Buttstädt is a municipality in the district of Sömmerda, in

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and larg ...

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. It is situated 16 km northeast of

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...

. The former municipalities Ellersleben, Eßleben-Teutleben, Großbrembach, Guthmannshausen,

Hardisleben Hardisleben is a village and a former municipality in the Sömmerda district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Buttstädt Buttstädt is a municipality in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germa ...

, Kleinbrembach, Mannstedt,

Olbersleben Olbersleben is a village and a former municipality in the Sömmerda district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Buttstädt Buttstädt is a municipality in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germa ...

and

Rudersdorf Rudersdorf ( hu, Radafalva, sl, Radavci) is a town in the district of Jennersdorf in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Geography Cadastral communities A cadastral community or cadastral municipality, is a cadastral subdivision of municipalitie ...

were merged into Buttstädt in January 2019.

History

Within the

German Empire The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...

(1871-1918), Buttstädt was part of the

Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (german: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was a historical German state, created as a duchy in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741. It was raised ...

Personalities

Honorary citizen

* Ernst Behr (1847–1929), evangelical superintendent

Sons and daughters of the town

* Heinrich Graefe (1802–1868), educator *

Ortrun Wenkel Ortrun Wenkel (born 25 October 1942) is a German operatic contralto. She notably portrayed the role of Erda in the Bayreuth ''Jahrhundertring'' (''Centenary Ring'') in 1976 and was awarded a Grammy Award as a Principal Soloist in 1983. Career ...

(born 1942), opera singer *

Henry Lauterbach Henry Lauterbach (born 22 October 1957 in Buttstädt, Bezirk Erfurt) is a retired East Germany, East German high jumper and long jumper. In the high jump he finished fourth at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics, 1978 European Championsh ...

(born 1957), athlete in long jump and high jump

People connected to Buttstädt

Johann Samuel Schröter Johann Samuel Schröter (25 February 1735, Rastenberg – 24 March 1808, Buttstädt) was a German Protestant pastor since 1763, who was also a conchologist, mineralogist and palaeontologist. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. ...

(1735–1808), theologian * Johannes Enke (1899–1945), communist, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, Nazi victim

References

Sömmerda (district) Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach {{Sömmerda-geo-stub