Gotha District

Gotha
Gotha
	— District —
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
Capital	Gotha
	Area
• Total	936 km2 (361 sq mi)
	Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	138,056
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	GTH
Website	landkreis-gotha.de

Gotha District is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Unstrut-Hainich, Sömmerda, the district-free city Erfurt, Ilm, Schmalkalden-Meiningen and the Wartburg.

History[]

The district was established on 1 October 1922, when the newly created state of Thuringia was administratively divided into 15 districts and 9 district free cities.

Partnerships[]

Since 1990 the district has a partnership with the district Main-Kinzig in Hessen, Germany.

Geography[]

All of the south-western area of the district is covered by the Thuringian Forest, with the Großer Inselsberg (916 m) being the highest elevation in the west of the district. To the north there is the Fahner Höhe with many orchards. The Unstrut River forms a short part of the northern boundary of the district.

Coat of arms[]

The coat of arms shows the castle of Friedenstein in the top, the biggest baroque building located in the city of Gotha. The wavy line below symbolizes the Leina canal, which was built 1366 to 1369 from Schönau to Gotha, to bring water into the city. The star in bottom was the symbol of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

The coat of arms was granted 28 June 1991.

Towns and municipalities[]

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns	and municipalities
Friedrichroda Gotha Ohrdruf Tambach-Dietharz Waltershausen	Drei Gleichen Crawinkel Gräfenhain Günthersleben-Wechmar Hörsel	Leinatal Luisenthal Nesse-Apfelstädt Schwabhausen Tabarz Wölfis

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften

1. Apfelstädtaue

Emleben
Georgenthal¹
Herrenhof
Hohenkirchen
Petriroda

2. Fahner Höhe

Dachwig
Döllstädt
Gierstädt
Großfahner
Tonna¹

3. Mittleres Nessetal

Ballstädt
Brüheim
Bufleben
Friedrichswerth
Goldbach¹
Haina
Hochheim
Remstädt
Sonneborn
Wangenheim
Warza
Westhausen

4. Nesseaue

Bienstädt
Eschenbergen
Friemar¹
Molschleben
Nottleben
Pferdingsleben
Tröchtelborn
Tüttleben
Zimmernsupra

¹seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;²town

References[]

^ "Bevölkerung nach Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?tabelle=gg000102%7C%7C.

External links[]

Official website (German)

Coordinates: 50°55′N 10°45′E / 50.92, 10.75

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[1] "Bevölkerung nach Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?tabelle=gg000102%7C%7C.

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