Querfurt
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Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ' N , 11 ° 36' E |
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| State : | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| County : | Saalekreis | |
| Height : | 168 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 155.41 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 10,480 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 67 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 06268, 06642 (Vitzenburg sugar factory) |
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| Area code : | 034771 | |
| License plate : | SK, MER, MQ, QFT | |
| Community key : | 15 0 88 305 | |
| LOCODE : | DE QFU | |
City administration address : |
Markt 1 06268 Querfurt |
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| Mayor : | Andreas Nette ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the city of Querfurt in the Saale district | ||
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Querfurt is a city in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany). It is located west of Halle (Saale) .
geography
The city of Querfurt is located in the southeastern Harz foreland in the valley of the eponymous Querne . It flows through the old town from west to east.
South gate of the castle
The Querne in Querfurt-Thaldorf
City structure
The following districts are shown:
| Locality | Incorporation | Districts |
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| Gatterstädt | May 11, 1995 | Gatterstädt | |
| Grockstädt | January 1, 2004 | Grockstädt, Kleineichstädt and Spielberg | |
| Leimbach | January 1, 2004 | Leimbach | |
| Lodersleben | May 11, 1995 | Lodersleben | |
| Querfurt | - | Fichtensiedlung, Grundmühle, Querfurt, Thaldorf and Thomas-Müntzer-Siedlung | |
| Schmon | January 1, 2004 | Hermannseck, Oberschmon and Niederschmon | |
| Vitzenburg | January 1, 2004 | Liederstädt , Pretitz , Vitzenburg and Zingst | |
| Weißenschirmbach | January 1, 2004 | Birkenschäferei, Gölbitz and Weißenschirmbach | |
| Ziegelroda | January 1, 2004 | Landgrafroda and Ziegelroda |
First, on May 11, 1995, Gatterstädt and Lodersleben were incorporated into the Querfurt administrative community . Then on January 1, 2004, the six formerly independent communities from the administrative community of Forst Hermannseck , namely Grockstädt, Leimbach, Schmon, Vitzenburg, Weißenschirmbach and Ziegelroda, were incorporated.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are Allstedt ( Mansfeld-Südharz district ) and Farnstädt in the north, Obhausen , Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf and Barnstädt in the east, Nebra and Kaiserpfalz (both Burgenland district ) in the south and Roßleben-Wiehe ( Kyffhäuserkreis ) in the west.
history
In a register of the tithe of the Hersfeld monastery that was created between 881 and 899, Querfurt is mentioned for the first time in a document as the place of Curnfurt im Friesenfeld, which has to be titled . The neighboring village of Kunisch , which no longer exists today, is also mentioned there. Querfurt was the ancestral seat of the noble lords of Querfurt . 974 is given as the year of birth of St. Brun von Querfurt as the first recorded representative of this noble family.
The inner city wall is mentioned in a document from 1198, which means that Querfurt already had city rights at that time. In 1357 a second, the outer city wall was built.
On April 13, 1621, 101 houses were destroyed in a city fire. In 1663 Querfurt became the residence of the imperial principality of Saxony-Querfurt . The city was the seat of the Saxon office of Querfurt until 1815 . From 1816 to 1994 the city was the seat of the district of Querfurt .
The county government of was Querfurt 1816-1952 seat district Querfurt and 1952-1994 of the circle Querfurt , who in 1994 with the Merseburg to merseburg-querfurt (with the county seat in Merseburg merged). In 2007, the Saalekreis district was created through the merger of the Saalkreis and Merseburg-Querfurt districts .
Shortly before the American ground troops marched in, Querfurt was unprepared at noon on April 11, 1945, the alternative target of a squadron of six Douglas A-26 bombers of the 9th Air Force, which had not been deployed in Naumburg. They dropped their bombs in a residential area (An der Geistpromenade, Lindenstrasse, Daheimstrasse), destroying or damaging a number of houses and killing 26 people. There are 24 names on the memorial column “On the Spirit Promenade”.
coat of arms
Description : In blue, the silver-clad, gold-crowned and nimbly-nimbed Virgin Mary enthroned on a golden crescent and fringed by a golden halo with stars carries the nimbly nimbed child Jesus in her right arm . Mary is accompanied by two small shields . Right divided into red and white and red on the other side in white four bars.
politics
City council
Since the local elections on May 26, 2019, the council has consisted of 28 council members and the mayor. The diagram on the right shows the distribution of seats
mayor
On September 24, 2017, the non-party Andreas Nette was elected mayor as a candidate of the SPD with 70.6 percent of the valid votes in the first ballot. Nicole Rotzsch had previously become mayor on March 1, 2015; On July 1, 2015, she took over the office from her predecessor Peter Kunert (FDP), who had been mayor since reunification. In June 2017 Rotzsch announced that she would resign from this post on August 6, 2017 in order to be able to become managing director of the curative educational aid in Querfurt.
Twin cities
- Karlstadt in Bavaria - The city of Karlstadt was founded in 1202 by Konrad von Querfurt , the then Bishop of Würzburg. Because of this relationship, the two cities sealed their partnership in 1990.
