Querfurt

Querfurt
Querfurt skyline
Coat of arms
Querfurt
Location of Querfurt within Saalekreis district
Coordinates: 51°23′N 11°36′E / 51.383°N 11.600°ECoordinates: 51°23′N 11°36′E / 51.383°N 11.600°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Saalekreis
Government
• Mayor	Peter Kunert (FDP)
Area
• Total	155.23 km^2 (59.93 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	10,984
• Density	71/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	06268
Dialling codes	034771
Vehicle registration	SK, MER, MQ, QFT
Website	www.querfurt.de

Querfurt 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 2005, the town had a population of 12,935.

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.^[2]

Querfurt is known as the birthplace of Saint Bruno of Querfurt

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  Castle
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  Town walls
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  Defence tower
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  Oak of peace
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  Elementary school

Sons and daughters of the town

Jacob Christian Schäffer

• 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

Other personalities who are associated with the city

• 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

Julius von Kirchmann 1848/49

• Hans Schomburgk (1880-1967), explorer and pioneer of German animal film

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31.12.2015" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German).
2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Querfurt". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 743.

Links

• Official Website of the City of Querfurt