Location and settlement structure
Wickerstedt is a district of the rural municipality of Bad Sulza in the Weimarer Land district in Thuringia and belongs to the Saale-Unstrut region. The place covers 7.52 km² and stretches along the Ilm. As a linear settlement, Wickerstedt has a northern residential area extension and development areas on a southern slope.
History
Wickerstedt has been documented since the 9th century under the name “Wicgerestat”. The castle was destroyed in 1434, and the local noble family died out in 1505. A major fire in 1719 destroyed a total of 111 houses as well as the church, the parsonage and the school. On 1 January 2023, the former municipality was incorporated into the rural municipality of Bad Sulza as a district.
Viticulture
In the official register of wine sites Saale-Unstrut dated 31 December 2024, Wickerstedt is assigned to the Thuringian cadastral areas of the category “not assigned to a single-vineyard site”. No independent vineyard area specification is shown there.
