Quenstedt
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Quenstedt
City of Arnstein
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| Height : | 190 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 15.2 km² |
| Residents : | 820 (December 31, 2008) |
| Population density : | 54 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 |
| Postal code : | 06456 |
| Area code : | 03473 |
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Quenstedt is a district of the town of Arnstein in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).
geography
Quenstedt is about six kilometers south of Aschersleben on the B 180 .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 992 as Quenstedi and at that time belonged to the Schwabengau , as evidenced by the church seal with the words "Swaven Quenstedti" , which means something like Schwaben Quenstedt .
On January 1, 2010, the previously independent communities of Quenstedt, Alterode , Bräunrode , Greifenhagen , Harkerode , Stangerode , Sylda , Ulzigerode and Welbsleben and the city of Sandersleben (Anhalt) merged to form the new city of Arnstein. The administrative community Wipper-Eine , to which Quenstedt belonged, was dissolved.
politics
mayor
The last mayor of the community of Quenstedt was Georg Lakomy (CDU).
coat of arms
Blazon : "In green the upper body of a bishop with a red robe and red bishop's hat, in his right hand a silver goose, in his left a silver crook, surrounded by a four-arched golden glory."
The coat of arms was designed in 1995 by the Magdeburg municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .
Memorials
- Collective grave with memorial stone in the local cemetery for six prisoners from the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration camp , a satellite camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp , who were murdered by SS men on a death march in April 1945 , as well as for two unknown prisoners of war who were victims of forced labor during the Second World War were
- According to legend, the Reformation linden tree was planted in 1520 on the occasion of the introduction of the Reformation in the community to commemorate Holy Communion. A commemorative plaque was placed on October 31, 1897.
archeology
In archeology, the place is well known due to the Schalkenburg , 800 m southwest of the place , a multi-period site that was inhabited from the Neolithic to the Iron Age . In addition to a ring system of stitched ceramics , a settlement of the Bernburg culture and a castle from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age were fully archaeologically examined on the mountain spur .
Less well-known is the Roman-era Kammacher workshop to the north-east of the village, the excavation of which was documented by Paul Grimm in 1935 , and the burial mound made of cord ceramics in the center of the village .
Personalities
- Hans Joachim Störig (1915–2012), non-fiction author and lexicographer ("Der große Störig")
- Otto Teutloff (1931–2005), local painter and illustrator. In front of the Quenstedt village community center, a memorial stone commemorates the town's first honorary citizen.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
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- ↑ http://www.professor-paul-grimm.de/schriften.html 1935 - The Kammacherwerkstätte von Quenstedt, Mansf. Mountain circle. Medium Volkheit, pp. 18 to 20.
- ↑ http://www.professor-paul-grimm.de/schriften.html 1936 - A miniature drum from a tumulus near Quenstedt, Mansfelder Seekreis. Annual publication for the prehistory of the Saxon-Thuringian countries, Volume 24, pp. 101–111.
- ↑ Roman Haeusgen: [2] . In: "Mitteldeutsche Zeitung" from January 14, 2005
- ↑ Burkhard Zemlin: Village sets a memorial for honorary citizen ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: "Mitteldeutsche Zeitung" of October 26, 2006.
