Rötha
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Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ N , 12 ° 25 ′ E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Saxony | |
| County : | Leipzig | |
| Height : | 128 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 46.16 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 6128 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 133 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 04571 | |
| Area code : | 034206 | |
| License plate : | L , BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR | |
| Community key : | 14 7 29 370 | |
| LOCODE : | DE RZA | |
| City structure: | 6 districts | |
City administration address : |
Rathausstrasse 4 04571 Rötha |
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| Mayor : | Stephan Eichhorn | |
| Location of the city of Rötha in the district of Leipzig | ||
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The small town of Rötha is located about 15 kilometers south of Leipzig in the Leipzig district in Saxony .
geography
Rötha is located about 15 km south of Leipzig in the Leipziger Neuseenland . To the west of the urban area which flows splices that the shunt reservoir Roetha feeds. The urban area in the Leipzig lowland bay covers an area of 17.88 km². The fertile soil is the basis for the extensive arable farming in the area around Rötha. The annual precipitation is mostly in the range of 550 to 650 millimeters and thus below the national average.
City structure
Districts of Rötha are Espenhain and the places Mölbis , Oelzschau and Pötzschau , which were previously districts of Espenhain. The towns of Podschütz and Theka also belong to the Rötha urban area. The former Rötha districts Geschwitz and Rüben were relocated in the course of lignite mining by the Espenhain open-cast mine between 1951 and 1955 and then devastated. In 1971 Rötha was assigned the corridor of Kreudnitz, which was devastated by the Witznitz II opencast mine in 1968 .
Neighboring communities
The following cities and municipalities border the city of Rötha and belong to the district of Leipzig :
| Großpösna | Belgershain | |
| Bohlen |
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Otterwisch |
| Neukieritzsch | Borna | Kitzscher |
history
Rötha was first mentioned in a document in 1127. However, in the absence of a deed of incorporation, the exact time the city was formed is unclear. For example, the mention of March 31, 1292, when Rötha was first mentioned as a city, was the occasion for the 700th anniversary celebration in 1992. In 1217, Margrave Dietrich the oppressed and his countries, including Rötha, were ousted due to territorial disputes the church with the spell occupied. Church life was initially impossible. In the centuries that followed, the population was decimated by the plague , the invasion of the Hussites and swabians passing through (after the battle of Lucka ).
The owner of the town of Rötha in the 16th century was Ritter von Pflugk , who was however in debt and had to sell Rötha. Initially, the city itself acted as a buyer and took over management in 1584. However, the city could not afford the purchase price, so in 1592 Carol von Friesen, the castle captain of Altenburg , stepped in and bought Rötha for 28,400 guilders . In the first half of the 17th century, a large part of the population was wiped out by the Thirty Years 'War and the recurring plague, after which the Seven Years' War also claimed many victims. When the Battle of Nations raged near Leipzig in 1813 , the Russian Emperor Alexander I and the Austrian Emperor Franz I were quartered in Rötha Palace . Rötha was the location of the Allied headquarters.
In 1839 the villages Theka and Podschütz were incorporated . Like Rötha, they were part of the electoral or royal Saxon district office of Leipzig until 1856 . From 1856 Rötha was the main place of the Rötha court office . From 1875 Rötha was part of the Borna district administration . In the 1870s Heinrich Freiherr von Friesen began to transform Rötha into a garden city - an epithet that it still bears today. In addition to traditional viticulture, which has been practiced in and around the city since at least the 15th century, he established fruit growing in Rötha. Since there was a lack of qualified personnel for this project, he founded a gardening school in 1875 . The harvest grew in size year after year and in 1883 was finally so large that it exceeded the capacity of the Leipzig market. In that year, cider began to be produced with the surplus , and today's large-scale winery was founded for this purpose . Influenced by the nearby Leipzig (Brühl) fur trading center, furriering in Rötha was of major importance until the middle of the 20th century. After the large winery was founded, the “Obstweinschänke” inn was built and put into operation on the reservoir in 1882. After the fall of the Wall, in the early 1990s, it was closed and has since fallen into disrepair. On May 20, 2016, the ruins of the former inn burned down completely, which was the preliminary climax of a series of arson attacks that had struck Rötha for several years and until then mainly affected allotment gardens and private businesses.
Before the First World War , technical progress began to make itself felt in the city. In 1913 it got a water network - the water tower is still standing today and is one of Rötha's landmarks - and a year later it was connected to the electricity network. In addition, the gas works and the public telephone network went into operation.
In preparation for the Second World War , plants were built in the neighboring towns of Böhlen and Espenhain, and new apartments were also built for their workers in Rötha. In 1944 and 1945 parts of the city were bombed several times. The citizens of Rötha hoisted white flags on April 14, 1945, and American troops marched in two days later. In July the Red Army took over the occupation. With this, Rötha became part of the Soviet occupied zone of the SBZ and from 1949 of the GDR.
In 1952 the Geschwitz district (incorporated in 1924) had to be dismantled in order to create space for the Espenhain open- cast coal mine, which was being increasingly carried out . In 1960, the areas of the town of Rüben, devastated in 1955 (Espenhain open-cast mine) and in 1971 the areas of the Kreudnitz, devastated in 1968 (Witznitz open-cast mining), were assigned to the city of Rötha. In December 1969, at the behest of the SED, Rötha Castle was blown up and demolished amid protests. The park of the historic castle, which was removed in 1969, is to be restored. In 1971 the "VEB Elektrotechnische Werkstätte Rötha" was established, which in 1980 was incorporated into the Leipzig plant "VEB Elektroakustik Leipzig".
