Rotis (Leutkirch im Allgäu)

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Rotis (Leutkirch im Allgäu)
Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′ 28 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 13 ″  E
Residents : 35  (2018)
Postal code : 88299
Area code : 07561

Rotis is a hamlet of Hofs , a district of the large district town Leutkirch im Allgäu in the district of Ravensburg , in Baden-Württemberg .

description

Former Rotis Institute for Analog Studies, 2020

Rotis is located on the 7916 district road leading from Leutkirch via Hasenberg and Rotis to Legau . The "Hofser Ach" flows through Rotis. The place consists of six former agricultural properties with a total of 35 inhabitants. It borders Lautrach in the northwest and Legau in the east.

In Rotis there is an abandoned castle with a castle mill. The castle mill and today's Rotismühle was first mentioned in a document in 1414. As early as 1398, the castle and hamlet of Rotis were sold by Mark and Hans von Neidegg to the Lords of Schellenberg . In 1542 Rotis came to Weingarten Monastery together with Hofs . The castle ruins were demolished in 1813. Rotis is the namesake of Rotis a font family that the graphic designer and co-founder of the Ulm School of Design Otl Aicher developed. Aicher and his wife, the writer Inge Aicher-Scholl , acquired the Rotis mill with the adjacent hydroelectric power station in 1972 .

literature

  • The Ravensburg district; Ed .: Oskar Sailer; Stuttgart, Aalen: Theiss; 1976

Web links

Wikisource: Leutkirch im Allgäu  - sources and full texts
Commons : Rotis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Friedrich Eisele: Interesting facts from the towns and communities of the district (p.327). In: The Ravensburg district; Ed .: Oskar Sailer; Stuttgart, Aalen: Theiss; 1976. 1976, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  2. Rotis - living space. In: LEO-BW. 2020, accessed June 29, 2020 .