Town
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Location of Quedlinburg within Harz district
Coordinates: 51°47′30″N 11°8′50″E / 51.79167°N 11.14722°E / 51.79167; 11.14722Coordinates: 51°47′30″N 11°8′50″E / 51.79167°N 11.14722°E / 51.79167; 11.14722
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Subdivisions	7 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor	Frank Ruch (CDU)
Area
• Total	120.42 km2 (46.49 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population  (31 December 2012)
• Total	25,391
• Density	210.854/km2 (546.11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	06484, 06485
Vehicle registration	HZ, HBS, QLB, WR
Website	www.quedlinburg.de

Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg

UNESCO World Heritage Site
South of the castle hill: Schlossmühle
Criteria	Cultural: iv
Reference	535
Inscription	1994 (18th Session)
Area	90 ha
Buffer zone	270 ha

Quedlinburg (German pronunciation: [ˈkveːtlɪnbʊʁk]); Low Saxon: Queddelnborg) is a city in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is 78 square kilometres (30.1 square miles). 22,795 people lived there in 2005. Quedlinburg is 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) 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 Sites.