What is Gotha (district)?
{{Infobox German district| name=Landkreis Gotha| image_coa=Wappen Landkreis Gotha.png| state=Thuringia| capital=[[Gotha]]| Kreisschlüssel = 16067| area=936| population=146,632| population_as_of=2002| density=157| carsign=GTH| url=http://www.landkreis-gotha.de| map=thuringia_gth.png |coordinates = {{Coord|50.92|10.75|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Gotha''' is a Kreis ([[Rural Districts of Germany|rural district]]) in the middle of [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. == History == The district was made on [[October 1]], [[1922]], when the newly created state of Thuringia was divided into 15 rural districts ({{lang-de|Landkreise}}) and 9 district free cities ({{lang-de|Stadtkreise}}). ==Partnerships== Since [[1990]] the district has had a partnership with [[Main-Kinzig Rural District]] in [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top ||[[File:Wappen Landkreis Gotha.png|100px|Coat of arms]] ||The coat of arms shows the castle of Friedenstein in the top, the biggest [[baroque]] building in the city of [[Gotha]]. The wavy line below symbolizes the Leina canal, which was built between [[1366]] and [[1369]] from Schönau to Gotha, to bring water into the city. The star in bottom was the symbol of the Duchy of [[Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]. The coat of arms was granted [[June 28]], [[1991]]. |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |----- !''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft''-free towns!!and municipalities |- |valign=top| # [[Friedrichroda]] # [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]] # [[Ohrdruf]] # [[Tambach-Dietharz]] # [[Waltershausen]] || # [[Emsetal]] # [[Crawinkel]] # [[Gräfenhain]] # [[Günthersleben-Wechmar]] # [[Leinatal]] # [[Luisenthal]] # [[Schwabhausen, Thuringia|Schwabhausen]] # [[Tabarz]] # [[Wölfis]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Verwaltungsgemeinschaft]]en |- valign=top || '''1. [[Apfelstädtaue]]''' # [[Emleben]] # [[Georgenthal]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Herrenhof]] # [[Hohenkirchen, Thuringia|Hohenkirchen]] # [[Petriroda]] '''2. [[Drei Gleichen]]''' # [[Grabsleben]] # [[Mühlberg, Thuringia|Mühlberg]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Seebergen]] # [[Wandersleben]