Westendorf (Quedlinburg)

Westendorf is a district of Quedlinburg west of the Schlossberg, which was incorporated into Quedlinburg as a suburb and formerly an independent municipality in 1810 while it belonged to the Kingdom of Westphalia, together with the Neue Weg suburb.

history

Westendorf was first mentioned in a document in 964. Later, the place was until incorporation in the princely office of the abbess of Quedlinburg and finally had 233 houses. The village had its own jury and its own municipal office in the half-timbered building Gildeschaft No. 2, which was demolished in 1976.

The residents of Westendorf were incorporated into the St. Wiperti Church in Quedlinburg.

The legendary Finkenherd was on the corridor of Westendorf.

The Munzenberg settlement was established west of Westendorf in the 16th century.

Remarkable structures

The following remarkable buildings are located in Westerndorf:

• Finch herd 1 , finch herd 2 , finch herd 3 , finch herd 4 , finch herd 5 , finch herd 6 and finch herd 8
• Wordhaus restaurant
• Schloßberg 3 , Schloßberg 4 , Schloßberg 5 , Schloßberg 6 , Schloßberg 7 , Schloßberg 16 , Schloßberg 17 , Schloßberg 18 , Schloßberg 19 , Schloßberg 21 , Schloßberg 22 , Schloßberg 23 , Schloßberg 24 , Schloßberg 25 , Schloßberg 35 , Schloßberg 36 , Schloßberg 37 , Schloßberg 38 and Schloßberg 39
• Vitzthum from Eckstedtscher Freihof
• Wassertorstraße 5 , Wassertorstraße 6 , Wassertorstraße 11 , Wassertorstraße 12 , Wassertorstraße 13 , Wassertorstraße 15, 16 , Wassertorstraße 18 and Wassertorstraße 33

literature

• History of the Quedlinburg Abbey , 1791.

Web links

• Quedlinburg in the 17th and 18th centuries

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hermes / Weigelt: Historisch-geographisch-statistic-topographisches Handbuch [...] , Volume 2, 1842, p. 944.