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Gotha is a town in the Land of Bundesland of Thuringia , in Germany . It is the capital of the District Of Gotha . Population: 46.205 (2004). HISTORY The town exists at least since the 8th century, in which its name is mentioned in a document signed by Charlemagne , in which it appears as ''Villa Gotaha'' ("Good Waters"). Its importance derives from having been choosen in 1640 as the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha . In the 18th century, an extended stay by the French philosopher Voltaire turned the court into one of the centres of the Enlightenment in Germany. From 1826 to 1918 , Gotha was one of the two capitals of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha . Gotha has played an important role in the Germany's workers' movement: the German and Wilhelm Liebknecht , and the General German Workers' Association , founded by Ferdinand Lassalle . The compromise was known the ''Gotha Program'' and was strongly criticized by Marx in its time for its reformist bias. Gotha has also been traditionally a centre of publishing. The firm of Justus Perthes (now called Hermann Haack ) began in 1763 the publication of the '' Almanach De Gotha '', an authoritative a directory of Europe's royal houses and the nobility. From 1949 to 1990 the city of Gotha belonged to the German Democratic Republic . SIGHTS
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