Rotbav

Rotbav
Rothbach
Szászveresmart

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Brașov

Municipality :

Feldioara

Coordinates :

45 ° 50 ′ N , 25 ° 33 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ 15 ″ N , 25 ° 33 ′ 30 ″ E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

498 m

Residents :

797 (2002)

Postal code :

507067

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 68

License plate :

BV

Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Rotbav ( German Rothbach , Hungarian (Szász-) Veresmart or (Szász-) Vörösmárt , Transylvanian-Saxon Roiderbrich ) is a village in Transylvania ( Romania ). It is part of the municipality of Feldioara ( Marienburg ).

location

The entrance to the town on the "DN 13" viewed from the southeast

The village is located in Burzenland , twenty kilometers from Brașov ( Kronstadt ), on the Olt (Alt) river.

history

Protestant church

Archaeological finds from the Bronze Age testify to the oldest settlement in the area. The main settlement is on the southern edge of the village in the La Pârâuț corridor .

The establishment of the village coincides with the settlement of the Transylvanian Saxons . Construction of the church began in 1250 . The village was first mentioned in 1371 under the name Ruffa rip , and in 1427 under the name Roderbach . In 1732 the village fell victim to a devastating fire .

In 2009 only 13 members were registered in the Protestant community (Transylvanian Saxony).

On February 19, 2016, the church tower and part of the Protestant church collapsed.

Economy and Transport

Agriculture and handicrafts traditionally dominated the everyday working life of the people.

Rotbav is located on the Teiuș – Brașov railway line of the CFR and on the national road ( drum național ) DN 13.

Personalities

Roswitha Etter , b. Möckesch (1919–2007), ceramic and faience artist

Web links

Rothbach on sevenbuerger.de

Individual evidence

↑ Laura Dietrich, What are the "ash hills" of the Noua culture? The example from Rotbav (Southeast Transylvania) . In: Heske, I., Horejs, B. (ed.), Bronze Age Identities and Objects. Contributions from the meetings of the Bronze Age group at the 80th meeting of the West and South German Association for Ancient Studies in Nuremberg in 2010 and the 7th German Archeology Congress in Bremen in 2011. UPA 221, Bonn 2012, 207–218.
^ Gerhard Thiess: Rothbach (Siebenbürgische Zeitung, 15. XI. 1997) at sibiweb.de
↑ Dieter Drotleff: Pastors, curators, numbers of souls. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung. Enclosure: Karpatenrundschau , March 4, 2010, p. 3.
↑ Church tower and part of the church in Rothbach collapsed from sevenbuerger.de, accessed on February 21, 2016
^ Roswitha Etter obituary in the Siebenbürgische Zeitung

[1] Laura Dietrich, What are the "ash hills" of the Noua culture? The example from Rotbav (Southeast Transylvania) . In: Heske, I., Horejs, B. (ed.), Bronze Age Identities and Objects. Contributions from the meetings of the Bronze Age group at the 80th meeting of the West and South German Association for Ancient Studies in Nuremberg in 2010 and the 7th German Archeology Congress in Bremen in 2011. UPA 221, Bonn 2012, 207–218.

[2] Gerhard Thiess: Rothbach (Siebenbürgische Zeitung, 15. XI. 1997) at sibiweb.de

[3] Dieter Drotleff: Pastors, curators, numbers of souls. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung. Enclosure: Karpatenrundschau , March 4, 2010, p. 3.

[4] Church tower and part of the church in Rothbach collapsed from sevenbuerger.de, accessed on February 21, 2016

[5] Roswitha Etter obituary in the Siebenbürgische Zeitung