Buttstädt

Buttstädt

Buttstädt

Municipality in Thuringia, Germany


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.

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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

People connected to Buttstädt

  • Johann Samuel Schröter (1735–1808), theologian
  • Johannes Enke (1899–1945), communist, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, Nazi victim

References

  1. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
  3. "Grafe, Heinrich" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 315.



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