Kahla

Town in Thuringia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Kahla within Saale-Holzland-Kreis district

(2018–24) Jan Schönfeld^[1]Area

• Total7.97 km² (3.08 sq mi)Elevation

177 m (581 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,806 • Density850/km² (2,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

07768

Dialling codes036424Vehicle registrationSHK, EIS, SROWebsitewww.kahla.de

Kahla (German: [ˈkaːla] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, 14 km south of Jena.

Mayors

1990–2012: Bernd Leube
2012–2018: Claudia Nissen
2018–incumbent: Jan Schönfeld

People who were born in Kahla

Johann Walter (1496-1570), composer, song poet, advisor for Martin Luther for church singing
Paul Rudolph (physicist) (1858-1935), physicist
Bernd Jäger (born 1951), gymnast

References

^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.