Quedlinburg

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Quedlinburg is a historic German town on the northern edge of the Harz mountains, renowned for its well-preserved medieval architecture and UNESCO World Heritage–listed old town.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Quedlinburg canonical 26
Quedlinburg Old Town 1
Quedlinburg castle hill 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
municipality
town
areaCode 03946
connectedByRailTo Halberstadt
Magdeburg
Thale
country Germany
economySector light industry
services
tourism
elevation approximately 123 metres
firstMentioned 922
formerCapitalOf Principality of Quedlinburg
foundedIn 10th century
grantedTownRights early Middle Ages
hasPart Collegiate Church of St. Servatius
Quedlinburg self-linksurface differs
surface form: Quedlinburg castle hill

Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
surface form: Quedlinburg old town
hasRailwayStation Quedlinburg station
hasTouristAttraction Collegiate Church of St. Servatius
Ballenstedt Castle
surface form: Quedlinburg Castle

medieval old town
timber-framed house ensembles
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (iv)
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicalRegion Duchy of Saxony
Province of Saxony
surface form: Prussian Province of Saxony
knownFor Romanesque buildings
UNESCO World Heritage–listed old town
timber-framed houses
well-preserved medieval architecture
language German
locatedIn Harz district
Saxony-Anhalt
central Germany
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedOn northern edge of the Harz mountains
locatedOnRiver Bode
mayorTitle Bürgermeister
partOf Harz
surface form: Harz region
population around 24,000
postalCode 06484
stateCapitalOf none
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1994
vehicleRegistrationCode HZ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harz contains Quedlinburg
Ottonian dynasty capital Quedlinburg
Saxony-Anhalt contains Quedlinburg
Thale connectedByRailTo Quedlinburg
Thale near Quedlinburg
Bode flowsThrough Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg hasPart Quedlinburg self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Quedlinburg castle hill
Province of Saxony contains Quedlinburg
Hameln hasTwinTown Quedlinburg
Matilda of Ringelheim placeOfDeath Quedlinburg
Matilda of Ringelheim residence Quedlinburg
Henry the Fowler residence Quedlinburg
Harz district contains Quedlinburg
Harz district formedByMergerOf Quedlinburg
this entity surface form: Quedlinburg district
Harz district hasHistoricTown Quedlinburg
Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg hasPart Quedlinburg
this entity surface form: Quedlinburg Old Town
Carl Ritter placeOfBirth Quedlinburg
Wegeleben locatedNear Quedlinburg
Selketal (Selke Valley) hasSettlement Quedlinburg
subject surface form: Selketal
Selketal (Selke Valley) nearbyCity Quedlinburg
subject surface form: Selketal
Thale Hauptbahnhof connectsTo Quedlinburg
Blankenburg (Harz) locatedNear Quedlinburg
HSB terminus Quedlinburg
subject surface form: Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
Heinrich I of Germany residence Quedlinburg