Gotha (town)

Gotha is a town in Germany. It is located at {{coor dm|50|55|N|10|43|E|region:DE_type:city(46,000)}}, in the Bundesland of Thuringia (German Thüringen). It is the capital of the District of Gotha. From 1949 to 1990 it belonged to the German Democratic Republic.

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Germany - Bundesland - Thuringia - German - District of Gotha - German Democratic Republic

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Its current population is approximately 46,000. The oldest record of the city dates to the year 775. The Arnoldischule school (named after the first German life insurance salesman, Ernst-Wilhelm Arnoldi) has made a partnership with Gastonia, North Carolina as a part of the Sister Cities program.

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775 - Gastonia, North Carolina - Sister Cities

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In 1875 the SDAP and the ADAV merged to form the SAPD, what is today the SPD at the Socialist Unity Conference in Gotha: their manifesto was the Gotha programme and it called for "universal, equal, direct suffrage".

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1875 - SDAP - ADAV - SAPD - SPD

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