Roth (Schalkau)

Roth City of Schalkau Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 11 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 38 ″  E
Height :	425 m above sea level NN
Residents :	83  (2012)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1992
Postal code :	96528
Area code :	036766
Location of Roth in Schalkau
The cemetery chapel

Roth is a district of Schalkau in the Sonneberg district in Thuringia .

location

Roth is located southeast of Schalkau on Kreisstraße 17 across the Grümpen river on a ridge. Right next door is the Oberroth hamlet . The houses are on the edge of the Müß forest area . The climate there is so mild that asparagus and strawberries are preferred.

history

The hamlet was mentioned in a document for the first time in 1141. In 1922 the neighboring hamlet of Oberroth was incorporated and from 1923 to 1932 Roth was merged with Almerswind and Selsendorf to form the Roth-Almerswind community. On January 1, 1992, Roth was incorporated into Schalkau.

83 inhabitants live in the district in 2012.

dialect

Itzgründisch , a Main Franconian dialect, is spoken in Roth .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. 5th, improved and considerably enlarged edition. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 239.
2. ↑ Thomas Schwämmlein: Double names shaped the first reform. In: Free Word , February 14, 2013.
3. ^ Thuringian State Office for Statistics: Area changes: Municipality 72015 Schalkau, city
4. ^ The place on the website of the city of Schalkau. Retrieved April 21, 2012.

Web links

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