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 Bollberg is a village and a former municipality in the district Saale-Holzland, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Stadtroda Stadtroda (Roda until 1925) is a town of 6,653 people (2017), located in Thuringia, Ger ...

and

Quirla Quirla is a village and a former municipality in the district Saale-Holzland, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Stadtroda Stadtroda (Roda until 1925) is a town of 6,653 people (2017), located in Thuringia, Germa ...

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 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), Roda was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. Stadtroda Sandstein

Mayors

Mayors since 1886Utz Möbius: ''Chronik der Stadt Stadtroda.'' Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2003, .

Notable people

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808) , succession= Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , reign=24 April 1785 – 1 January 1808 , image = Louise Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg.jpg , spouse =Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg , issue ...

, Princess of

Sachsen-Gotha Saxe-Gotha (german: Sachsen-Gotha) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies, Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin, Wettin dynasty in the former Landgraviate of Thuringia. The ducal residence was erected at Gotha (town), Gotha. ...

, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of the regent in the same place *

Paul Leopold Friedrich Paul Leopold Friedrich (26 January 1864 – 15 January 1916) was a German surgeon and bacteriologist born in the town of Roda, Saxe-Altenburg. In 1888 he received his doctorate at the University of Leipzig, and as a young assistant worked under Ro ...

(1864–1916),

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

Joachim Erwin Joachim Erwin (2 September 1949 – 20 May 2008) was a German politician and the Mayor of Düsseldorf from 1999 until his death in 2008. He was born in Stadtroda, Thuringia, Germany. Erwin was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...

(1949–2008), jurist and CDU politician, mayor of Düsseldorf 1999–2008

References

Towns in Thuringia Saale-Holzland-Kreis Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg {{SaaleHolzland-geo-stub