Quellendorf () is a village and a former municipality in the district of

Anhalt-Bitterfeld Anhalt-Bitterfeld is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its capital is Köthen (Anhalt). Its area is . History This district was established by merging the former districts of Bitterfeld, Köthen and a large part of Anhalt-Zerbst as part ...

, in

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

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. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town

Südliches Anhalt Südliches Anhalt (, ) is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Edderitz, Fraßdorf, Glauzig, Großbadegast, Hinsdorf, Libehna, Maasdorf, ...

. In the 19th century the estate was the property of General Count

Henckel von Donnersmarck The Henckel von Donnersmarck family is an Austro-German noble family that originated in the former region of Spiš in Upper Hungary (now in Slovakia). The founder of the family was Henckel de Quintoforo in the 14th century. The original seat of th ...

who sold it to Field Marshal Count Leonhardt von Blumenthal after the

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. The Field Marshal later transferred ownership to his son-in-law, Rudolf von Oettinger.

References

Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Südliches Anhalt {{AnhaltBitterfeld-geo-stub