Apolda

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base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	Thuringia
district:	Weimar countries
surface:	46.15 km ²
inhabitants:	24.971 (31. December 2003)
Population density:	541 inhabitants for each km ²
height:	205 m and. NN
postal zip codes:	99501-99510
preselections:	03644,036462, 036465
Kfz characteristics:	AP
municipality key:	16 0 71 001
city arrangement:	9 local parts
address of the city administration:	Market 1 99510 Apolda
Website:	apolda.de
Politics
mayor:	Michael Mueller (CDU)

Apolda is district town of the centralThuringian district Weimar country,been in the town triangle Weimar , Jena , Naumburg (Saale), because of the northern river course of the Ilm.

Telephone preselections from Apolda are:

• 03644 (for town center and local parts Nauendorf, Oberrossla, Utenbach, Zottelstedt)
• 036462 (for local part Rödigsdorf)
• 036465 (for local parts gentleman Mr., upper village, Sulzbach)

table of contents 1 Geography 2 history 2,1 incorporations 2,2 inhabitant development 3 politics 3,1 town councillor of 3,2 mayors 3,3 partnerships between cities 4 culture and objects of interest 5 economics and infrastructure 6 personalities of 6,1 honour citizens of 6,2 sons and daughters of the city 6,3 further personalities 7 other 8 Web on the left of

geography

adjacent municipalities are Flurstedt, chapel village, Mattstedt, Niederrossla, Nirmsdorf, Ossmannstedt, Pfiffelbach, hall plate, Wickerstedt, cradle village and wanting first EDT.

history

Apolda became provable1119 as “Apolle” in a document mention for the first time. 1633 were awarded to Apolda of the University of Jena, since the last member of the lock gentleman Mr. Vitzthum had deceased. Apolda belonged to the duchy Saxonia Weimar (late Grand Duchies Saxonia Weimar iron oh).

Since 1600 the city won increasingly throughthe Strickerei at meaning. 1722 were justified the bell foundry. 1846 received Apolda connection to the railway.

Since 1922 Apolda was an independent urban area, however 1950 again into the district was Weimar back-arranged.

To 5. May 1923 succeeded to thatBell caster Heinrich Ulrich the casting of the largest, freerunning and ringable bell of the world, the pc. Peter bell.

incorporations

to 27. March 1993 became Zottelstedt in in common December. To 6. May 1993 upper village (with Apolda) and Herressen Sulzbach followed, to 4.February 1994 Oberrossla and to 9. April 1994 Utenbach.

inhabitant development

development of the number of inhabitants (starting from 1960 31. December):

1830 - 3,333 1911 - 22,600 approx. 1946 - 33,439 1 1950 - 32,736 2 1960 - 29,292 1981 - 28,949 1984 - 28,725

1986 - 28,230 1994 - 27,857 1995 - 27,720 1996 - 27,728 1997 - 27,135 1998 - 26,644

1999 - 26,301 2000 - 25,899 2001 - 25,526 2002 - 25,142 2003 - 24,971 2004 - 24,720

data source starting from 1994: Thüringer national office for statistics

1 29. October
2 31. August

politics

town councillor

of the Apoldaer town councillor consists of 30 seats. The following allocation is the result of the town councillor member choice 2004.

• 14Seats - CDU
• of 7 seats - to Party of Democratic Socialism
• of 4 seats - SPD
• 3 seat - FDP
• of 2 seats - FFW (free voters Weimar countries)

office	name	a party
of town councillor chairmen	Andreas, link	CDU
deputy	examiner, Holger	FDP
1. Assigned to	Heinemann, Konrad	FDP
2. Assigned to	Dr. Castle-hope, Ulrich	non-party
honorary assigned to	Ramthor, Günter	non-party
	Dr. Block, Dieter	Party of Democratic Socialism

mayor

Michael Mueller (CDU) * 1954

partnerships between cities

• Marks Kommun (Sweden) - schwed.
• Rapidly town center (The USA)
• Seclin (France) - franz.

culture and objects of interest

• art gallery Apolda avant-garde, art association
• bell and city museum
• permanent exhibition “Olle GDR “
• lock Apolda
• market place with city hall
• viaduct
• Dobermanndenkmal
• Franckestrasse
• Luther church (1894)
• March in church (for the first time 1119 mentioned)
• Bonifatiuskirche

economics and infrastructure

Apolda was up to the center 20. Century important center for the production of cord and effect goods (Strumpfindustrie) and to GDR - times for the productionof textiles for armies the Warsaw Pact - states. Since 1990 the situation in Apolda by missing jobs and the associated drift rope that worsened inhabitants of the city. (see inhabitant statistics).

