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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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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.
- 120,52 km²
- 123 m ü. NHN
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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 founded an imperial abbey there (with his ...
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Quedlinburg is on the northern boundary of the Harz Mountains National Park. It was once at the centre of the German Empire. In 1992 it was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Almost all of the buildings in the town centre are timber framed, some dating back to the 16th century. It is a sight not to be missed, walking through the narrow ...
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. A small river called Bode flows through the city.
Quedlinburg, in the State of Sachsen-Anhalt, was a capital of the East Franconian German Empire at the time of the Saxonian-Ottonian ruling dynasty (919 to 1024). It has been a prosperous trading town since the Middle Ages. The number and high quality of the timber-framed buildings make Quedlinburg an exceptional example of a medieval European ...
