Buttstädt
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{{Infobox German place
|image_photo = De buttstädt marktplatz.jpg
|image_caption = Market place with St. Michael's church to the left
|image_coa = Wappen_Buttstaedt.png
|coordinates = {{coord|51|7|N|11|25|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Buttstädt in SÖM.png
|state = Thüringen
|district = Sömmerda
|elevation = 201
|area = 104.80
|postal_code = 99628
|area_code = 036373
|licence = SÖM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 68 063
|website = {{URL|http://stadt-buttstaedt.de/}}
|leader_term = 2019–25
|party = CDU
}}
Buttstädt is a municipality in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Weimar. The former municipalities Ellersleben, Eßleben-Teutleben, Großbrembach, Guthmannshausen, Hardisleben, Kleinbrembach, Mannstedt, Olbersleben and Rudersdorf were merged into Buttstädt in January 2019.
History
Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Buttstädt was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Personalities
= Honorary citizen =
- Ernst Behr (1847–1929), evangelical superintendent
= Sons and daughters of the town =
- Heinrich Gräfe (1802–1868), German educator.{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Grafe, Heinrich |volume = 12 |page=315 |short=1}}
- Ortrun Wenkel (born 1942), opera singer
- Henry Lauterbach (born 1957), athlete in long jump and high jump
= People connected to Buttstädt =
- Johann Samuel Schröter (1735–1808), theologian
- Johannes Enke (1899–1945), communist, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, Nazi victim
References
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