Auerstedt
Sign in to saveAuerstedt is a village and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 31 December 2012, it is part of the town Bad Sulza. It lies northeast of Weimar. On October 14, 1806, the Battle of Auerstedt, a decisive victory for Napoleon I of France, took place near Auerstedt. As a result, the leader of the victorious French forces, Louis-Nicolas Davout, was appointed duc d'Auerstaedt.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Ortsteil
- German location.Town
- Bad Sulza
- German location.image_photo
- Auerstedt 2004-07-11.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Aerial view of Auerstedt
- German location.state
- Thuringia
- German location.district
- Weimarer Land
- German location.elevation
- 150
- German location.area
- 8.48
- German location.population
- 457
- German location.Stand
- 2011-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 99518
- German location.area_code
- 036461
- German location.licence
- AP
- German location.website
- www.bad-sulza.de
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- Population
- 457
- Area
- 8.48
- Elevation
- 152
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Auerstedt 2004-07-11.jpg
- Dialing code
- 036461
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- Commons category
- Auerstedt
- postal code
- 99518
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- P8168
- Lower Franconia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Auerstedt is a village and a former municipality in the Weimarer Land district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 31 December 2012, it is part of the town Bad Sulza. It lies northeast of Weimar. On October 14, 1806, the Battle of Auerstedt, a decisive victory for Napoleon I of France, took place near Auerstedt. As a result, the leader of the victorious French forces, Louis-Nicolas Davout, was appointed duc d'Auerstaedt.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Auerstedt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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