Rosenthal (Ralbitz-Rosenthal)
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Rosenthal
Róžant Community Ralbitz-Rosenthal
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '11 " N , 14 ° 13' 38" E
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| Height : | 154 m above sea level NN |
| Residents : | 234 (December 31, 2016) |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1994 |
| Postal code : | 01920 |
| Area code : | 035796 |
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Rosenthal , Upper Sorbian , is a place in the district of Bautzen in Eastern Saxony and has been part of the Ralbitz-Rosenthal community since 1994 . The place is located in Upper Lusatia and is part of the core settlement area of the Sorbs . The majority of the residents speak Sorbian as their mother tongue. The place is known for its pilgrimage church among Catholics in Saxony and the surrounding countries .
geography
Rosenthal is a street green village with a corridor and lies at the intersection of the state roads S 97 (Neschwitz – Kamenz) and S 92 about nine kilometers northeast of the large district town of Kamenz . To the east of the village, the Klosterwasser river flows from south to north . The landscape here is called the Sorbian "Netherlands" ( Delany ).
The surrounding area is gently hilly to almost level and is used for agriculture. Extensive forests extend to the west and south in the direction of Piskowitz, including the Lugewald and Lasker Auenwald . The neighboring towns are Piskowitz in the west, Schmerlitz with Laske in the north, Zerna and Naußlitz in the east and Neudörfel in the south.
history
The place was first mentioned around 1350 as Rosental , later also as Rosintal . From the 17th century onwards, the rulership of the Marienstern monastery is proven. In 1875 the place was called Rosenthal near Kamenz .
Until 1994 Rosenthal was an independent rural community with the districts of Piskowitz , Schmerlitz and Zerna (since 1974). Then it was united with the Ralbitz community to Ralbitz-Rosenthal .
church
The place is from time immemorial, at least since 1516, Roman Catholic parish to Crostwitz and later formed a branch church of Crostwitz. From 1754 Rosenthal was subordinate to the Marienstern monastery, in 1834 and 1913 again to the Ralbitz parish church . Since 2002 the monastery and pilgrimage church Rosenthal has been officially assigned to the Roman Catholic parish of Ralbitz.
Rosenthal is evangelically parish to Neschwitz , between 1875 and 2001 to the parish of Schmeckwitz . In 1925, 9 out of 144 residents were Lutheran.
population
For 1600 there are 15 possessed men registered in Rosenthal , in 1777 already 15 gardeners and 6 cottagers . In 1834 Rosenthal had 166 inhabitants, all of whom were Catholic. In the 1880s, Arnošt Muka determined a population of 148, including 147 Sorbs . In 1956 Ernst Tschernik counted a Sorbian-speaking population of 85.5% in the community of Rosenthal.
By 1910 the population decreased to 138 and in 1964 it reached 192 inhabitants. In 1990 Rosenthal and its districts had 1051 inhabitants.
Culture and sights
Place of pilgrimage
There is a Marian pilgrimage site in Rosenthal, which was looked after by Cistercians until December 2006 and again from November 2009 to January 2012 . There is a spring here whose water is said to have healing powers for the eyes. Several pilgrimages take place on the pilgrimage meadow every year, including those of the Dresden-Meißen diocese . Likewise, the nationwide student pilgrimage of the Working Group of Catholic University Communities Rosenthal has as its goal.
The miraculous image is a lime wood statue, created around 1480. Mary is shown with the child, a special feature is the pear that the baby Jesus holds in her hand. The first pilgrimages can be traced back to the first decades of the 16th century; After the church split , the place of pilgrimage contributed significantly to the preservation of the Catholic faith in the area. Rosenthal experienced rapid development from the second half of the 17th century. Pilgrims from Upper and Lower Lusatia , Saxony , Bohemia and also some Lutherans sought help from Our Lady of Rosenthal . Not only the eyes should be healed through the intercession of the Rosenthaler Madonna, but also sterility .
Father Xaverius Jacobus Ticinus SJ, a Sorbian Jesuit , wrote the history of the place of grace. A conflict broke out between the Marienstern Cistercian monastery and the Bautzen Cathedral Foundation over the spiritual care of the place ; a decision was made in favor of the Cistercian women in the 1730s. Then the pilgrimage was mainly looked after by the Cistercians from Ossegg and Neuzelle . The place of pilgrimage is now very popular with the Catholic Sorbs.
Others
At the south-eastern exit towards Räckelwitz there is a wayside shrine built in 1682 , which is the oldest of its kind in Catholic Upper Lusatia.
Rosenthal is on the traditional route of the Ralbitzer Easter rider procession to Wittichenau . In addition, the Krabat cycle path runs through the village.
Personalities
- Alfons Frenzel (1946–2015), Sorbian writer, born in Rosenthal
literature
- Siegfried Seifert : Rosenthal pilgrimage church . Regensburg 1999, ISBN 3-7954-6185-5 .
- Xaverius Jacobus Ticinus : Epitome Historiae Rosenthalensis, sive Compendiaria Narratio de Origine, ac Cultu pervetustae BV Mariae Statuae, in Pago Rosenthal Lusatiae superioris . Prague 1692 (in German: oldest description of the pilgrimages to the Rosenthaler miraculous image )
- Ludek Brezina, Jana Konvicná, Jan Zdichynec (eds.): "Vir clarus verbô, et calamô. Jacobus Xaverus Ticinus, pozapomenutá postava barokní historiografie", in: Ve znamení zemí Koruny ceské. Sborník k šedesátým narozeninám profesorky Lenky Bobkové (Praha 2006), pp. 599–622 (in German: "… the half-forgotten figure of baroque historiography", in: Under the sign of the countries of the Bohemian Crown. Jubilation for Professor Lenka's 60th birthday Bobkova ...)
- Jan Zdichynec: "Jacobus Xaverus Ticinus et l'histoire du pèlerinage à la vierge de Rosenthal en Haute-Lusace: frontière confessionnelle et littérature mariale en Europe centrale", in: Sanctuaires et transferts de cultes. Rencontres franco-slovènes Paris, sous la direction de Marie-Élizabeth Ducreux et Pierre-Antoine Fabre , in: Cahiers du center de recherches historiques , (Avril 2008), No. 41, pp. 147-176
- Romuald Domaschka: A thousand years of grace Rosenthal. Dresden 1928
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- ↑ HOV Saxony
- ↑ Ernst Tschernik: The development of the Sorbian population . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1954.
- ^ Ludwig Elle: Language policy in the Lausitz . Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1995, p. 252 .
Web links
- Rosenthal in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Cunnewitz (Konjecy) | Border (Hrańca) | Laske (Łazk) | Naußlitz (Nowoslicy) | Neu-Schmerlitz (Nowa Smjerdźaca) | Ralbitz (Ralbicy) | Rosenthal (Róžant) | Schmerlitz (Smjerdźaca) | Schönau (Šunow) | Zerna (Sernjany)