Gotha

a town of Germany, alter. nately with Coburg the capital of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 31 miles W. by S. of Weimar, on the N. out: skirts of the Thu ring i an Forest. It is a handsome well-built town, with fine parks. The principal public build. ing is the castle of Fri eden stein, built in 1648, 78 feet above the town: it contains a library of 200,000 volumes and 6,000 MSS. Pop. 34,650.