), botanist
Dietmar Demuth (born 1955), football player and coach
Jan Seyffarth (born 1986), racing driver

Other personalities associated with the town

Johann Gottfried Schnabel (born 1692, died between 1751 and 1758), German writer; settled down in 1719 as a barber in Querfurt.
Julius von Kirchmann (1802-1884), lawyer and politician, law court official in Querfurt

Hans Schomburgk (1880-1967), explorer and pioneer of German wildlife films

Gallery

Castle
Town walls
Defence tower
Oak of peace
Elementary school

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Querfurt, October 2015.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Querfurt". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 743.