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Buttstädt
Municipality
Market place with St. Michael's church to the left
Coat of arms
Location of Buttstädt within Sömmerda district
Buttstädt Show map of Germany Buttstädt Show map of Thuringia
Coordinates: 51°7′N 11°25′E / 51.117°N 11.417°E / 51.117; 11.417
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Sömmerda
Government
•  Mayor (2019–25)	Hendrik Blose [1] ( CDU)
Area
• Total	104.80 km2 (40.46 sq mi)
Elevation	201 m (659 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	6,651
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes	99628
Dialling codes	036373
Vehicle registration	SÖM
Website	stadt-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

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