Roßleben Explained
| Type: | Ortsteil |
| Town: | Roßleben-Wiehe |
| Image Coa: | Wappen Roßleben.png |
| Coordinates: | 51.2978°N 11.4333°W |
| State: | Thüringen |
| District: | Kyffhäuserkreis |
| Elevation: | 119 |
| Area: | 33.42 |
| Population: | 4885 |
| Stand: | 2017-12-31 |
| Postal Code: | 06571 |
| Area Code: | 034672 |
| Licence: | KYF |
| Divisions: | 3 |
| Website: | www.stadt-rossleben.de |
Roßleben is a town and a former municipality in the Kyffhäuserkreis district, with a population of 4,885 (2017). It is located in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Roßleben-Wiehe. It is situated on the river Unstrut, 22 km southeast of Sangerhausen.
Population development
- 1994: 5157
- 1996: 5063
- 1998: 4848
| - 2000: 6735
- 2002: 6403
- 2004: 6192
| - 2006: 5987
- 2008: 5724
- 2010: 5540
| - 2012: 5323
- 2014: 5149
- 2015: 5065
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From 1999 with districtsData source: Statistical office Thuringia
Sons and daughters of the town
- Fritz Hofmann, (1871-1927), athlete, sprinter, winner of the first medal for Germany at the Olympic Games 1896 in Athens
- Hugo Launicke, (1909-1975), antifascist and SED politician.
- Werner Heine (born 1935), footballer
- Richard Hüttig (1908-1934), communist, hanged on June 14, 1934 in Berlin-Plötzensee
- Johannes Steinhoff (1913-1994), fighter pilot in the Second World War, general and inspector of the Luftwaffe in the Federal Republic of Germany
