Gerbstedt
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, corresponding to the twelve former municipalities that formed the current town in 2010. Some of the localities consist of a number of Ortsteile.- Augsdorf
- Freist
- Friedeburg
- Friedeburgerhütte
- Gerbstedt
- Heiligenthal
- Hübitz
- Ihlewitz
- Rottelsdorf
- Siersleben
- Welfesholz
- Zabenstedt
Sons and daughters of the town
- Otto Brosowski, mining worker, KPD member
- Eugen Ray, athlete
- Valentin Haussmann, composer
Other persons associated with Gerbstedt
- Rikdag,, Margrave of Meißen
- Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock,, poet, spent his youth in Friedeburg
- Eckard I, [Margrave of Meissen], buried in the Abbey