Stadtroda
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.
Stadtroda | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Stadtroda within Saale-Holzland-Kreis district  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°51′N 11°44′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Saale-Holzland-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 2 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–24) | Klaus Hempel[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.07 km2 (9.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,570 |
| • Density | 270/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 |
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.
Town hall Stadtroda
Mayors
Mayors since 1886[3]
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Notable people
Princess Luise around 1800
- Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808), Princess of Sachsen-Gotha, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of the regent in the same place
- Paul Leopold Friedrich (1864–1916), surgeon
- Joachim Erwin (1949–2008), jurist and CDU politician, mayor of Düsseldorf 1999–2008
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References
- Gewählte Bürgermeister – aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2021" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2022.
- Utz Möbius: Chronik der Stadt Stadtroda. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2003, ISBN 3-89570-896-8.
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