Stadtroda Explained
| Type: | Stadt |
| Image Coa: | Wappen_Stadtroda.png |
| Coordinates: | 50.85°N 55°W |
| Image Plan: | Stadtroda in SHK.svg |
| State: | Thüringen |
| District: | Saale-Holzland-Kreis |
| Elevation: | 200 |
| Area: | 24.07 |
| Postal Code: | 07646 |
| Area Code: | 036428 |
| Licence: | SHK, EIS, SRO |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 16 0 74 094 |
| Divisions: | 2 |
| Website: | www.stadtroda.de |
| Mayor: | Klaus Hempel[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2024 - 30 |
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[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)
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Notable people
Notes and References
- https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=LAND&auswertung=2 Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht
- Utz Möbius: Chronik der Stadt Stadtroda. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2003, .
