Stadtroda

Stadtroda is a town of 5,838 people, located in Thuringia, Germany. Stadtroda lies on the Roda river, a tributary of the Saale.HistoryAccording 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 (1871-1918), Roda was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.MayorsMayors since 1886Sons and daughters of the town Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808), Princess of Sachsen-Gotha, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of the regent in the same place Paul Leopold Friedrich (1864-1916), surgeon Joachim Erwin (1949-2008), jurist and CDU politician, mayor of Düsseldorf 1999-2008