Rottenbach (municipality of Zwettl-Lower Austria)

Rottenbach ( village ) village Rottenbach cadastral community Rottenbach
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Zwettl  (ZT), Lower Austria
Judicial district	Zwettl
Pole. local community	Zwettl
Coordinates	48 ° 33 '13 "  N , 15 ° 5' 47"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '13 "  N , 15 ° 5' 47"  E
height	685  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	27 (January 1, 2020)
Area  d. KG	2.61 km²
Statistical identification
Locality code	07067
Cadastral parish number	24370
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS

Rottenbach is a village and a cadastral municipality of the municipality of Zwettl in the Zwettl district in Lower Austria .

Settlement development

Former Schüttkasten in Rottenbach

Rottenbach lies in a lowland on the federal highway 124. It is a so-called longitudinal tang village with originally 11 buildings.

In 1400 the place was called Rotenpach (the place name is probably due to the iron-rich water)

The place is pronounced "rodnbo" in dialect.

The settlement emerged around the former hunting lodge, which was subsequently used as a meierhof. The estate was mentioned in a document as early as the 14th century. It is a simple building, the basic substance of which is largely unchanged.

In the 14th century it was owned by the Lords of Starhemberg, and in 1556 it was bought by the Lords of Lindau. Other owners were: from 1651 Count Georg Adam von Kufstein, from 1656 his son Johann Georg, from 1690 Hanns Adam, Freiherr von Landau. He died as Herr von Rothenbach. His daughter Maria Dorothea was a nun and bequeathed the property to her monastery at St. Jakob in Vienna. In 1739 the estate was sold to Leopold Christoph Reichsgrafen von Schallenberg. Then it went to the Lords of Rosenau Castle (Georg Ritter von Schönerer). In Rosenau Castle and also in the former manor there are prints after an etching by Georg Matthäus Visher from 1672. The engraving shows the building still with the gable tower and several chimneys. The tower itself fell victim to a fire in 1825.

In 1938 the estate was transferred to the Deutsche Ansiedlungsgesellschaft, and from 1945 it belonged to the Waldviertel Fleckviehzuchtverband.

In 1991 it was sold to a private person and restored.

The former grain box, which belonged to the Meierhof, is now owned by the community of Zwettl and is used as an event building.

At the turn of the year 1979/1980 there were a total of 18 building areas with 10,218 m² and 10 gardens on 3,636 m² in the cadastral community Rottenbach , in 1989/1990 there were 18 building areas. In 1999/2000 the number of building areas had grown to 39 and in 2009/2010 there were 21 buildings on 38 building areas.

Land use

The cadastral community is characterized by agriculture. 110 hectares were used for agriculture at the turn of the year 1979/1980 and 145 hectares were forest areas. In 1999/2000 agriculture was carried out on 108 hectares and 145 hectares were designated as areas used for forestry. At the end of 2018, 106 hectares were used as agricultural land and forestry was carried out on 146 hectares. The average soil climate number of Rottenbach is 20.8 (as of 2010).

Web links

Community of Zwettl: Rottenbach. Retrieved June 23, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} BEV : Regional information December 31 , 2018 on bev.gv.at ( online )