Rosenberg (Baden)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '  N , 9 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Neckar-Odenwald district
Height :	352 m above sea level NHN
Area :	40.97 km 2
Residents:	2076 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	74749
Area code :	06295
License plate :	MOS, BCH
Community key :	08 2 25 082
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 26 74749 Rosenberg
Website :	www.rosenberg-baden.de
Mayor :	Ralph Matousek ( independent )
Location of the municipality of Rosenberg in the Neckar-Odenwald district

Rosenberg is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district in northeast Baden-Württemberg, about 26 km northeast of Mosbach . It belongs to the European metropolitan region of Rhine-Neckar (until May 20, 2003 the Lower Neckar region and until December 31, 2005 the Rhine-Neckar-Odenwald region ).

geography

location

Rosenberg is located in the shell limestone hill country of the building land and one third is forested. The municipality is drained by the Kirnau .

Community structure

The former communities Bronnacker, Hirschlanden and Sindolsheim belong to the community of Rosenberg . The municipality Rosenberg in the borders of 1970, the village belonged (formerly Market town ) Rosenberg, the place and the houses settlement Dörrhof Gaimühle and Talmuhle.

In the municipality of Rosenberg in the territorial status of 1970, the lost localities of Mensingenheim and Neumühle, which was demolished in 1970, were located . The Mettelheim desert lies in the area of ​​the former community of Sindolsheim.

history

From the 13th to the 19th century

Rosenberg was first mentioned in a document in 1251 . At the end of the 13th century, the place fell to the diocese of Würzburg , which gave it as a fief to the Lords of Rosenberg and after their extinction in 1632 to the Lords of Hatzfeld . In 1682 Rosenberg was placed under the Teutonic Order , Ballei Franken . 50 years later, the princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim became landlords. In 1803, Rosenberg fell to the Principality of Leiningen as part of the mediatization due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . When this was dissolved in 1806 due to the Rhine Federation Act, the place came to the Grand Duchy of Baden . Rosenberg was connected to the railroad in 1866. The castle, built in 1582, was destroyed in a fire in 1926.

From the 20th century

Electrification took place in 1909, the town hall was built in 1947, and GETRAG's Rosenberg plant was founded in 1970.

On July 1, 1971 Bronnacker was incorporated. On January 1, 1972, Rosenberg merged with Hirschlanden and Sindolsheim, creating the new Rosenberg community. This belonged to the district of Buchen , which merged with the district of Mosbach in 1973 to form today's Neckar-Odenwald district .

Religions

Despite the suzerainty of the diocese of Würzburg, the Lords of Rosenberg were able to introduce the Reformation as landlords in 1558 . Even when the Roman Catholic lords of Hatzfeld were enfeoffed with the manorial power, the place remained Protestant . In the 21st century Protestants and Catholics live in the town in roughly equal proportions.

Hirschlanden, a district of Rosenberg, is the seat of the Adelsheim-Boxberg church district of the Evangelical Church in Baden .

politics

Municipal council

The parish council usually has 13 honorary members who are elected for five years. Often the number of members increases through compensatory seats (total 2019: 14 seats). In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.

The guaranteed Loggerhead part of local election the districts a set number of seats: From Rosenberg are at least six, from Hirschlanden and Sindolsheim at least three councilors, comes from Bronnacker least one council.

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):

Municipal Council 2019
Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
Citizens' List (BL)	71.3% (+9.3)	10 (+1)
Independent List (UL)	28.7% (−9.2)	4 (−2)
Turnout: 68.9% (+4.6)

In Bronnacker, Hirschlanden and Sindolsheim there are also localities within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code with their own local council and mayor as chairman.

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for eight years .

• 1972–1976: Emil Kistner
• 1976–1999: Arno Hagenbuch
• 1999–2019: Gerhard Baar
• since 2019: Ralph Matousek

coat of arms

Blazon : "oblique links shared by gold and red, front a blank pursed, goldbesamte red rose , behind an eight-spoked wheel golden."

