Rostamkola

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رستم کلاه
Rostam Kola
Rostam Kola (Iran)
Rostam Kola
Rostam Kola
Coordinates 36 ° 41 ′  N , 53 ° 26 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 41 ′  N , 53 ° 26 ′  E
Basic data
Country Iran

province

Mazandaran
height 4 m
Residents 15,000
View of the old part of town

Rostamkola ( Persian رستمکلا, DMG Rostamkolā ) is a city in the Māzandarān Province in Iran .

location

The city is 10 km west of Behschahr . It is about 15 km to the Caspian Sea in the north.

Surname

Rostamkola means Rostam hat also Rostam crown ; also listed as Rostamkolā , Rostam Kola , Rostam Kala or Rostam Kula . The city is also known as Kaba ye Zordoscht (Cube of Zoroaster ), also (Xorn) Horn + Nay (Alpenhorn) d. H. Trumpet house , known as Naghareh- Khaneh actually timpani, drum house (see also Naqqarkhana ) and even called Kafter-Khaneh pigeon house . In this context, Carl Ritter writes :

The Muslims are not embarrassed to give it all sorts of names: Kabah Zaratuscht, di Temple of Zoroaster (from Kabah, di Kubus then Temple House), or Kerennai Khaneh, di Trumpeter House or Nagareh Khaneh, d. i most common pigeon house [...]

history

The city is not far from Gohar Tepe , an ancient place that is over 2500 years old.

The University of Munich has carried out archaeological investigations here as part of a joint project of the Cultural Heritage Organization of Mazandaran .

traffic

The city has a station on the Trans-Iranian Railway .

The A 70 runs through the village.

See also

literature

  • Carl Ritter: The geography of Asia, Bd. 9. Berlin 1854

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl Ritter: The Geography of Asia 8. Berlin 1854, p. 935.

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