Waltershausen
Waltershausen | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Waltershausen within Gotha district | |
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Coordinates: 50°53′51″N 10°33′21″E / 50.89750°N 10.55583°E / 50.89750; 10.55583Coordinates: 50°53′51″N 10°33′21″E / 50.89750°N 10.55583°E / 50.89750; 10.55583 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Thuringia |
District | Gotha |
Government | |
• Mayor | Michael Brychcy (CDU) |
Area [1] | |
• Total | 60.62 km2 (23.41 sq mi) |
Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
Population (2017-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 13,024 |
• Density | 210/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 99880 |
Dialling codes | 03622 |
Vehicle registration | GTH |
Website | www.waltershausen.de |
Waltershausen is a town in the district of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.
Contents
1 History
2 Sister cities
2.1 Sons and daughters of the city
3 References
4 External links
History
Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Waltershausen was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Sister cities
Bruay-sur-l'Escaut, France (Département Nord) (since 1965)
Korbach, Germany (Hesse) (since 1990)
Wolbrom, Poland (Voivodship Małopolskie) (since 2000)
Hanau, Germany (Hesse) (since 1990)
Sons and daughters of the city
Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757-1822), naturalist, forestry scientist and ornithologist
Heinrich Credner (1809-1876), geologist
Eduard Ausfeld (1850-1906), historian
Paul Fridolin Kehr (1860-1944), historian and diplomatist, brother of Hans Kehr
Hans Kehr (1862-1916), founder of the German bile duct surgery, brother of Paul Fridolin Kehr
References
^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). September 2018.
External links
- Waltershausen official web page (German)
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