Gerbstedt

Gerbstedt
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Gerbstedt within Mansfeld-Südharz district
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Coordinates: 51°38′N 11°37′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Mansfeld-Südharz
Subdivisions	9
Government
• Mayor (2021–28)	Ulf Döring[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	102.28 km^2 (39.49 sq mi)
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,790
• Density	66/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	06347
Dialling codes	03476, 034773, 034783
Vehicle registration	MSH, EIL, HET, ML, SGH

Gerbstedt (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁpˌʃtɛt] ^ⓘ) is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, district Mansfeld-Südharz. It was traditionally dominated by copper mining, presently agriculture is dominant.

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  Tower of former monastery Gerbstedt
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  Town hall Gerbstedt
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  View of Gerbstedt with a rare Robur bus

Geography

The town Gerbstedt is located 9 km (5.59 mi) west of Hettstedt and 13 km (8.08 mi) north of the town Eisleben.

Divisions

The town of Gerbstedt is divided into twelve localities (Ortschaften),^[3] corresponding to the twelve former municipalities that formed the current town in 2010.^[4] Some of the localities consist of a number of Ortsteile (local parts).

• 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

Sons and daughters of the town

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock around 1779

• 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

References

1. Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 10 November 2022.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
3. Hauptsatzung der Stadt Gerbstedt, June 2021.
4. Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt