Friedrichroda () is a town in the district of Gotha,

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. It is situated at the north foot of the

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, 21 km by rail southwest of the town of

Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the ...

. It is surrounded by fir-clad hills and possesses numerous handsome villa residences, a Kurhaus and a

sanatorium A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often in a health ...

. In the immediate neighborhood is the beautiful ducal hunting seat of Reinhardsbrunn, built out of the ruins of the famous Benedictine monastery founded in 1085. On 1 December 2007, the former municipalities Ernstroda and Finsterbergen were incorporated by Friedrichroda.

History

Within the

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(1871–1918), Friedrichroda was part of the Duchy of

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ( ), was an Ernestine duchy in Thuringia ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-day states of Thuringia and Bavaria in Germany. It lasted from 1826 to ...

Development of first jet flying wing aircraft

During the late years of World War II, Friedrichroda was the site of manufacture of the mock-up production of the double-seat, all-weather fighter version of the Horten Ho 229 V4 and V5 (Versions 4 and 5)

flying wing A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage, with its crew, payload, fuel, and equipment housed inside the main wing structure. A flying wing may have various small protuberances such as pods, nacelles, blis ...

jet aircraft. The only surviving example of the Horten jet is the Horten Ho 229 V3. In December 2011, the Horten V3 was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution's Paul E. Garber Restoration Facility in Suitland, MD.

Gallery

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Notable people

* Karsten Albert (born 1968), luger * Marko Baacke (born 1980), Nordic combiner * Ilona Brand (born 1958 as Ilona Oeckel), luger * Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann (1805–1864), musical instrument maker ( Terpodion,

Harmonium The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal strips mounted in a frame. Types include the pressure-based harmonium, the suction reed organ (which employs a va ...

) * Käte Duncker (1871–1953), politician, women's lawyer, visited the Higher School of Daughters * Johann Georg Eccarius (1818–1889), worker activist and trade unionist * Katrin Göring-Eckardt (born 1966 as Katrin Dagmar Eckardt), politician (The Greens) and Vice Bundestag president 2005–2013 * Ralph Gebstedt (born 1971), ski jumper * Tatjana Hüfner (born 1983), luger, Olympic champion in the single-seater * Sandra Hüller (born 1978), actress, grew up in Friedrichroda * Philipp Klewin (born 1993), footballer *

Helene Lange Helene Lange was born in 1848 in Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg. Through her determination, she rose above the trials of her early life, including the loss of her parents, to become a leading voice for women's access to higher education and professio ...

(1848–1930), teacher and pioneer of women's education * Anna-Maria Müller (1949–2009), luger * Auguste Schmidt (1833–1902), teacher and writer * Melitta Sollmann (born 1958), luger * Marion Thees (born 1984), skeleton pilot

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