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13 unusual facts about Querfurt


Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

On 22 April 1657 her husband, by the terms of his father's will, received the towns of Weissenfels and Querfurt as his own Duchy, and hence Anna Maria became Duchess consort of Saxe-Weissenfels.

Daniel Friderici

Friderici was born in Eichstaedt (today Querfurt) to a poor family and had been a choirboy in his younger years.

Eric I, Duke of Schleswig

Eric (Longbone), from 1295 Lord of Langeland (1272–1310), married Sophia Burghardsdatter (died 1325), daughter of Queen dowager Jutta of Denmark and Count Burchard VIII of Querfurt-Rosenburg, Burgrave of Magdeburg

Gymnasium Querfurt

The Gymnasium Querfurt is a German High School in Querfurt in Saxony-Anhalt.

Jacob Christian Schäffer

Jakob or Jacob Christian Schäffer or Schäffern (30 May 1718, Querfurt – 5 January 1790) was a German dean, professor, botanist, mycologist, entomologist, ornithologist and inventor.

Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

The conflict could only be settled with the Contract of Torgau (12 May 1681) and two other contracts signed in Dresden in 1682 and 1688; with these pacts, Johann Adolf secured his rule over Querfurt and his seat in the Upper-Saxonian Council (Kreistag).

Johannes Schlaf

Johannes Schlaf (June 21, 1862 in Querfurt – February 2, 1941 in Querfurt) was a German playwright, author, and translator and an important exponent of Naturalism.

Karl Artelt

After the end of the second world war, Artelt became an initiator for the KPD and SPD merger into the SED in the Querfurt district.

Nebra sky disk

In 2003, Saxony-Anhalt successfully sued the city of Querfurt for depicting the disk design on souvenirs.

Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal

However, the Lords of Querfurt, who were Burgraves of Magdeburg, also fielded a candidate.

Province of Saxony

territory gained from the Kingdom of Saxony after the Battle of Leipzig in 1813: the towns and surrounding territories of Wittenberg, Merseburg, Naumburg, Mansfeld, Querfurt, and Henneberg;

Sittichenbach Abbey

Amt Sittichenbach passed in 1656 to Saxe-Weißenfels and from 1686 to 1745 to the Principality of Saxe-Querfurt, after which it was included in the Electorate or Kingdom of Saxony.

Ulrich Willerding

Ulrich Willerding (born 1932 in Querfurt, Germany) is a professor emeritus of botany at the Göttingen University, Germany.


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Mansfeld Land

After the foundation of East Germany, these 2 counties were disbanded and transferred to the counties of Hettstedt and Eisleben, small areas of Mansfeld Land in the west went to Sangerhausen and in the south to Saalkreis and Querfurt.

Philip II, Count of Waldeck

In 1497, he married Catherine of Querfurt (died: 1521 in Kelbra), the widow of Count Günther XXXVIII of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg.