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Friedrichroda () 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. On 1 December 2007, the former municipalities Ernstroda and Finsterbergen were incorporated by Friedrichroda.

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German place.type
Stadt
German place.image_photo
Thuringia asv2020-07 Friedrichroda town img7.jpg
German place.image_caption
Market street
German place.image_coa
DEU Friedrichroda COA.svg
German place.image_plan
Friedrichroda in GTH.svg
German place.state
Thüringen
German place.district
Gotha
German place.elevation
430
German place.area
36.88
German place.postal_code
99892–99894
German place.area_code
03623
German place.licence
GTH
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
16 0 67 019
German place.website
www.friedrichroda.de
German place.mayor
Kay Brückmann
German place.leader_term
2024–30

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Official name
Friedrichroda
Population
7116
Area
36.88
Elevation
428
Official website
www.friedrichroda.info
Image
Thuringia asv2020-07 Friedrichroda town img5.jpg
Dialing code
03623
Licence plate code
GTH
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Commons category
Friedrichroda
postal code
99894
native label
Friedrichroda
hashtag
Friedrichroda
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Friedrichroda () 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. 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.

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