Allstedt
Allstedt is a town in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximatively 10 km southeast of Sangerhausen.History
Allstedt is mentioned as the tithable place Altstedi in Friesenfeld in the Hersfeld Tithe Register, created between 881 and 899.
Within the German Empire, Allstedt was part of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.- Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt, mineralogist
- Adolph Schmidt, jurist
- Otto Piltz, painter
- Melchior Acontius, humanist and poet
- Gottfried Arnold, Lutheran theologian, court preacher in Allstedt
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,, acted several years at Castle Allstedt
- Thomas Müntzer,, acted in 1523-1525 Allstedt
