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
Coat of arms
Location of Stadtroda within Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
Stadtroda Stadtroda
Coordinates: 50°51′0″N 11°44′0″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Hempel
Area
• Total	24.07 km^2 (9.29 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,646
• Density	280/km^2 (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

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[2]

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)

Sons and daughters of the town

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

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2019". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). August 2020.
2. Utz Möbius: Chronik der Stadt Stadtroda. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2003, ISBN 3-89570-896-8.