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),Hauptsatzung der Stadt Gerbstedt, June 2021. corresponding to the twelve former municipalities that formed the current town in 2010.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt 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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