The coat of arms tinged in the Baden colors (red-yellow) contains the rose, a speaking image for the place name and a symbol for the historical rulership, as it is found in the crest of the coat of arms of the Lords of Rosenberg and in the coat of arms of the county and principality of Wertheim . The wheel should point to Kurmainz , the former feudal lordship of the Sindolsheim part of the municipality .

Coats of arms of the districts

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  Bronnacker - "Square, in 1 and 4 in red a silver pole, in 2 and 3 in blue a golden rose ."

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  Hirschlanden - "Above a blue shield base, in it a golden rose, in silver four red spikes on the division, on it a gold-crowned red lion striding."

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  Rosenberg, old coat of arms - "Five times split by silver and red, shifted to the left, covered with an unsharpened golden rose."

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  Sindolsheim - "In red in front a right-half eight-spoke silver wheel, behind a silver dog's body with a golden jagged collar."

Buildings and cultural monuments

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Rosenberg

The fountain near the Kronen in the Sindolsheim district is one of the three historic village fountains from before 1800.

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

The Rosenberg von Getrag plant , a manufacturer of automotive transmissions, is one of the most important employers in the region with more than 540 jobs.

traffic

The municipality is located on the A 81 Heilbronn – Würzburg and can be reached via the Boxberg (5) or Osterburken (6) junction .

In Rosenberg there is a stop of the Frankenbahn ( Stuttgart - Würzburg ), which was served on weekdays in rush hour traffic until 2019. Since December 15, 2019, there has been a three-year trial operation with hourly stops Monday to Friday between Osterburken and Lauda.

Its reception building was built in 1865 and was demolished in 2016 after many years of deterioration, despite being a listed building. There has been no stopping point in Hirschlanden since the mid-1980s.

The Rosenberg community is part of the sculpture cycle path .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Gottfried Leiser (1853–1922), farmer and politician (DDP)
• Otto Gerig (1885–1944), politician ( center ), MdR , MdL ( Prussia ), died in Buchenwald concentration camp
• Gustav Adolf Scheel (1907–1979), National Socialist Reich student leader and Gauleiter of Salzburg
• Emil Müller-Ettikon (1911–1985), senior teacher, author and local researcher
• Hermann Lang (1938–2019), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

Honorary citizen

The municipality has awarded honorary citizenship four times :

• 1976: Emil Kistner, was Mayor of Hirschlanden from 1956 to 1971 and Mayor of Rosenberg from 1972 to 1976
• 1976: Hermann Hagenmeyer, was the founder of the Getrag company
• 1999: Arno Hagenbuch, was Mayor of Rosenberg from 1976 to 1999
• 2019: Gerhard Baar, Mayor from 1999 to 2019

Web links

Commons : Rosenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Rosenberg (Baden)  - travel guide

• Rosenberg community
• LEO-BW, discover regional studies online , Rosenberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Press release on the mayoral election of Rosenberg in the State Gazette of Baden-Württemberg, accessed on January 22, 2019.
3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 317-318
4. ↑ http://www.rosenberg-baden.de/leben-in-rosenberg/historie
5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 474 .
6. ^ Rosenberg municipality: main statute, §11 ; accessed June 30, 2019.
7. ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal council elections 2019, Rosenberg ; Municipality of Rosenberg: municipal council election 2019 (PDF) ; Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , May 28, 2019: Half of the municipal council will be filled ; RNZ, May 27, 2014: Local election in Rosenberg: These candidates were elected ; accessed June 30, 2019.
8. ↑ Mayor Ralph Matousek commits RNZ, January 22, 2019, accessed on the same day.
9. ↑ Municipality of Rosenberg, status: 2009 ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ New regional train service between Osterburken and Lauda. In: Main-Post. December 16, 2019, accessed June 10, 2020 . 
11. ^ Rosenberg station building is being demolished . RNZ from August 27, 2016, accessed on July 2, 2018.
12. ↑ Soon the Rosenberg train station was completely demolished . RNZ from October 8, 2016, accessed on July 2, 2018.
13. ↑ From mayor to honorary citizen. RNZ, January 22, 2019, accessed on the same day.