Buttstädt
Buttstädt is a municipality in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Weimar. The former municipalities Ellersleben, Eßleben-Teutleben, Großbrembach, Guthmannshausen, Hardisleben, Kleinbrembach, Mannstedt, Olbersleben and Rudersdorf were merged into Buttstädt in January 2019.
History
Within the German Empire, Buttstädt was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Ernst Behr, evangelical superintendent
Sons and daughters of the town
- Heinrich Gräfe, German educator
- Ortrun Wenkel, operatic contralto
- Henry Lauterbach, athlete in long jump and high jump
People connected to Buttstädt
- Johann Samuel Schröter, theologian
- Johannes Enke, communist, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, Nazi victim