Gerbstedt
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_photo =
|image_coa = Wappen Gerbstedt neu.png
|coordinates = {{coord|51|38|N|11|37|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Gerbstedt_in_MSH.svg
|state = Sachsen-Anhalt
|district = Mansfeld-Südharz
|elevation = 155
|area = 102.28
|postal_code = 06347
|area_code = 03476, 034773, 034783
|licence = MSH, EIL, HET, ML, SGH
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 87 165
|divisions = 9
|mayor = Ulf Döring[https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/bmbm/index.html Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse], Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.
|leader_term = 2021–28
|party = CDU
}}
Gerbstedt ({{IPA|de|ˈɡɛʁpˌʃtɛt|-|De-Gerbstedt.ogg}}) is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, district Mansfeld-Südharz. It was traditionally dominated by copper mining, presently agriculture is dominant.
File:KlosterturmGerbstedt.JPG|Tower of former monastery Gerbstedt
File:Rathaus Gerbstedt1.JPG|Town hall Gerbstedt
File:GerbstedtRobur.JPG|View of Gerbstedt with a rare Robur bus
Geography
=Divisions=
The town of Gerbstedt is divided into twelve localities (Ortschaften),[https://daten.verwaltungsportal.de/dateien/legalframework/2/1/3/5/8/Hauptsatzung.pdf Hauptsatzung der Stadt Gerbstedt], June 2021. corresponding to the twelve former municipalities that formed the current town in 2010.[https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2010.html Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010], Statistisches Bundesamt Some of the localities consist of a number of Ortsteile (local parts).
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- Augsdorf
- Freist (incl. Elben, Oeste, Reidewitz, Zabitz)
- Friedeburg
- Friedeburgerhütte (incl. Adendorf)
- Gerbstedt
- Heiligenthal (incl. Helmsdorf, Lochwitz)
- Hübitz
- Ihlewitz (incl. Pfeiffhausen, Straußhof, Thaldorf)
- Rottelsdorf (incl. Bösenburg)
- Siersleben (incl. Thondorf)
- Welfesholz
- Zabenstedt
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Sons and daughters of the town
File:Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock 1.jpg
- Otto Brosowski (1885–1947), mining worker, KPD member
- Eugen Ray (1957–1986), athlete
- Valentin Haussmann (died c. 1611), composer
Other persons associated with Gerbstedt
- Rikdag, (died 985), Margrave of Meißen
- Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, (1724–1803), poet, spent his youth in Friedeburg
- Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen, buried in the Abbey
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References
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