Rignano sull'Arno
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| Country | Italy | |
| region | Tuscany | |
| Metropolitan city | Florence (FI) | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 43 ' N , 11 ° 27' E | |
| height | 118 m slm | |
| surface | 54.21 km² | |
| Residents | 8,594 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
| Population density | 159 inhabitants / km² | |
| Post Code | 50067 | |
| prefix | 055 | |
| ISTAT number | 048036 | |
| Popular name | Rignanesi | |
| Patron saint | San Leolino (November 12th) |
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| Website | Rignano sull'Arno | |
 Panorama of Rignano sull'Arno |
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Rignano sull'Arno is an Italian municipality with 8594 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Florence in the Tuscany region .
geography
The community extends over about 54 km². It is located around 23 km southeast of the provincial and regional capital of Florence on the Arno .
The districts include Bombone, Cellai, Le Corti, Le Valli, Pian dell'Isola, Rosano, Salceto, San Donato in Collina, San Martino, San Piero, Santa Maria, Sarnese, Torri, Troghi and Volognano.
The neighboring municipalities are Bagno a Ripoli , Figline e Incisa Valdarno , Greve in Chianti , Pelago , Pontassieve and Reggello .
history
The place is first mentioned in the 11th century and was named Ponte a Rignano until 1773 . The Pieve di San Leolino was built around 1066 and the castle of that time was built near it. Around 1129 the place became part of the county of Florence. Other documents mention the destruction of the Arno bridge, built around 1300, due to the floods of 1422 and 1459. With the decree of the Grand Duke of Tuscany , Leopold I , of February 13, 1773, the place received its current name and parishes and districts were taken over by Pontassieve.
On November 4, 1966, the community was hit again by floods .
Einstein case
The so-called "Einstein Case" occurred on August 3, 1944 when soldiers murdered three women from Albert Einstein's family . Robert Einstein was a stateless Jew who was born in Munich in 1884 . He was the son of Jakob Einstein, Albert Einstein's younger brother. Robert Einstein was a successful businessman who had lived in Italy since 1937 . He was married to Cesarina (Nina) Mazetti, the daughter of a Protestant pastor . The couple had two daughters (18 and 27 years old). The family lived on the Villa Il Focardo estate near Rignano sull'Arno.
As the front line approached the estate, Einstein hid in the area with Italian partisans in the hope that his non-Jewish family, including two adopted nieces, would be spared from attacks and that liberation was imminent. On the morning of August 3, 1944, soldiers broke into the house, vandalized and locked the women and children in a room on the upper floor. A short court martial was held and Robert Einstein's family was shot in a room on the first floor. The two nieces survive locked in a shed because they did not have the Einstein name. The soldiers then set fire to the house.
Robert Einstein saw the flames and returned from the forest to the villa. He found his wife and two daughters murdered and immediately tried a suicide , which failed. The incoming Allied troops move Einstein to a quick investigation into the murderers. There are indications of the conviction on the basis of espionage and of belonging to Judaism . In 1945, Robert Einstein committed suicide on the 32nd wedding anniversary.
In 2007 one of the surviving nieces will bring proceedings for this murder. A perpetrator could not be determined, but according to witnesses there was one among the soldiers who spoke out against the murder. But this person could not be identified either.
In 2011, the case with reference number XY ... was presented unsolved . The motive is unknown. The world-famous name of Albert Einstein is considered a likely trigger.
The crime has not yet been solved.
Attractions
- Pieve di San Leolino , Pieve from the 11th century, first mentioned in 1066
- Pieve di San Lorenzo a Miransù , Pieve mentioned as early as 1103
- Monastero di Santa Maria a Rosano , a monastery built around 780
- Chiesa di San Cristoforo in Perticaia , church from the 11th century
economy
- Betamotor is based in Rignano.
Community partnerships
Since 2009, Rignano sull'Arno has had a community partnership with the Hessian community of Groß -zimmer (Germany).
Sons and daughters of the church
- Ardengo Soffici (1879–1964), art critic, illustrator and painter
- Francisco Focardi Mazzocchi (* 1949), Catholic clergyman, retired Apostolic Vicar of Camiri in Bolivia
- Matteo Renzi (* 1975), politician, former Prime Minister of the Italian Republic
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: RIGNANO, e PONTE A RIGNANO nel Val d'Arno sopra Firenze. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, ital.)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ a b c d e Official website of the municipality of Rignano sull'Arno, accessed on February 20, 2010 Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Terra di Toscana, accessed on February 20, 2010
- ^ About Florence, accessed February 20, 2010
- ↑ a b c d e f Sven Felix Kellerhoff: 67 years after the fact: The eternal search for the Einstein's murderer . In: THE WORLD . February 21, 2011 ( welt.de [accessed on August 21, 2020]).
- ↑ Stefan Dosch: Einstein's nieces: The tragic story of two sisters. Accessed August 21, 2020 .
