Schwarzburg (municipality)

Schwarzburg
Schwarzburg
Municipality
	Schwarzburg seen from Trippstein
	Coat of arms
	Location of Schwarzburg (municipality) within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
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	Coordinates: 50°38′27″N 11°11′49″E / 50.64083°N 11.19694°ECoordinates: 50°38′27″N 11°11′49″E / 50.64083°N 11.19694°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Municipal assoc.	Schwarzatal
Government
• Mayor (2021–27)	Heike Printz
Area
• Total	14.63 km2 (5.65 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population (2020-12-31)
• Total	525
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	07427
Dialling codes	036730
Vehicle registration	SLF
Website	www.mittleres-schwarzatal.de

Schwarzburg is a municipality in the valley of the Schwarza (German: Schwarzatal) in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany.

It was first mentioned in 1071 as Swartzinburg. The (now-ruined) castle was from the 12th century the seat of the Counts of Schwarzburg. Then Rudolstadt became seat of the new line of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

On 11 August 1919, while on holiday in Schwarzburg, Friedrich Ebert, the first Reichspräsident of Germany, signed the Weimar constitution, the first democratic constitution of Germany.

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