Lodderstedt is an abandoned village in the German Mandfeld-Südharz rural district. It is located lakeside of Lodderstedt, 2.5 kilometers northwest of the town Gerbstedt.

ruins in Lodderstedt

Name

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The town name; 'Lodderstedt', means home of Lothar.

History

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  • The village is thought to have been founded around 500 AD.
  • Lodderstedt is thought to have been destroyed in the Halberstadt Bishop's Feud.
  • Around 1390, it was officially recorded that Loderstede was an abandoned village.
  • In 1560, the church was partially destroyed.

References

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  • Erich Neuß: „Wanderungen durch die Grafschaft Mansfeld“; Band 3, Im Herzen der Grafschaft . fliegenkopf verlag, Halle (Saale), 2001 (written in German)

51°38′56″N 11°36′17″E / 51.64889°N 11.60472°E / 51.64889; 11.60472