Quedlinburg
town in Harz District, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Summary
Quedlinburg is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Quedlinburg ranks in the top 2% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,241 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Organization of World Heritage Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Harz District[4]
- Country: Germany[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Bode[6]
- Head of government: Frank Ruch[7]
- Instance of: Hanseatic city[8]
- Shares border with: Oschersleben (Bode)[9], Harsleben[10], Harzgerode[11], Thale[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Aulnoye-Aymeries[13], Herford[14], Celle[15], Hamelin[16], Hann. Münden[17]
- Postal code: 06484[18], 06485[19], 06507[20]
- Commons category: Quedlinburg[21]
- Licence plate code: HZ[22], HBS[23], QLB[24], WR[25]
- Local dialing code: 3946[26]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Quedlinburg[27]
- Coordinate location: 51.791666666667, 11.147222222222[28]
- Official website: https://www.quedlinburg.de/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Quedlinburg[30]
- Commons gallery: Quedlinburg[31]
- Population: 24,555[32], 28,424[33], 24,216[34], 23,989[35], 23,341[36], 23,313[37], 23,277[38], 27,233[39], 23,139[40], 23,069[41]
- Described by source: Regesta Imperii[42], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[43], Topographia Superioris Saxoniae[44], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[45], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47]
- Capital of: Kreis Quedlinburg[48]
- Official name: Quedlinburg[49]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Quedlinburg[50]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Quedlinburg[51]
- Native label: Quedlinburg[52]
- Category for people buried here: Q7976295[53]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 141.82[54] and 120.45[55]. Elevations include 130[56] and 121[57].
Why It Matters
Quedlinburg has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] Quedlinburg is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]