Rotenberg (Stuttgart)

Rotenberg ; district of Stuttgart
Coordinates	48 ° 47 '0 " N , 9 ° 16' 17" E Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '0 " N , 9 ° 16' 17" E
surface	1.262 km²
Residents	719 (May 31, 2020)
Population density	570 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation	May 1, 1931
Post Code	70327
prefix	0711
Borough	Untertürkheim
	Source: Stuttgart data compass

Rotenberg 1685, forest inventory book by Andreas Kieser

Wirtemberg Castle

Sepulchral chapel on the Wuerttemberg for Queen Katharina Pavlovna

Old school house

Rotenberg village church

Rotenberg wine press

Rotenberg is a district of Stuttgart and belongs to the Stuttgart district of Untertürkheim . It borders the Obertürkheim ( Uhlbach ) district and the neighboring community of Fellbach .

View from Kappelberg over Rotenberg. Stuttgart Airport in the background

history

The village of Rotenberg (formerly also "Rothenberg") is mentioned in a document for the first time in 1248 and was a core part of Altwürttembergs . For centuries, the well-fortified Wirtemberg Castle , the ancestral seat of the Württembergers , shaped the image between the free imperial city of Esslingen am Neckar and the royal seat of Stuttgart , before it was completely demolished in 1819 by decision of the then King Wilhelm I. In its place he had a magnificent mausoleum, the burial chapel on the Württemberg , built for his second wife, the Tsar's daughter Katharina Pavlovna , who died early .

In 1907 the mountain Rotenberg with the burial chapel was officially renamed Württemberg by King Wilhelm II .

Rotenberg belonged to the Württemberg Oberamt Cannstatt and from 1923 to 1931 to the Oberamt Esslingen . In 1931 Rotenberg lost its independence and was incorporated into Stuttgart as the twelfth community . When the city of Stuttgart was divided into districts in 1956, Rotenberg was assigned to the Untertürkheim district.

Residential area

The residential area is one of the most expensive addresses in Stuttgart. Characteristic of the residential area is the exposed panoramic position and limited development possibilities. Numerous celebrities, including a soccer player from VfB Stuttgart , live in Stuttgart-Rotenberg.

Museums

Sepulchral chapel built on the Württemberg by Giovanni Salucci in 1824 for Queen Katharina Pavlovna
Untertürkheim / Rotenberg local museum with a local history exhibition in the old schoolhouse

Attractions

Giovanni Salucci's priest's house and economic building below the burial chapel
Listed site with half-timbered houses
Joshua and Caleb Fountain
Atonement cross from 1724 on Schäferlesweg
Swabian baroque village church with onion dome from 1754
Lookout point / leisure park Egelseer Heide
Wine press of the Collegium Wirtemberg - Weingärtner Rotenberg & Uhlbach eG

Personalities

Eugen Böhringer (born January 22, 1922 in Rotenberg, † June 19, 2013 in Stuttgart) was a racing driver and European rally champion and ended his successful racing career in 1965.
Käte Schaller-Härlin (born October 19, 1877 in Mangalore , India; † May 9, 1973 in Stuttgart-Rotenberg), was a famous portrait painter (painting in the State Gallery in Stuttgart ).
Christian Gentner (born August 14, 1985 in Nürtingen) is a German soccer player who has been under contract with Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart since 2010 .

Honorary citizen

1926: Alexander Beutter , pastor, music scholar (1862–1952)

Events

Wine festival in August in the wine press
Rotenberg Käskipper Festival , annually on the first weekend in July

Others

The nickname Käskipper for the Rotenbergers is often explained from the envy of the neighboring communities for the privileges due to the proximity to the ancestral castle of the Württemberger - the neighbors called the Wirtemberg, the pride of the Rotenbergers, as Käsbuckel . The name originally goes back to the Rotenbergers' preference for "Luckeleskäs" ("Luckele": small chickens that were fed with the cheese), a simple quark and milk cheese. The cheese, also known as "Heähleskäs", was tipped from a saucepan onto a wooden board, dressed with caraway seeds and salt and eaten with bread and wine.