Rotava
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Karlovarský kraj | ||||
| District : | Sokolov | ||||
| Area : | 1202.7313 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 18 ' N , 12 ° 33' E | ||||
| Height: | 568 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 2,999 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 357 01 - 357 02 | ||||
| License plate : | K | ||||
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| Street: | Sokolov - Kraslice | ||||
| Railway connection: | Sokolov – Klingenthal | ||||
| Next international airport : | Karlovy Vary Airport | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Michal Červenka (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Sídliště 721 35701 Rotava 1 |
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| Municipality number: | 560600 | ||||
| Website : | www.rotava.cz | ||||
| Location of Rotava in the Sokolov district | |||||
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Rotava ( German Rothau ) is a town in Karlovarský kraj in the Czech Republic .
geography
Geographical location
Rotava is located eight kilometers southeast of Klingenthal in the Bohemian Western Ore Mountains and belongs to the Okres Sokolov . The city lies on a plateau between the valleys of the Svatava , Rotava and Novaveský potok.
Neighboring towns are Obora and Šindelová in the northeast, Jindřichovice in the southeast, Loučná in the south, Smolná in the west and Kraslice and Sklená in the northwest.
Local division
The town of Rotava consists of the districts Rotava ( Rothau ) and Smolná ( Pechbach ), which also form cadastral districts. Basic settlement units are Horní Rotava ( Oberrothau ), Nová Plzeň, Rotava, Rozcestí and Smolná. Rotava also includes the Anenské Údolí ( Annathal ) single layer .
Neighboring places
| Stříbrná (Silberbach) | ||
| Kraslice (Graslitz) |
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Šindelová (Schindl Forest) |
| Oloví (lead city) | Jindřichovice (Heinrichsgrün) |
history
After the discovery of iron ore deposits in the southwestern Ore Mountains, a settlement for the miners and smelters was established in 1543. The place belonged to the Schlick family . In 1628 it was bought by Count Nostitz , who owned it until the patrimonial rule was replaced in 1850. In the beginning, Rothau was extremely remote. With the creation of a road connection, an important trade route from Erfurt and Plauen to Prague led through the town. Since the 17th century Rothau, which had only 18 inhabitants in 1654, developed into one of the most important locations for tinplate production in Europe. The Oberrothau district emerged from the village of Winckelaw, which was founded in 1560.
The bar mill was built in 1861, a plate mill followed in 1880, and a steel mill with Martin furnaces was built in 1889. Eisenwerke AG Rothau-Neudek , founded in 1909 by Erwein von Nostitz-Rieneck , employed more than 1,000 people and produced around 100,000 t of iron per year. The company was also a leader in sheet metal production in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
The Haar settlement was built in the corridors of Oberrothau in the 1920s. In 1925 the town church was built.
The collapse of the company as a result of the global economic crisis in 1931 led to the highest unemployment rate in Czechoslovakia in Rothau and the surrounding area and triggered social unrest. After the Munich Agreement, Rothau was incorporated into the German Empire and belonged to the Graslitz district . During the Second World War the production of weapons took place.
After the end of the war, the industrial facilities were taken over by the Škoda Plzeň works and the Nová Plzeň settlement was built on the corridors of Horní Rotava. Between 1960 and 1990 another settlement was created there with Sídliště. In 1965 Rotava became a town.
Population development
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traffic
Rotava has a train station on the Sokolov – Klingenthal cross-border railway line . There are direct train connections with the VIAMONT trains to Sokolov , Karlovy Vary ( Karlsbad ) and Zwickau .
Personalities
- Hans Hutschenreuther (1575–1657), hammer master and mountain expert
- Christoph Michael Hutschenreuther (* around 1628; † 1707), hammer master, landowner
- Hermann Brandl (1874–1938), senior teacher and local researcher
- Rudolf Rossmeisl (1923–1986), GDR diplomat, counselor in the PR China and the USSR (1956–1960), ambassador to Poland (1968–1973) and Spain (1973–1975)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/560600/Rotava
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/560600/Obec-Rotava
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/560600/Obec-Rotava
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/560600/Obec-Rotava
- ↑ Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869-2015. (PDF) Český statistický úřad, December 18, 2015, accessed on February 14, 2016 (Czech).