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Saalfeld
Sign in to saveSaalfeld (; officially ) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Saxon House of Wettin.
Saalfeld is a town in the German state of Thuringia that serves as the capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district. It is historically significant as the ancestral home of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Saxon House of Wettin, a major European royal family.
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Town
- German place.image_photo
- Stadtkirche Saalfeld.JPG
- German place.image_caption
- St John's Church
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Saalfeld COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Saalfeld-Saale in SLF.png
- German place.state
- Thuringia
- German place.district
- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
- German place.elevation
- 235
- German place.area
- 145.56
- German place.postal_code
- 07301–07318
- German place.area_code
- 03671
- German place.licence
- SLF
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 16 0 73 077
- German place.divisions
- 23
- German place.website
- www.saalfeld.de
- German place.mayor
- Steffen Kania
- German place.leader_term
- 2024–30
- German place.party
- CDU
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district capital
- Official name
- Saalfeld
- Country
- Germany
- Population
- 29121
- Area
- 145.56
- Elevation
- 235
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Saale
- Capital of
- Saxe-Saalfeld
- Official website
- www.saalfeld.de
- Image
- Stadtkirche Saalfeld.JPG
- Dialing code
- 03671
- Licence plate code
- SLF
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- twinned administrative body
- Kulmbach
- Commons category
- Saalfeld/Saale
- category for people born here
- Q6282967
- topic's main category
- Category:Saalfeld/Saale
- postal code
- 07318
- category for people who died here
- Q27955163
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Saalfeld
- native label
- Saalfeld
- P8168
- Corbara
- inception
- 0700-00-00
- hashtag
- SaalfeldSaale
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- House of Wettin
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- Modern times
- Economy
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited sources
- External links
Saalfeld (; officially ) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Saxon House of Wettin.
==Geography== The town is situated in the valley of the Saale River north of the Thuringian Highland, south of the German cultural centre Weimar. Saalfeld station is currently served by Intercity-Express trains running from Berlin to Munich.
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