HETTSTEDT, a town of Germany, in Prussian Saxony, on the Wipper, and at the junction of the railways Magdeburg Eisleben and Hettstedt-Halle, 23 m. N.W. of the last town. Pop. Hettstedt is mentioned as early as 1046; in 1220 it possessed a castle; and in 138o it received civic privileges. When the countship of Mansfeld was sequestrated, Hettstedt came into the possession of Saxony, passing to Prussia in 1815.
It has manufactures of pianofortes and cigars. In the neighbour hood are mines of argentiferous copper. Silver, sulphuric acid, nickel and gold are also found in small quantities.