Waltershausen

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Waltershausen is a town in the district of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.HistoryWithin the German Empire (1871-1918), Waltershausen was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Sister cities Bruay-sur-l'Escaut, France (Département Nord) (since 1965) Korbach, Germany (Hesse) (since 1990) Wolbrom, Poland (Voivodship Małopolskie) (since 2000) Hanau, Germany (Hesse) (since 1990)Sons and daughters of the city Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757-1822), naturalist, forestry scientist and ornithologist Heinrich Credner (1809-1876), geologist Eduard Ausfeld (1850-1906), historian Paul Fridolin Kehr (1860-1944), historian and diplomatist, brother of Hans Kehr Hans Kehr (1862-1916), founder of the German bile duct surgery, brother of Paul Fridolin Kehr