Lodderstedt
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.
Name
[edit]The town name; 'Lodderstedt', means home of Lothar.
History
[edit]- 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)