Rote Trotte (Wettingen)

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The red trot

The Rote Trotte is the only one of the eight former trotters in the Swiss municipality of Wettingen that is still used as a wine press .

Viticulture in Wettingen

The viticulture probably came to Wettingen with the monks of the monastery . It has been documented since the 15th century, when the Rebberge an der Lägern monastery lent farmers and Baden citizens from Wettinger . The right to press wine lay exclusively with the monastery and so it was also in the possession of the first seven trotters, to which another private cider trot was added in 1770. Among these trots, the Rote Trotte is the only one that still serves its original purpose today and one of three that has been preserved. (The other two are the Neutrotte and the Trotte in the nave of the Wettingen monastery.)

History of the trot

In which year the Rote Trotte was built is unknown. It was first documented in 1504. However, initial information about the Trotte indicates that it was built in 1428 by Abbot Johannes Schwarzmurer. This information is also supported by the fact that the abbot's coat of arms is walled in on the right above the east entrance. In 1555 the Trotte was torn down and a new building was built in its place by Hans Murer and Hans Ulrich Summerer. In the course of the abolition of Wettingen Abbey in 1841, the Rote Trotte became the property of the Canton of Aargau . The canton auctioned the Trotte in 1859. It has been privately owned since then and has been a listed building since 1972 .

Surname

The name of the Trotte is most likely derived from the fact that initially only red grapes were pressed in it.

literature

  • Ortsbürgergemeinde Wettingen (Hrsg.): History of the community Wettingen. Baden, 1978.

Web links

Commons : Rote Trotte (Wettingen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rundschau weekly newspaper from July 16, 2009 p. 1
  2. ^ 'History of the community of Wettingen p. 179 and Rundschau of July 16, 2009 p. 3
  3. ↑ Rundschau of July 16, 2009 p. 1

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '15.8 "  N , 8 ° 19' 37.9"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and eighty-six  /  258189