Quedlinburg - Notable People

Notable People

Jordanus of Quedlinburg was a 14th century preacher and monk wrote texts about contemporary devoutness.

In 18th century Dorothea Erxleben was the first female medical doctor in Germany. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was a contemporary German poet of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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