Gotha (district)

Gotha
Map of Thuringia highlighting the district of Gotha
State	Thuringia
District seat	Gotha
Area	936 km²
Population	146,632 (2002)
Pop. density	157 /km²
Licence plate code	GTH
Web page	http://www.landkreis-gotha.de

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

Contents 1 History 2 Partnerships 3 Geography 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6 See also 7 External links

History

The district was established on October 1, 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 Hesse, 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 June 28, 1991.

Towns and municipalities

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft-free towns	and municipalities
Friedrichroda Gotha Ohrdruf Tambach-Dietharz Waltershausen	Emsetal Crawinkel Gräfenhain Günthersleben-Wechmar Leinatal Luisenthal Schwabhausen Tabarz Wölfis

Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
1. Apfelstädtaue Emleben Georgenthal1 Herrenhof Hohenkirchen Petriroda 2. Drei Gleichen Grabsleben Mühlberg1 Seebergen Wandersleben 3. Fahner Höhe Dachwig Döllstädt Gierstädt Großfahner Tonna1	4. Hörsel Aspach Ebenheim Fröttstädt Hörselgau1 Laucha Mechterstädt Metebach Teutleben Trügleben Weingarten 5. Mittleres Nessetal Ballstädt Brüheim Bufleben Friedrichswerth Goldbach1 Haina Hochheim Remstädt Sonneborn Wangenheim Warza Westhausen	6. Nesse-Apfelstädt-Gemeinden Apfelstädt Gamstädt Ingersleben Neudietendorf1 7. Nesseaue Bienstädt Eschenbergen Friemar1 Molschleben Nottleben Pferdingsleben Tröchtelborn Tüttleben Zimmernsupra
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft;2town

See also

• Saxe-Gotha
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

External links

• Official website (German)

•  • e    Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany
Urban districts	Eisenach · Erfurt · Gera · Jena · Suhl · Weimar
Rural districts	Altenburger Land · Eichsfeld · Gotha · Greiz · Hildburghausen · Ilm-Kreis · Kyffhäuserkreis · Nordhausen · Saale-Holzland · Saale-Orla-Kreis · Saalfeld-Rudolstadt · Schmalkalden-Meiningen · Sömmerda · Sonneberg · Unstrut-Hainich · Wartburgkreis · Weimarer Land