Schwarzburg (municipality)

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Schwarzburg
Coordinates: 50°38′27″N11°11′49″E / 50.64083°N 11.19694°E / 50.64083; 11.19694
Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Municipal assoc. Schwarzatal
Government
   Mayor (202127) Heike Printz [1]
Area
  Total14.63 km2 (5.65 sq mi)
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
  Total492
  Density34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
07427
Dialling codes 036730
Vehicle registration SLF
Website www.mittleres-schwarzatal.de

Schwarzburg is a municipality in the valley of the Schwarza (German : Schwarzatal) in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, in central Germany.

It was first mentioned in 1071 as Swartzinburg. The (now-ruined) castle was from the 12th century the seat of the Counts of Schwarzburg. Then Rudolstadt became seat of the new line of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

On 11 August 1919, while on holiday in Schwarzburg, Friedrich Ebert, the first Reichspräsident of Germany, signed the Weimar constitution, the first democratic constitution of Germany.

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References

  1. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.