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Stadtroda
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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.
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History
[edit]According to some sources, Faust was born in Roda in 1480. The house where he is said to have been 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
[edit]Mayors since 1886[3]
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Notable people
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- 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
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References
[edit]- ^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Utz Möbius: Chronik der Stadt Stadtroda. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2003, ISBN 3-89570-896-8.


