Buttstädt

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
• Ortrun Wenkel (1942–2025), operatic contralto
• 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

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