Mechterstädt is a village and a former municipality in the district of
Gotha in
Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2011, it is part of the municipality
Hörsel.
History
Within the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
(1871–1918), Mechterstädt was part of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
In 1920 15 striking workers were murdered by right-wing activists nearby the village
[Dietrich Heither, et.al.: Die Morde von Mechterstaedt 1920. 2015 Berlin]
References
Former municipalities in Thuringia
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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