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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.

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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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Population
457
Area
8.48
Elevation
152
Image
Auerstedt 2004-07-11.jpg
Dialing code
036461
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Auerstedt
postal code
99518
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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.

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