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Rötteln and Evangelical Church

Rötteln is a hamlet in the district of Tumringen in the city of Lörrach ( Baden-Württemberg ). This hamlet with the Röttler Church (historically Rötteln Chilft ) is to be distinguished from the Rötteln castle ruins , which are just under a kilometer above and to the northeast, and the Röttelnweiler hamlet , which is about half a kilometer at the same altitude and to the east, in the area of ​​the Haagen district of Lörrach .

history

Place name

Document from the year 751 with the first mention of Rötteln

The place name has been used in various forms in the documents over the centuries:

  • 751 AD: Raudinleim = Old High German "to red clay"
  • later: Rotinlaim (800), Rótenleim (1223), Róteln (1248), Roetinlein (1254), Rotinlein, Rotenlin (1259), Roetelein (1265), Roetelnheim, Rotenlein, Rótelen (1278), Rotteln, Röteln (1287), Roetenleyn (1298), Röttelen, Rötteln, Röttlen

Local history

Historical illustration of Rötteln (around 1850), Rötteln Castle can be seen in the background on the left

The village emerged in the Middle Ages around the castle. The church in the village center was mentioned for the first time on September 7th, 751 as the "Church in the place called Raudinleim". The certificate is in the archive of the St. Gallen Monastery .

After the Röttler Church collapsed as a result of the Basel earthquake in 1356, Margrave Rudolf III. von Hachberg-Sausenberg build a new church, in which, however, preserved parts of the Romanesque predecessor building were reused. The new, larger church was built in the Gothic style and the church interior was expanded to include the Erhardus Chapel on the north side with net vaults and the St. George's Chapel in the east to the left of the choir as a burial place for the margravial family. In 1401 the new church was consecrated. The places Röttelnweiler, Tumringen, Haagen and Hasenloch belonged to the church game Röttelns. "Rötteln used to be a large market town and was similar to a town."

At the beginning of the 19th century, as in many other places in the Wiesental , industry settled in Rötteln. The textile companies at that time were supplied with water via the Röttler pond . In addition to this industry, Rötteln had 31 residents and, in addition to the parish and school house, three residential buildings and five outbuildings. The Röttler Church and the Rötteln Castle are illuminated in the evening and are visible from afar. From September 2004 to 2005 the church was completely renovated.

Location and geography

Map of Rötteln and the surrounding area (1777)

Rötteln lies at 333  m above sea level. NN height framed between the Röttler forest and the meadow . The place branches off east of the serpentine road, the county road 6354, between tower rings and the small pass Lucke . At the hairpin , the bus stop is Rötteln and public parking. The A 98 runs north of Rötteln . The Turmringen cemetery is only about 100 meters west of the hamlet of Rötteln.

The small settlement is grouped around the almost square street called Rötteln , in the middle of which there is also the church and a courtyard. The rectory is located south of the Röttler Church. To the north, the settlement area is closed off by the Rinthelgaß .

Attractions

Above the hamlet of Rötteln, the Rötteln castle ruins, which can be seen from afar, are located on a mountain spur at 417  m above sea level. NN . The complex with its two large defense towers is the third largest castle ruin in Baden. The castle, which was fought over and badly damaged during the Thirty Years' War, is the landmark of the city of Lörrach. From Rötteln you can reach the castle via Röttelnweiler or a path north of the motorway that is part of the hiking trail belonging to the Westweg .

In the Röttler church there is a burial chapel of the margrave Rudolf III. and his wife Anna. The painted grave slabs are among the most important stone sculptures in southwest Germany and the best preserved evidence of late Gothic tomb art. First mentioned in 751 and rebuilt in 1401, it is the oldest church in Lörrach, making Rötteln the oldest church in the lower Wiesental.

Personalities

Wrought in red chalk

Hans von Flachslanden resigned as mayor of Basel in 1463 and became Margrave Landvogt von Rötteln, where he died in 1476.

The theologian and reformer Thomas Grynaeus was pastor and superintendent in Rötteln from 1558 until his death in 1564 . His son Johann Jakob Grynaeus followed him in the function from 1565 to 1575.

Sons and daughters

literature

  • Haagen community (ed.), Fritz Schülin: Rötteln-Haagen , 1965.
  • Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Landkreis Lörrach (ed.): Der Landkreis Lörrach , Volume II (Kandern to Zell im Wiesental), Jan Thorbecke Verlag Sigmaringen 1994, ISBN 3-7995-1354-X , pp. 138-139.

Web links

Commons : Rubella  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
Wikisource: Rötteln  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see the Geoportal Lörrach with the district boundaries [1]
  2. ^ Gerhard Moehring : Rötteln - historical dates and memories about the church and its builder 750-1550 . In: Das Markgräflerland , Volume 1/2001, p. 17. Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  3. ↑ see the entry Hasenloch (Aufgommen) on discover regional studies online - leobw
  4. ↑ Geographical-statistical-topographical description of the Electorate of Baden , Volume 1, Verlag der Ch. Fr. Müller'schen Buchhandlung and Hofbuchdruckerey, 1804, p. 400. online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  5. ^ City of Lörrach: Churches in Lörrach
  6. ↑ Art. Thermal baths. Wine. Voyages of discovery through the Markgräflerland , p. 33

Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′ 56.8 "  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 33.6"  E