Weira

Weira

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Weira

Coordinates: 50°42′0″N 11°43′0″E / 50.70000°N 11.71667°E / 50.70000; 11.71667Coordinates: 50°42′0″N 11°43′0″E / 50.70000°N 11.71667°E / 50.70000; 11.71667
Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Saale-Orla-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Oppurg
Government
  Mayor Martin Jakob
Area
  Total 14.83 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 379
  Density 26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 07806
Dialling codes 036481
Vehicle registration SOK

Weira is a municipality in the district Saale-Orla-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

Weira was the birth place of Richard Müller the socialist and industrial unionist active in the German Revolution of 1918.[2]:11-12

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References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). July 2016.
  2. Hoffrogge, Rolf (2014). Working-Class Politics in the German Revolution, Richard Müller, the Revolutionary Shop Stewards and the Origins of the Council Movement. Chicago: Haymarket. ISBN 9781608465507.


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