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Gotha

 

Contents

• Flag

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Numbers and Facts

• History

• Origin of the Country's Name



Flag

Flagge Fahne flag Free State Freistaat Gotha
1919–1920,
Flag of the country,
Source, by: gonschior.de



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Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The Free Sate of Gotha continued the using of the flag of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha.

Source: Volker Preuß

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Numbers and Facts

Area: 546 square miles

Inhabitants: 189.200 (1919)

Density of Population: 346 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Gotha

Currency 1918–1920: 1 Mark = 100 Pfennig

Source, by: gonschior.de

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History

14th of November in 1918 · fall of the monarchy in the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha

12th of April in 1919 · separation of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha into the Free States of Coburg and Gotha

1st of May in 1920 · the Free Stae of Gotha dissolves into Thuringia

Source: Wikipedia (D)

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Origin of the Country's Name

The name of the town Gotha goes back to a mention in a document in 775 as "Villa Gothaha". Gothaha means "good water".

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