Roßleben
# Roßleben

Roßleben is a town and a former municipality in the Kyffhäuserkreis district, with a population of 4,885 (2017). It is located in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Roßleben-Wiehe. It is situated on the river Unstrut, 22 km southeast of Sangerhausen.

## Population development

| 1994: 5157 1996: 5063 1998: 4848 | 2000: 6735 2002: 6403 2004: 6192 | 2006: 5987 2008: 5724 2010: 5540 | 2012: 5323 2014: 5149 2015: 5065 |
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From 1999 with districts

Data source: Statistical office Thuringia

## Sons and daughters of the town

* Fritz Hofmann, (1871-1927), athlete, sprinter, winner of the first medal for Germany at the Olympic Games 1896 in Athens
* Hugo Launicke, (1909-1975), antifascist and SED politician.
* Werner Heine (born 1935), footballer
* Richard Hüttig (1908-1934), communist, hanged on June 14, 1934 in Berlin-Plötzensee
* Johannes Steinhoff (1913-1994), fighter pilot in the Second World War, general and inspector of the Luftwaffe in the Federal Republic of Germany
