Rothenburg (Saale)

Rothenburg City of Wettin-Löbejün Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 46 "  N , 11 ° 45 ′ 29"  E
Height :	85 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.4 km²
Residents :	796  (December 31, 2009)
Population density :	147 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2011
Postal code :	06193
Area code :	034691
Location of Rothenburg in Wettin-Löbejün

Rothenburg (Saale), aerial photo (2017)

"Altes Mädchen" ferry on the Saale near Rothenburg

Rothenburg is a district of the town Wettin-Löbejün in the northern Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany .

geography

Geographical location

Rothenburg is 25 kilometers northwest of Halle (Saale) on the Saale . To the west of Rothenburg lies the village of Könnern OT Zickeritz. In the north is the center of Könnern. South of Rothenburg is Friedeburg (Saale) , a district of Gerbstedt and the Saale Gorge (Furth) near Rothenburg. Rothenburg is located in the Lower Saale Valley Nature Park .

history

Bronze finds , tumuli and urns prove that people settled in the Rothenburg area as early as prehistoric times. Later, the built Slavs near Rothenburg a Wallburg to secure the Saale transition. The name of the castle is passed down as Sputinesburg or Zputinesburg (961) and in the 11th century as Spiutni . The name Rothenburg (from the red soil of the mountain) only appears later. Around 1075 the castle was probably destroyed during the uprising of the Saxons against Henry IV . see also Rothenburg

Between 1413 and 1550, Rothenburg belonged to the von Ammendorf family of knights . During this time, the building and renovation of the palace complex below the castle took place. In the Thirty Years' War the place suffered from the occupation of the troops of Wallenstein from 1625 , in 1636 the place was devastated by the Swedes under Banér . The plague also claimed 33 victims in the same year, so that Rothenburg was almost depopulated in the following years - Dreyhaupt reports that between 1640 and 1643 only the miller and the pastor's widow with their three sons lived in Rothenburg. When soldiers passed through, they hid in thorn hedges. For the years 1680 and 1681 again 32 plague victims are recorded. No remains are visible of the desolations in the area of ​​Rothenburg, Widenheim , Hohndorf (both desolate since at least 1456), Barnena (until the middle of the 16th century), Katzene and Garwesel . As the main town of the Rothenburg Office, Rothenburg belonged to the Hall of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg . With its annexation to Prussia, the place belonged to the Brandenburg-Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg from 1680 .

In the 15th century copper mining began in Rothenburg , which lasted until around 1730, initially faltering and interrupted by the Thirty Years War. In addition to copper, silver was extracted. The place gained in importance when the royal magdeburgisch-halberstädtische Oberbergamt, founded by Prussia , was located here from 1770 to 1815 , but from 1815 this was relocated to the nearby Halle (Saale). From 1818 a copper hammer was built, and in 1844 the Prinz Carlshütte . In 1909 the Rothenburg brass factory was created.

With the Peace of Tilsit in 1807 Rothenburg was incorporated into the Kingdom of Westphalia and assigned to the Halle district in the Saale department. He belonged to the canton of Cönnern . After Napoleon's defeat and the end of the Kingdom of Westphalia, Napoleon's allied opponents liberated the Saalkreis in early October 1813. During the political reorganization after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Rothenburg was attached to the administrative district of Merseburg in the Prussian province of Saxony in 1816 and assigned to the Saalkreis. In 1844 the existing new church of St. Mary was built after a fire .

During the Second World War , the Rothenburg plant belonged to the Hettstedt copper and brass works and was an armaments factory. Ammunition and parts of ammunition were produced there. There was also a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp and a labor education camp in Rothenburg . Between 1943 and 1945, a total of 56 people from different European countries, mostly Soviet citizens , lost their lives here as a result of mistreatment and grueling working conditions .

The wire and rope factory was built after the end of the Second World War from a metal goods factory. In 1945 and 1946, household appliances made of aluminum were primarily produced for the war-damaged population.

On January 1, 2011, the cities of Löbejün and Wettin as well as the municipalities of Brachwitz , Döblitz , Domnitz , Gimritz , Nauendorf , Neutz-Lettewitz , Plötz and Rothenburg, which had previously been part of the Saalkreis Nord administrative association , became the new city of Löbejün-Wettin which received its current name Wettin-Löbejün on April 7, 2011.

Memorials

• Tombs on the local cemetery for 56 men and women who, during the Second World War deported to Germany and victims of forced labor were
• Memorial stone on the OdF-Platz for the victims of fascism

Marienkirche

religion

The Lutheran parish of Rothenburg with the St. Marien Church is the center of the Rothenburg parish in the Wettin parish, Halle-Saalkreis parish, Halle-Wittenberg provost of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

politics

mayor

Willi Schreiber ( SPD ) was the last mayor of the community and was elected on June 10, 2001.

Local partnerships

Friendly cities: Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Bavaria), Rotenburg ad Fulda (Hesse), Rotenburg (Wümme) (Lower Saxony), Rothenburg / OL (Saxony), Rothenburg LU (Switzerland), Czerwieńsk (Rothenburg an der Oder) (Poland),

Culture and sights

Buildings

• St. Mary's Church
• Remains of the old castle (ramparts)
• Vote court on the lock island
• “Schlackenhalde” directly on the Saale Cycle Path, with information about the Rothenburg hut village
• Shipping column with weather vane from 1820

Sports

• Several small, plastic-covered ski jumping hills serve the SFV Rothenburg to promote young talent.
• TSV Rothenburg, sports group "Jumbos", volleyball, women's group and popular sports
• Football club SV 1926 Rothenburg eV

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In Rothenburg there is a ferry across the Saale and the Rothenburg lock . The former Könnern – Rothenburg small railway has been used exclusively for freight traffic since 1963.

Rothenburg lock, aerial view (2017)

Established businesses

• Westfälische Drahtindustrie GmbH / Wire and Rope Works Rothenburg
• EMZORO / Mechanical engineering spare parts Zorn Rothenburg
• Kuhnert Drahtwaren GmbH

Westphalian wire industry, aerial photo (2017)

Sons and daughters (selection)

• Johann Friedrich Gottfried Eiselen (1785–1865), economist, university professor, member of the Prussian manor house
• Otto Herrmann (1889–1976), politician, member of the Saxon state parliament, district administrator of the Delitzsch district

Personalities

• Samuel David Christian Eckardt (1749–1806), Royal Prussian Secret Upper Bergrat and Director of the Magdeburg-Halberstadt Upper Mining Office in Rothenburg

literature

• Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt : Description of the Saal-Creyses . Vol. 2, Hall 1751.
• Siegmar von Schultze-Galléra : Walks through the Saalkreis . Vol. 2, Halle 1914.
• Ferdinand Wilcke : History of the hut village Rothenburg an der Saale . Self-published, Rothenburg 1832. ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Rothenburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Farm in Rothenburg, 1895

Individual evidence

1. ^ Industrial history of Rothenburg
2. ^ Rothenburg on the website www.blaues-band.de
3. ↑ Mention of Rothenburg in the book "Geography for all Stands", p. 127
4. ^ Description of the Saale Department
5. ^ The hall circle in the municipality register 1900
6. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1st to December 31st, 2011
7. ^ Ferdinand Wilcke : History of the Hüttenortes Rothenburg an der Saale , Rothenburg: Eigenverlag, 1822, p. 131; Digitized via Google books