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Town in Thuringia, Germany

Stadtroda
Town

Coat of arms
Location of Stadtroda within Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
Stadtroda Show map of GermanyStadtroda Show map of Thuringia
Coordinates: 50°51′N 11°44′E / 50.850°N 11.733°E / 50.850; 11.733
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor (2024–30)	Klaus Hempel
Area
• Total	24.07 km (9.29 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population
• Total	6,695
• Density	280/km (720/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.

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.

Mayors

Mayors since 1886

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 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. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
Utz Möbius: Chronik der Stadt Stadtroda. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2003, ISBN 3-89570-896-8.

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