Röslau

This article is about the church. For the river of the same name, see Röslau (river) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '  N , 11 ° 58'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Franconia
County :	Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains
Height :	571 m above sea level NHN
Area :	29.84 km 2
Residents:	2126 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	95195
Area code :	09238
License plate :	WUN, MAK, REH , SEL
Community key :	09 4 79 145
Community structure:	11 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 1 95195 Röslau
Website :	www.roeslau.de
Mayor :	Torsten Gebhardt ( SPD )
Location of the community Röslau in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains

Röslau is a municipality on Porzellanstrasse in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains ( Upper Franconia administrative region ).

Röslau from the north

geography

Röslau lies at 569  m above sea level. NN in the valley of the Eger at the intersection of the state roads 2177 and 2180 and is the geographic center of the Fichtelgebirge .

Community structure

The municipality of Röslau is divided into eleven districts:

Bibersbach Bödlas Brücklas Dürnberg green Oberwoltersgrün

Rauschensteig Röslau Rosenhof Thusmühle Unterwoltersgrün

history

Until the parish merger

The place Rößlein was first mentioned in 1398 in the fief book of the Nuremberg burgrave Johann III. called. In 1419 Heinz von Lüchau was enfeoffed with the manor house. In 1467 the place came to the Lords of Reitzenstein ; In 1488 the fiefdom went to Wilhelm von Schirnding , who subsequently owned most of Röslau as a fiefdom.

In 1651, the Oberröslau fiefdom was awarded to Philipp von Waldenfels . In 1754 the manor Oberröslau was divided, and in the middle of the 19th century it came into civil ownership.

In 1826 the place Ludwigsfeld was established, which was incorporated into Oberröslau in 1925. With the construction of the Fichtelgebirgsbahn from 1875–1877, important industries settled there. The headquarters of the porcelain manufacturer Gebr. Winterling were located here from 1907 to 2000 , and the “Röslau” brand has been synonymous with musical strings (especially piano strings) and spring wire since 1882.

In 1963 the name of the municipality Grün was officially changed to Unterröslau .

The 600 year old municipality of Dürnberg was incorporated into Oberröslau in 1956. On January 1, 1966, the municipalities of Oberröslau and Unterröslau were voluntarily amalgamated.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1978, parts of the area of ​​the dissolved municipality of Neudes were incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, Röslau's population fell from 2,734 to 2,146 by 588 inhabitants or 21.5%.

politics

mayor

Mayor is Torsten Gebhardt (SPD), who won the election on November 27, 2011 against two opposing candidates and was confirmed in office in 2017 with 94.4% of the votes. His predecessor was Gerald Schade (CSU).

Municipal council

The Röslau municipal council consists of 15 members.

   

A total of 15 seats

• SPD : 6
• FW : 5
• CSU : 4

2020-2026 parliamentary term

• CSU 4 seats
• SPD 6 seats
• Free voters 5 seats

2014-2020 parliamentary term

• CSU 4 seats
• SPD 7 seats
• Free voters 4 seats

Wind farm

In 2017, Wiesbaden-based project developer ABO Wind built a wind farm consisting of three GE Wind Energy 2.75-120 turbines with a hub height of 139 meters and a nominal output of 2.75 megawatts each. During the construction work, a pair of white-tailed eagles settled in the vicinity of the wind farm. In the ARD broadcast W wie Wissen on September 3, 2016, under the title "How dangerous are wind turbines for birds and bats?" criticizes the fact that the wind farm endangers red kites and rare sea ​​eagles . Already in April 2016, the BUND and the state association for bird protection had drawn attention to this: "Röslau wind farm threatens the first Upper Franconian sea eagle" and should therefore no longer be built. After a brief construction stop, the company resumed construction of the wind farm in August 2016, despite the presence of the sea eagles.

coat of arms

Since 1967 Röslau has had the same coat of arms that Oberröslau received in 1928. The blazon of the coat of arms reads: “In blue on a golden Dreiberg, a rising silver unicorn.” The former rule of the Lords of Waldenfels is symbolized by the unicorn, the Dreiberg refers to the location in the Fichtelgebirge.

Culture and sights

• Evangelical parish church, historically interesting, pulpit altar around 1700
• Twelve summit view in the north of the Oberröslau district, central point with a panoramic view of the entire Fichtel Mountains (twelve peaks)
• Thusfall , 28 meter high waterfall of the Eger im Thus, only to be visited during the Thusfest at Whitsun (see also: List of waterfalls in Germany )
• Nature trail A landscape with traces of use
• Unicorn fountain, created in 1995 by the sculptor Wolfgang Stefan .
• A grave with a memorial stone in the cemetery commemorates four concentration camp victims who perished in the Nazi dictatorship .

See also : List of architectural monuments in Röslau

Economy and Infrastructure

Röslau is the seat of Stahl- und Drahtwerk Röslau GmbH, a manufacturer of spring steel wire and the market leader of musical strings for grand pianos and pianos. In 2001 the company Druckfederntechnik Röslau (DFTR) was founded in buildings of the former porcelain factory of Gebr. Winterling , it is a branch of Scherdel GmbH and currently employs over 200 people.

traffic

The Röslau stop is on the Weiden – Oberkotzau railway line .

Personalities

• Johann Christian Wirth (1756–1838), pastor in Oberröslau 1818–1836

Sons and daughters of the church

• Erich Beyreuther (1904–2003), Lutheran theologian
• Ernst Riedelbauch (1922–1997), motorcycle racing driver
• Kurt Gebhardt (1929–1997), politician
• Marianne Glaßer (* 1968), writer

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Unterrößlein . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 5 : S-U . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1802, DNB  790364328 , OCLC 833753112 , Sp. 614 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Oberröslau . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 600 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Röslau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the coat of arms of Röslau  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Röslau: Official statistics of the LfStat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtelgebirge, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 , p. 553 .
3. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=[phone]/191532&attr=OBJ&val= 1306
4. ↑ ^{a b} Wilhelm Volkert (Ed.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 598 .
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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 700 .
6. ↑ Reference list ABO Wind. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 11, 2017 ; accessed on August 9, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Temporarily available in the ARD media library: http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/W-wie-Wissen/Wie-gef%C3%A4hrlich-sind-Windkraftanlagen-f%C3%BCr/Das-Erste/Video ? bcastId = 427262 & documentId = 37504746 , accessed on November 15, 2016
8. ↑ White- tailed eagles breed in the district of Wunsiedel - BUND Naturschutz in Bayern eV In: www.wunsiedel.bund-naturschutz.de. Retrieved January 15, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Press release of April 3, 2016: Archived copy ( memento of the original of November 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 15, 2016 
10. ↑ Twelve summit view: http://bayern-fichtelgebirge.de/hochebene/6.htm?6
11. ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 190.
12. ↑ http://www.pianos.de/de/lösungen/index.php?id=31
13. ↑ https://www.northdata.de/Scherdel+Druckfederntechnik+Röslau+GmbH+%26+Co.+KG,+Marktredwitz/Amtsgericht+Hof+HRA+3713