Stadtroda

Stadtroda
Town
Coat of arms of Stadtroda
Coat of arms
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Location of Stadtroda within Saale-Holzland-Kreis district
Interactive map of Stadtroda
Stadtroda is located in Germany
Stadtroda
Location within Germany
Stadtroda is located in Thuringia
Stadtroda
Location within Thuringia
Coordinates: 50°51′N 11°44′E / 50.850°N 11.733°E / 50.850; 11.733
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictSaale-Holzland-Kreis
Subdivisions2
Government
 • Mayor (2024–30)Klaus Hempel
Area
 • Total
24.18 km2 (9.34 sq mi)
Elevation
200 m (660 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
6,785
 • Density280.6/km2 (726.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
07646
Dialling codes036428
Vehicle registrationSHK, EIS, SRO
Websitewww.stadtroda.de

Stadtroda (German pronunciation: [ʃtatˈʁoːda] ⓘ; 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 the Faust legend, Johann Georg Faust was born in Roda in 1480, though there is no historical evidence for this. A plan to sell the house said to have been his birthplace to Chicago for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition fell through after the town requested $100,000; the building was subsequently demolished. Press reports in 1897 stated that it had been condemned by the town and sold at auction to a local junk dealer for $25.

A 50 Pfennig notgeld note from Roda depicting Faust.

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

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden vom Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik.
  3. ↑ "Faust's Birthplace Sold for Old Junk". Worcester Morning Daily Spy. Worcester, Mass. 22 March 1897. p. 3.
  4. ↑ Utz Möbius: Chronik der Stadt Stadtroda. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2003, ISBN 3-89570-896-8.