Rotschau

Rotschau City of Reichenbach in Vogtland Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 50 ″ N , 12 ° 17 ′ 14 ″ E
Height :	394 m
Area :	3.29 km²
Residents :	814 (Nov. 1, 2016)
Population density :	248 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1996
Postal code :	08468
Area code :	03765
Location of Rotschau in Saxony

Rotschau is a district of the large district town of Reichenbach in Vogtland in the Vogtlandkreis (Free State of Saxony ). It was incorporated on January 1, 1996.

geography

location

Rotschau is located south of the town center of Reichenbach in the Vogtland. The place is in the east of the natural area Vogtland in the Saxon part of the historical Vogtland . The Lohegraben flowing through the place flows west of the place into the Göltzsch , which forms the western border of the place. The Mühlwand alum plant is located in the extreme south of the district .

Neighboring places

Mylau	Reichenbach
Lambzig		Reichenbach
Lauschgrün	Mill wall	Cutting Bach

history

Origin of the place and the place name

Seal of the Rotschau community

The place Rotschau goes back to a Slavic settlement , which is also indicated by the division of the corridors as Rundling . The old farms are mainly around a field. Rotschau was first mentioned in a document on August 15, 1324 in Greiz as Roschowe . In this document, Heinrich the Younger, Vogt von Plauen, confirmed the ownership structure to his cousin Heinrich von Gera. But the place is probably even older, because there are further mentions under old Ratscha (1140) or as Ratschaw (1274).

1460 can be found in a deed of gift and the name Rotschach . Over time, the names Roitzschau and Rotzschau were used. In 1900, at the request of the municipality, the officially official spelling Rotschau was made in Dresden, the request was granted on May 8, 1901 by the Royal Saxon Government. There are historical roots in common with the Czech community of Ročov through Albrecht von Kolowrat , who was administrator of the Milin ( Mylau ) rule during the time of Emperor Charles IV . On January 2, 1373, Charles IV gave him the right to run the Augustinian monastery in Dolní Ročov . Today there are friendly contacts between the two places.

History to the present

Like its neighboring towns, Rotschau belonged to the Mylau rulership , which became part of the Plauen district of Saxony in the 16th century . The manorial rule over the place was divided between the manors Netzschkau and Mylau until the 19th century . Until 1856, Rotschau belonged to the Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon Office of Plauen. In 1856 the place was affiliated with the Reichenbach court office and in 1875 with the Plauen administration . In the southern corridor is the Mühlwand alum plant , where alum slate was extracted between 1691 and 1825 .

The first school was built in Rotschau in 1839. She was visited by children from Rotschau and Mühlwand. From 1848 to 1866 the landowner Johann Gottfried Dietzsch , who lived in Rotschau, was a member of the Saxon state parliament . The first teacher in Rotschau was Hermann Theodor Thieme, who previously worked in Mylau. In 1857 Rotschau had 325 and Mühlwand 61 inhabitants. In 1876 the school was rebuilt and further additions were made in 1894 and 1934. In 1998 the school was closed, until 2015 it was used as a day care center. The building is currently empty.

Until about 1860 Rotschau still existed series Schank and a state concession on sale of salt, which is to say that the tenant always a drinkable beer have to keep and be seen on the order according to the law. Today there are two excursion restaurants in the local area, the "Cafe Daheim" and - in the former "Gasthof zur Linde" - the "Ristorante Nuovo Vita" with Italian cuisine. Rotschau developed since the middle of the 19th century into a residential community for craftsmen and workers of the textile companies in the village and the neighboring towns of Mylau and Reichenbach. As a result, the place experienced a population increase from 306 inhabitants in 1884 to over 1500 in 1950, which was also evident in the brisk construction activity in the direction of the city of Reichenbach.

As a result of the second district reform in the GDR , the Rotschau community became part of Reichenbach district in the Chemnitz district (renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt district in 1953 ), which was continued as the Saxon district of Reichenbach from 1990 and was added to the Vogtland district in 1996. On January 1, 1996, Rotschau was incorporated into Reichenbach.

Attractions

Striking points in Rotschau are the black table and the Kreuzholz, both of which have a long history. In addition to the village center, the alum factory and the Göltzschtal with the Eger bridge and the Hirschstein rock are worth seeing. Below the black board, in the direction of the Mühlwand, there is an atonement cross, which is said to mark the place where a stagecoach sank in the swamp centuries ago.

Clubs and events

Rotschau is on the Euregio Egrensis cycle path and the Erzgebirge - Vogtland hiking trail .

In addition to the local sports club, the SG Rotschau eV (gymnastics and football),

still exists

Small animal breeding association since 1895,
Men's choir Liederkranz eV, since 1869

as well as the

Volunteer fire department founded in 1888.
In Mühlwand, the Tropfsteingrotte Mühlwand-Reichenbach eV association runs the Alaunwerk visitor mine
Every 2 years the "Bergpreis Mühlwand" is organized by the Reichenbach Oldtimer Club