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Stadtroda
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Also known as Roda

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 and Quirla were merged into Stadtroda in January 2019.

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German place.type
Stadt
German place.image_photo
Stadtroda.jpg
German place.image_coa
Wappen_Stadtroda.png
German place.image_plan
Stadtroda in SHK.svg
German place.state
Thüringen
German place.district
Saale-Holzland-Kreis
German place.elevation
200
German place.area
24.18
German place.postal_code
07646
German place.area_code
036428
German place.licence
SHK, EIS, SRO
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
16 0 74 094
German place.divisions
2
German place.website
www.stadtroda.de
German place.mayor
Klaus Hempel
German place.leader_term
2024–30

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Official name
Roda
Population
6684
Area
24.18
Elevation
200
Official website
www.stadtroda.de
Image
Stadtroda.jpg
Dialing code
036428
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postal code
07646
hashtag
Stadtroda
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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 and Quirla were merged into Stadtroda in January 2019.

==History== 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.

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