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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 ...
Quedlinburg ([ˈkveːdlɪnbʊrk], plattdeutsch Queddelnborg, offizieller Beiname auch Welterbestadt Quedlinburg) 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.
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Quedlinburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈkveːtlɪnbʊʁk] ); Low Saxon: Queddelnborg) is a city in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is 78 square kilometres (30.1 square miles ). 22,795 people lived there in 2005. Quedlinburg is 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) north of the Harz mountains.
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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.
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Quedlinburg Abbey (German: Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of the East Frankish King Henry the Fowler, as his memorial.
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Quedlinburg is one of the first German half-timbered towns and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List of Cultural Heritage Sites in 1994. Short History of Quedlinburg. 922 f irst written mention of Quedlinburg in a document of King Henry I. 922 – 1207 German kings and emperors visited Quedlinburg 69 times.
The Annals of Quedlinburg (Latin: Annales Quedlinburgenses; German: Quedlinburger Annalen) were written between 1008 and 1030 in the convent of Quedlinburg Abbey. In recent years a consensus has emerged that it is likely that the annalist was a woman.