Stadtroda

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Stadtroda
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Stadtroda
Coordinates: 50°51′N11°44′E / 50.850°N 11.733°E / 50.850; 11.733 Coordinates: 50°51′N11°44′E / 50.850°N 11.733°E / 50.850; 11.733
Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Subdivisions2
Government
 •  Mayor (2018–24) Klaus Hempel [1]
Area
 • Total24.07 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [2]
 • Total6,590
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
07646
Dialling codes 036428
Vehicle registration SHK, EIS, SRO
Website www.stadtroda.de

Stadtroda (Roda until 1925) is a town of 6,653 people (2017), located in Thuringia, Germany. Stadtroda lies on the river Roda, a tributary of the Saale. The former municipalities Bollberg and Quirla were merged into Stadtroda in January 2019.

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History

According to some sources, Faust was born in Roda in 1480. The house where he was born was torn down and sold to Chicago in 1896, where it was going to be shown in the Germany-Hall of the World's Fair. The fate of the house is unknown.

Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Roda was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.

Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany. Stadtroda Sandstein.jpg
Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany.
Town hall Stadtroda Rathaus Stadtroda.JPG
Town hall Stadtroda

Mayors

Mayors since 1886 [3]

  • 1886–1892: Gottfried Knoch
  • 1892–1898: Friedrich Goedel
  • 1898–1906: Hermann Loeser
  • 1906–1908: Wilhelm Dieterici
  • 1908–1928: Rudolf Goedecke
  • 1928–1934: Ernst Paul Schönherr
  • 1935–1938: Franz Degen
  • 1938–1941: Gerhard Wunderling
  • 1941–1942: Max Oswald (acting)
  • 1942–1945: ? Horn
  • 1945: Max Oswald (acting)
  • 1945–1946: Wilhelm Meier
  • 1946–1950: Otto Seifarth
  • 1950–1953: Ernst Klinger
  • 1953–1954: Theo Wurlitzer
  • 1954–1955: Rudolf Pabst (acting)
  • 1955: Georg Vater
  • 1955–1958: Walter Hilbert
  • 1959–1961: Kurt Krüger
  • 1961–1965: Günter Hoppe
  • 1965–1972: Kurt Neugebauer
  • 1972: Volkmar Ernst
  • 1972–1984: Heinz Rosenkranz
  • 1984–1986: Kurt Halbauer
  • 1986–1990: Rainer Haufe
  • 1990–1992: Karl-Heinz Herrmann
  • 1992: Harald Reuter (acting)
  • 1992–2012: Harald Kramer (CDU)
  • since 2012: Klaus Hempel (Free voters)

Notable people

Princess Luise around 1800 Luisesagoaltroda.jpg
Princess Luise around 1800

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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: 31.12.2020". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). June 2021.
  3. ↑ Utz Möbius: Chronik der Stadt Stadtroda. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2003, ISBN   3-89570-896-8.


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