Buttelstedt is a

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and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district, in

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. It is situated 11 km north of

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...

. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality Am Ettersberg.

History

Within the

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(1871-1918), Buttelstedt was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

Notable people from Buttelstedt

* August Wilhelm Hupel (1737-1819), publicist, estophile and linguist * Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758), baroque musician and composer * Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780), composer

References

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