Friedrichroda

Town in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany

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Town in Thuringia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Friedrichroda within Gotha district

(2018–24) Thomas Klöppel^[1]Area

• Total36.91 km² (14.25 sq mi)Elevation

430 m (1,410 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,127 • Density190/km² (500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

99892–99894

Dialling codes03623Vehicle registrationGTHWebsitewww.friedrichroda.de

Friedrichroda (German pronunciation: [fʁiːdʁɪçˈʁoːda] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the north foot of the Thuringian Forest, 21 km by rail southwest of the town of Gotha. It is surrounded by fir-clad hills and possesses numerous handsome villa residences, a Kurhaus and a sanatorium. In the immediate neighborhood is the beautiful ducal hunting seat of Reinhardsbrunn, built out of the ruins of the famous Benedictine monastery founded in 1085.^[3] On 1 December 2007, the former municipalities Ernstroda and Finsterbergen were incorporated by Friedrichroda.

History

Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Friedrichroda was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Development of first jet flying wing aircraft

During the late years of World War II, Friedrichroda was the site of manufacture of the mock-up production of the double-seat, all-weather fighter version of the Horten Ho 229 V4 and V5 (Versions 4 and 5) flying wing jet aircraft. The only surviving example of the Horten jet is the Horten Ho 229 V3. In December 2011, the Horten V3 was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution's Paul E. Garber Restoration Facility in Suitland, MD.

Gallery

Friedrichroda "Blasius" church
Stone head
Memorial for victims of an air raid in Friedrichroda

Notable people

Karsten Albert (born 1968), luger
Marko Baacke (born 1980), Nordic combiner
Ilona Brand (born 1958 as Ilona Oeckel), luger
Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann (1805–1864), musical instrument maker (Terpodion, Harmonium)
Käte Duncker (1871–1953), politician, women's lawyer, visited the Higher School of Daughters
Johann Georg Eccarius (1818–1889), worker activist and trade unionist
Katrin Göring-Eckardt (born 1966 as Katrin Dagmar Eckardt), politician (The Greens) and Vice Bundestag president 2005–2013
Ralph Gebstedt (born 1971), ski jumper
Tatjana Hüfner (born 1983), luger, Olympic champion in the single-seater
Sandra Hüller (born 1978), actress, grew up in Friedrichroda
Philipp Klewin (born 1993), footballer
Helene Lange (1848–1930), teacher and pioneer of women's education
Anna-Maria Müller (1949–2009), luger
Auguste Schmidt (1833–1902), teacher and writer
Melitta Sollmann (born 1958), luger
Marion Thees (born 1984), skeleton pilot

References

^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Friedrichroda". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 216–217.