Rotterdam
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Rotterdam
City of Steinbach-Hallenberg
Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 40 ″ N , 10 ° 33 ′ 6 ″ E
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| Height : | 550 m |
| Area : | 6.74 km² |
| Residents : | 702 (December 31, 2017) |
| Population density : | 104 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 2019 |
| Postal code : | 98587 |
| Area code : | 036847 |
Rotterdam is a district of the town of Steinbach-Hallenberg in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in the Thuringian Forest.
geography
The place is on the southern slope of the Rotteroder Höhe (600 m) with a view of the Knüllfeld and the Großer Hermannsberg . The main ridge of the Thuringian Forest rises to the west of the village , the Rennsteig high-altitude trail is around 3 km away. Rotterdam has a mountain rescue service with a hut near the Rennsteig. Larger cities nearby are Steinbach-Hallenberg , Schmalkalden , Oberhof , Zella-Mehlis and Suhl .
history
The Moosburg was already in the Moosbachtal in the 12th century and served the Thuringian Landgraves von der Wartburg to control the trade route Hohe Straße and to secure the border area. At the beginning of the 14th century the castle was destroyed, according to legend, a remnant of the gang founded the village of Rotterode .
In 1330 came Rotterode than hitherto hersfeldisches fief of the lords of Frankenstein by purchase of the Counts of Henneberg -Schleusingen ( "Frankensteiner deed"). In the 14th century the place was fiefdom of the Schmalkalder Canon Monastery and appeared in 1340 in a land register of the office of Schmalkalden as a desert under the name "Roterot". With the office of Schmalkalden, the place came under a Henneberg-Hessian dual rule in 1360 and fell completely to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel after the Hennebergs died out in 1583 . In 1791 the place was affiliated to the Hallenberg office in the Hessian rule Schmalkalden .
The residents of the place lived mainly from small iron crafts (nail smiths) and agriculture until the 20th century. For a long time there was no church in the village, only a prayer room in a public building. The Johanneskirche was not built until 1955.
The municipality of Rotterdam was incorporated into the city of Steinbach-Hallenberg on January 1, 2019. Before that, Rotterode belonged to the Haselgrund administrative community .
Population development
Development of the population (December 31) :
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- Data source: Thuringian State Office for Statistics
nature
A hiking trail leads through the scenic Moosbachtal past the Moosburg monument to the Rennsteig. You can also see the Koppenstein there and climb it with the right equipment. In winter you can explore the Thuringian Forest on countless cross-country trails around the village.
Personalities
- Hellmuth Mäder (1908–1984), General of the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr
- Karl-Heinz Luck (* 1945), Nordic combined skier, lives in Rotterdam
- Juliane Döll (* 1986), biathlete , began her skiing career at SV Rotterode before moving to WSV Oberhof
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Heckert: Steinbach under Hallenberg - History of a Hessian-Thuringian city. (PDF; 930 kB) In: amt-hallenberg.de. 1990, p. 13 , accessed on April 20, 2014 (PDF file from March 29, 2009).
- ↑ Population development at the Thuringian State Office for Statistics
Web links
- History of the Johanniskirche ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