In the VEB Thüringer Obertrikotagen Apolda, the largest mesh goods manufacturer thatGDR, 1988 2963 workers and employee were busy. The VEB Synthatex in Apolda was a producer of plastics and chemicals in the GDR.
Among other things produced VEB the Synthatex for VII. Turn and sport celebration of the GDR the largest carpetthe GDR with a surface of 110 x 80m (weight 16 tons). This carpet took the lawn off in the Leipziger central stadium. After the meeting it was cut about man-large pieces into small, those predominantly into sport resounding of schools and training placesas turn documents o.A. were used. The Apolda European Design Award became since the start 1993 among a jump board for talentierte mode designers and ranks today to one of the usually estimated competitions for mode Design. In the year 2002 became for the first time excluding renownedEuropean mode universities with their Diplomanden into the project merged. By this clear adjustment the Apolda European Design Award developed to a talent talentschmiede for the European mode new generation.

In the years 1904 to 1928 Ruppe became in the Apoldaer companyand son (starting from 1912 “Apollo works AG “) of automobiles of the marks “Piccolo” and “Apollo” manufactured in different versions.

Bell foundry, to approx. 1950, and. A. Production of the bells Cologne cathedral (bell “pc. Peter “).

The association brewery Apolda obtainsever larger acquaintance, also beyond Thuringia.

personalities

honour citizen

• Wolfgang Hoppe (Bob Olympiasieger)

sons and daughters of the city

• Johann Friedrich Hirt, theologian and Orientalist (* 16. August 1719; † 1783)
• JohannGod-dear Preller, Kantor in Dortmund, composer and land surveyor (* 9. March 1727; † 21. March 1786)
• Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, breeder of the Dobermann Pinschers (* 2. January 1834; † 9. June 1894)
• Gentleman man brook stone, railway pioneer (* 15. April1834; † 4. February 1908)
• Conrad cutter, engineer, designer the Niagara Cantilever Bridge (* 1843; †?)
• Hugo Ruppe, automobile farmer (* 15. August 1879; † 23. January 1949)
• Franz raw, art critic and photographer (* 21. February 1890;† 30. December 1965)
• Adolf however, music scientists (* 28. January 1893; † 21. May 1960)
• Walter Gordon, physicist (professor) in Hamburg and Stockholm (* 3. August 1893; † 24. December 1939)
• Otto Meisser, professor for applied geophysics at the mountain academy free mountain (* 19. June 1899; † 23. July 1966)
• Victory run Siegl, geb. Thon, light athlete, Olympiasiegerin (* 29. October 1954)
• Wolfgang Hoppe, Bobfahrer, olympia winner and world champion (* 14. November 1957)
• Nico tail, Mr. Model OFthe World 2003 (* 1978)

further personalities

• Dietrich von Apolda (Theodericus de Apolda), Hagiograph, author of the biographies of the holy Dominikus and particularly holy Elizabeth (13. Century)
• Peter Herold, Orgelbauer in Apolda, designer that Organ in Buttstädt († 16. May 1700)
• Johann Nicolaus Mempel, Kantor in Apolda starting from 1740 (* 10. December 1713; † 26. February 1747)
• Hugo Michel, stamp dealer (first MICHEL stamp catalog 1910 in Apolda) (* 4. April 1866; † 9. June1944)

other

the pedigree dog Dobermann had its cradle in the city Apolda. The Apoldaer citizen Friedrich Louis Dobermann (1834 to 1894) bred this on the basis of different output races.

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coordinates: 51° 01 ' 29 " N, 11° 30 ' 50 " O