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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Saale-Holzland-Kreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
16.81 km²

Population
  
6,277 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
036428

State
  
Thuringia

Elevation
  
200 m (700 ft)

Postal codes
  
07646

Local time
  
Saturday 2:31 PM

Postal code
  
07646

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind NE at 13 km/h, 41% Humidity

Stadtroda (Roda until 1925) is a town of 5,838 people (2013), located in Thuringia, Germany. Stadtroda lies on the Roda river, a tributary of the Saale.

Contents

Map of 07646 Stadtroda, Germany

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

Sons and daughters of the town

  • 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

    Stadtroda Wikipedia
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