Querfurt
Querfurt is a town in the Saalekreis district, or Kreis, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located in a fertile area on the Querne, west from Merseburg. In 2005, the town had a population of 12,935.History
For some time, Querfurt was the capital of a principality covering nearly, with a population of about 20,000. The ruling family having become extinct in 1496, it passed to that of Mansfeld. In 1635, according to the terms of the Peace of Prague, it was ceded to the Elector of Saxony, John George I, who handed it over to his son Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels; in 1746, it was united once more with Saxony. It was incorporated into Prussia in 1815.
Querfurt is known as the birthplace of Saint Bruno of Querfurt- Jacob Christian Schäffer, a Protestant minister, naturalist, pioneer of the washing machine and the wood paper
- Georg Muche, Bauhaus artist, painter and graphic artist
- Walter Herrmann, physicist
- Ulrich Willerding, botanist
- Dietmar Demuth, football player and coach
- Jan Seyffarth, racing driver
Other personalities associated with the town
- Johann Gottfried Schnabel, German writer; settled down in 1719 as a barber in Querfurt.
- Julius von Kirchmann, lawyer and politician, law court official in Querfurt
- Hans Schomburgk, explorer and pioneer of German wildlife films
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