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.