Kölleda
Kölleda | |
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Location of Kölleda within Sömmerda district | |
Coordinates: 51°10′N 11°13′E / 51.167°N 11.217°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Thuringia |
District | Sömmerda |
Municipal assoc. | Kölleda |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lutz Riedel (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 89.50 km2 (34.56 sq mi) |
Elevation | 145 m (476 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 6,526 |
• Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 99623, 99625 |
Dialling codes | 03634, 03635 |
Vehicle registration | SÖM |
Website | www.koelleda.de |
Kölleda is a town in the district of Sömmerda, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 10 km east of Sömmerda, and north of Weimar. The former municipality Beichlingen was merged into Kölleda in January 2019.
Mayors
- since 2012:Udo Hoffmann
- 1992–2012:Frank Zweimann
- 1990–1992: Bernd Prellberg
- 1983–1990: Helmut Zirnik
- 1982–1983: Heinz Wurzler
- 1980–1982: Manfred Hölzer
- 1973–1980: Kurt Hoffmann
- 1955–1973: Hans Helm
- 1952–1954:Josef Ommer
- 1951–1952:Ida Ragnitz
Sons and daughters of the town
- Lothar von Wurmb (1824-1890), Chief of Police of Berlin and President of the Government of Wiesbaden
- Fritz Hofmann (1866-1956), chemist
- Kurt Bornitz (1899-1945), a Protestant minister and opponent to nazism
- Walter Kittel (1942-1965), deaths at the Berlin Wall
- Hans-Joachim Kanzler (born 1946), a lawyer, since 1989 judge since 2006 and Chief Judge of the Bundesfinanzhof and Honorary Professor at the Leibniz University Hannover
- Ralf Hauboldt (born 1961), politician (The Left), mayor of Sömmerda since 2012