Buttstädt

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Municipality in Thuringia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Buttstädt within Sömmerda district

(2019–25) Hendrik Blose^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total104.80 km² (40.46 sq mi)Elevation

201 m (659 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,651 • Density63/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

99628

Dialling codes036373Vehicle registrationSÖMWebsitestadt-buttstaedt.de

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.^[3]
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

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