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3 unusual facts about Quedlinburg


Burchard of Basle

The first, in the latter part of April, was held at Quedlinburg by the partisans of Gregory VII; it condemned all adversaries of the pope, including Bishop Burchard.

Coins of the Lithuanian litas

The reverse shows how Lithuania's Royal Palace will look like when its reconstruction is complete in 2009 for the 1000th anniversary of Lithuania's name (Lithuania was first mentioned as Litua in 1009 in Quedlinburg monastery's chronicle).

Porcelain money

They were issued for the province Saxony, Meissen, and a number of other cities such as Eisenach, Thuringia; Freiberg, Saxony; Münsterberg, Silesia; Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt; and other cities.


Albert II of Brunswick-Lüneburg

During the interregnum between the death of Albert I and the confirmation of Albert II, the cathedral chapter had a conflict with Anhalt about the principality of Aschersleben and, almost simultaneously, a feud broke out between the chapter and Counts Albert II and Bernard of Regenstein, who were the patrons of the city of Quedlinburg.

DRG Class 99.22

Locomotive 99 222 remained on duty until 1966 on its original route, but when it became clear that the end was nigh, it transferred to the Harz and is in service today on the network of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) between Nordhausen, Quedlinburg and Wernigerode.

Evermode of Ratzeburg

In this post, he oversaw the foundations of new Premonstratensian communities in Havelberg, Jerichow, Quedlinburg and Pöhlde, serving in that post until 1154, when he was named the Bishop of Ratzeburg, the first since its destruction by the Wends in 1066.

Fritz Anneke

The Anneke family (usually spelled "Annecke"; Fritz changed the spelling of his name while still in Germany) originates from a small village called Schadeleben close to Quedlinburg in what is today Saxony-Anhalt.

History of Saxony

This era produced architecturally fine churches of the Romanesque style that are still in existence, as the cathedrals of Goslar, Soest, and Brunswick, the chapel of St. Bartholomew at Paderborn, the collegiate churches at Quedlinburg, Königslutter, Gernrode, etc.

Hoym

Hoym is located on the river Selke, between the towns Aschersleben and Quedlinburg.

Lauenburg Castle

The purpose of this impressive fortification with a total length of more than 350 metres was the protection of Quedlinburg and the nearby military roads.


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