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Quedlinburg (German pronunciation: [ˈkveːtlɪnbʊʁk] ⓘ) is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. As an influential and prosperous trading centre during the early Middle Ages, Quedlinburg became a center of influence under the Ottonian dynasty in the 10th and 11th ...
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t. e. Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (9 November 1723 – 30 March 1787) was an early modern German composer and music curator who served as princess-abbess of Quedlinburg. She was a princess of Prussia as the daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and the sister of Frederick the Great .
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Quedlinburg Abbey, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Feast. 14 March. Matilda of Ringelheim ( c. 892 – 14 March 968 [1] ), also known as Saint Matilda, was a Saxon noblewoman. Due to her marriage to Henry I in 909, she became the first Ottonian queen. [2] Her eldest son, Otto I, restored the Holy Roman Empire in 962. [3]
Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden ( Sophia Maria Lovisa Fredrika Albertina; 8 October 1753 – 17 March 1829) was the last Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, and as such reigned as vassal monarch of the Holy Roman Empire . Sophia Albertina was the daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
Quedlinburg, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany. It lies on the Bode River, in the northern foothills of the Lower Harz Mountains , southwest of Magdeburg . Founded in 922 as a fortress by Henry I (the Fowler), it became a favourite residence of the Saxon emperors, and in 968 Otto I founded an imperial abbey there (with his ...
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Quedlinburg ( [ ˈkveːdlɪnbʊrk ], plattdeutsch Queddelnborg, offizieller Beiname auch Welterbestadt Quedlinburg [2] [3]) ist eine Stadt an der Bode nördlich des Harzes im Landkreis Harz ( Sachsen-Anhalt ). 922 urkundlich zum ersten Mal erwähnt und 994 mit dem Stadtrecht versehen, war die Stadt vom 10. bis zum 12.
Mar 27, 2023 · Quedlinburg, a small town of about 23,000 inhabitants, near the Harz Mountains in western Saxon-Anhalt, virtually the heart of Germany, is a treasure which is rapidly evolving into a prime tourist attraction particularly for non-Germans.