- Giżycko (Lötzen) in Poland - In 1009 Brun von Querfurt is said to have been slain while trying to proselytize the pagan Prussians in Giżycko. To this day he is venerated as Saint Brun . In 2003 the cities of Querfurt and Giżycko signed a partnership agreement. This contract was later extended to the Saalekreis district and the Warmia-Masurian Voivodeship.
Culture and sights
Buildings
at the shooting ditch
town hall
Defense tower
Peace Oak
Johannes-Schlaf -Linde
Burgstrasse with Paris Tower, as it was in 1981
Memorials
- Memorial stele in the street “An der Geistpromenade” for the victims of the US air raid on April 11, 1945 It was renewed in 2016 with donations from the population. Above the 24 names one can read the inscription: "On April 11, 1945, 24 citizens of the district town of Querfurt fell victim to the American bomb terror".
- Memorial plaque at the south entrance of the town hall for the anti-fascist Otto Dietrich, who died in 1945 as a result of his imprisonment in a concentration camp . He is also honored with a memorial stone in the local cemetery .
- Commemorative plaque on the house at Kirchplan 7, the birthplace of the natural scientist Jacob Christian Schäffer , honored here as the "founder of mushroom science and inventor of wood paper". This plaque dates from 1968; the external occasion was Schäffer's 250th birthday. In 2013, another board was attached to the house at Kirchplan 7, providing more detailed information about Schäffer's research. On June 2, 2018, a memorial was unveiled on the church map for the 300th birthday of the Querfurt theologian, inventor and natural scientist, created by the Quedlinburg metal artist Jochen Müller.
Parks
- Archeology Park (site of the Nebra Sky Disc in the nearby city of Nebra )
- Querfurt city park on Merseburger Strasse.
Regular events
- Easter fire in Querfurt, annually on Holy Saturday in front of the castle
- Easter vigil in Lodersleben, annually on Holy Saturday at the Church of St. Pankratius
- Whitsun festival in Oberschmon, annually on the Whitsun weekend
- Pentecost festival in Liederstädt, annually on the Pentecost weekend
- Pentecost festival in Thaldorf, annually on the Pentecost weekend
- Whitsun festival in Kleineichstädt
- Whitsun festival in Spielberg
- Garlic Wednesday in Thaldorf, every Wednesday after Whitsun
- Castle festival in Querfurt, annually on the 3rd weekend in June
- Village festival in Grockstädt, annually on the last weekend in June
- Park festival in Gatterstädt, annually on the last weekend in June
- Local festival in Lodersleben, annually on the first weekend in July
- Village festival in Leimbach, annually on the third weekend in July
- Village festival in Spielberg in August
- Village festival in Weißenschirmbach, annually on the second weekend in August
- Farmer's market in Querfurt, annually on the 3rd weekend in September
- Nikolausmarkt in the south residential area, every year at the beginning of December
- Christmas market in Lodersleben, annually on the 3rd Advent
- Christmas magic at Querfurt Castle, annually on the 4th weekend in Advent
- Return to Strength Festival - since 2011 annually held hardcore punk festival in Querfurt
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
The company L. Stroetmann seed maintains a manufacturing facility in Querfurt.
traffic
The city is connected to the federal highways 180 and 250 as well as to the federal motorway 38 through a bypass . The Querfurt station 's termination stop the railway Merseburg-Querfurt , served by the Burgenlandbahn . Railcars of the type DWA LVT / S (DB class 672) are used .
The railway line to Röblingen am See , which had existed since 1884, was shut down in 2005 and its continuation to Vitzenburg, which had existed since 1904, in 2003.
Carl von Basedow Clinic
The clinic, named after the Merseburg doctor Carl von Basedow , is the only hospital in the Saalekreis; it has about 650 beds. It is one of 9 hospitals specializing in care in Saxony-Anhalt . Ten clinics are located at the Merseburg site and three at the Querfurt site. The district is responsible for this. It serves as the academic teaching hospital of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg .
Personalities
literature
- Karl August Gottlieb Sturm : Chronicle of the city and rule of Querfurt , Querfurt 1845
- HG Voigt (Ed.): Querfurter Chronik. Historical Denckfahl der Haubt-Stadt of the Principality of Saxony-Quernfurth by Christian Webel, written around 1714/15. Richard Jaeckel, Querfurt [1928]
- Joachim Jahns: Great people from Querfurt and personalities connected with Querfurt. Dingsda-Verlag, Querfurt 1990, ISBN 3-928498-00-2
Web links
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- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities of Germany, see 1995
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2004
- ^ Reg. Thur. No. 287
- ↑ Jürgen Möller: End of the war on Saale and Unstrut. April 1945 . Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza 2013. ISBN 978-3-86777-456-7 . Pp. 35-38
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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.
- ↑ https://www.mz-web.de/querfurt/interview-mit-dem-zukuenftigen-buergermeister-was-andreas-nette-mit-querfurt-plant-28565340
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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.
- ↑ http://www.mz-web.de/querfurt/nach-ruecktritt-der-buergermeisterin-in-querfurt--politisch-ist-sie-damit-abgewaehlt--27847244
- ↑ Jürgen Möller: End of the war on Saale and Unstrut. April 1945 . Rockstuhl-Verlag, Bad Langensalza 2013. p. 243 (photo)
- ↑ Return to Strength Festival. Retrieved January 23, 2020 (German).
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