What is Quedlinburg?
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = Quedlinburg asv2018-10 img03 Castle.jpg |imagesize = 268 px |image_caption = Quedlinburg castle hill |image_coa = DE-ST 15-0-85-235 Quedlinburg COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge Quedlinburg.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|47|30|N|11|8|50|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Quedlinburg in HZ.png |state = Sachsen-Anhalt |district = Harz |elevation = 123 |area = 120.42 |population = 25391 |Stand = 31 December 2012 |postal_code = 06484, 06485 |area_code = 03946, 039485 |licence = HZ, HBS, QLB, WR |Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 85 235 |divisions = 7 Stadtteile |mayor = Frank Ruch |party = CDU |website = {{url|http://www.quedlinburg.de/}} }} {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | WHS = Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg | Image = Schlossmühle Quedlinburg dahinter Burgberg mit Stift.JPG | Caption = South of the castle hill: ''Schlossmühle'' | Criteria = Cultural: iv | ID = 535 | Year = 1994 | Area = 90 ha | Buffer_zone = 270 ha }} '''Quedlinburg''' ({{IPA-de|ˈkveːtlɪnbʊʁk}}); [[Low Saxon]]: ''Queddelnborg'') is a city in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Germany]]. Its area is {{convert|78|km2|sqmi|1|lk=on|abbr=off}}. 22,795 people lived there in 2005. Quedlinburg is {{convert|8|km|abbr=off}} north of the Harz mountains. A small river called Bode flows through the city. In 1994, [[UNESCO]] added the old town Quedlinburg on the list of [[World Heritage Site]]s. == History == In the year 922 the name Quedlinburg was first mentioned in a paper from King [[Henry I the Fowler]] of Germany. In the first half of the 10th century the [[Hungary|Hungarians]] with their horses attacked many places all over central Europe. King Henry built up a castle to give the farmers around a place to hid