Mechterstädt is a village and a former municipality in the district of Gotha in Thuringia, Germany.

Since 1 December 2011, it is part of the municipality Hörsel.

Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Mechterstädt was part of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

In 1920 15 striking workers were murdered by right-wing activists nearby the village [1]

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