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Revision as of 15:10, 14 March 2013
Querfurt | |
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Querfurt skyline | |
Location of Querfurt within Saalekreis district | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony-Anhalt |
District | Saalekreis |
Government | |
• Mayor | Peter Kunert (FDP) |
Area | |
• Total | 155.23 km2 (59.93 sq mi) |
Elevation | 168 m (551 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 10,256 |
• Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 06268 |
Dialling codes | 034771 |
Vehicle registration | SK |
Website | www.querfurt.de |
Querfurt a town in Saalekreis district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, situated in a fertile area on the Querne, 18 miles (29 km) west from Merseburg, on a branch line from Oberroblingen. Pop. 12,935 (2005).
History
Querfurt was for some time the capital of a principality which had an area of nearly 200 square miles (500 km2) and a population of about 20,000. The ruling family having become extinct in 1496, it passed to that of Mansfeld. In 1635, by 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; but in 1746 it was again united with the Electorate of Saxony. It was incorporated with Prussia in 1815. See Schneider, Querfurter Stadt- und Kreischronik.
Querfurt is known as birthplace of Saint Bruno of Querfurt
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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