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Town in Thuringia, Germany

Stadtroda
Town
Coat of arms of StadtrodaCoat of arms
Location of Stadtroda within Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
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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[1]
Area
• Total 24.07 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Elevation 200 m (700 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total 6,695
• Density 280/km2 (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.

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 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)

Princess Luise around 1800

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