Gerbstedt

Gerbstedt () is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, district Mansfeld-Südharz. It was traditionally dominated by copper mining, presently agriculture is dominant.

Geography

The town Gerbstedt is located west of Hettstedt and north of the town Eisleben.

Divisions

The town of Gerbstedt is divided into twelve localities (Ortschaften), corresponding to the twelve former municipalities that formed the current town in 2010. 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

• 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

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