On August 1, 2015 Espenhain was incorporated into Rötha with the districts Mölbis, Oelzschau and Pötzschau, thus the Rötha administrative community was dissolved.
Incorporations
- Incorporation to Rötha
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| Geschwitz | January 1, 1924 | 1951–1953 cleared by the Espenhain opencast mine |
| Kreudnitz | September 1, 1948 1971 |
Incorporation to Hain, eliminated in 1968 by the Witznitz II opencast mine, corridors reclassified to Rötha in 1971 |
| Podschütz | 1839 | |
| Beets | 1960 | 1955–1957 cleared by the Espenhain open-cast mine, corridors incorporated into Espenhain in 1960 |
| Theka | 1839 | |
| Aspen grove | August 1, 2015 | Incorporation with all previous districts |
- Incorporation after Espenhain until its incorporation in 2015
| Former parish | date | annotation |
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| Dahlitzsch | April 1, 1934 | Merger with Großpötzschau zu Pötzschau |
| Grosspötzschau | April 1, 1934 | Merger with Dahlitzsch zu Pötzschau |
| Kleinpötzschau | before 1880 | Incorporation to Dahlitzsch |
| Kommlitz | October 1, 1948 | Incorporation to Oelzschau |
| Mölbis | January 1, 1999 | |
| Oelzschau | April 1, 1996 | |
| Pötzschau | January 1, 1995 |
politics
City council and mayor
The mayor of the city of Rötha is the non-party Stephan Eichhorn, who replaced the retired Ditmar Haym, who had determined the fate of the city since 2001. Eichhorn prevailed against his competitor Doreen Haym (SPD) in the runoff election on December 6, 2015, after the candidates Wellmann (CDU) and Albrecht (non-party) had dropped out in the first ballot on November 15, 2015. Eichhorn received 61.4% of the valid votes and took over the post of mayor on February 1, 2016.
The City Council has been working for the local elections on May 25, 2014 as follows:
coat of arms
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Blazon : "In blue, agolden knight riding to the left with a red crest on a silver, gold-bridled, red-saddled horse , whodefeats agreen lindworm that curves to the left." |
| Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms used since 1885 depicts St. George , who, according to a legend , made the construction of St. Mary's Church possible by killing a lindworm . The motif is taken from a carving that can be found on the altar in St. George's Church. |
Town twinning
Rötha maintains a town partnership with the town of Murrhardt in Baden-Württemberg .
Culture and sights
- see also: List of cultural monuments in Rötha
Churches
Rötha has two churches, on the one hand the Georgenkirche, which was founded in the 12th century as a town church, and the Marienkirche , a Gothic former pilgrimage church . Both churches have a Silbermann organ .
Reservoir
On the southern outskirts of Rötha is the reservoir, which collects around 275,000 m³ of the Pleiße in a bypass over the Kleine Pleiße . The reservoir was built between 1939 and 1942 by the Weisse Elster Association and was roughly twice the size of today's water area. As the Witznitz opencast mine progressed, the southern part of the reservoir was drained and dredged over in 1966. Since then, the railway embankment of the former coal railway between the lignite processing plants in Espenhain and Böhlen has formed the southern end of the reservoir. With a flood retention area of 110,000 m³, the significance for flood protection in the Pleisse area is relatively minor. Since its construction, it has been the vital service water supplier for large lignite processing companies and power plants in Espenhain and Böhlen. Today it is used together with the castle park as a local recreation area, but is not suitable for swimming.
Castle Park
The castle park is located on the western outskirts of the city, on the road connecting Rötha and Böhlen. The main path joins this road, then leads about 500 meters almost straight to the location of the former castle and then merges into the floodplain forest . On the left hand at the beginning of the main path is the castle pond, which invites you to linger in summer and was often used for ice skating in winter. There is a variety of vegetation and trees that are more than 100 years old, such as common oaks , horse chestnuts , alders , beeches and linden trees . Every year in spring, a rug of wild garlic stretches through the castle park and the adjacent riparian forest to the reservoir. During the GDR era, the palace park was more and more forested, but was restored to its park character by 2015 at great expense.
Local museum
There was a local history museum in Rötha since 1934, but it was closed in 1960. Such a museum has existed again in the former district court since the 1990s and is run by the Rötha e. V. operated. Numerous exhibits from the history of Rötha up to the GDR era are shown there. These include a model of the Rötha Castle and documents from the time of the Battle of Nations. In the basement there is a small gallery for changing exhibitions.
Regular events
The regular events include the fire brigade festival of the Rötha volunteer fire brigade, the foolish "Rathaussturm" on November 11th, the Christmas market on the Saturday before the second Advent as well as the carnival sessions and the carnival parade of the KarnevalsClubRötha (KCR) annually on the Sunday before Rose Monday. In addition, the maypole setting on April 30th and in autumn the fruit wine festival and the Röthaer SV athletes' ball have established themselves again . For several years now, the East German Autocross Masters (OACM) races have been held regularly on the former lumber yard. The city festival has not been held since 2009 due to the city's financial situation. The Völkerschlachtsfest (Völkerschlachtsfest) organized by the city and homeland association takes place every year and is always celebrated on a Saturday in October. In 2013, scenes from the Battle of Nations were re-enacted. There was also an exhibition on this. Furthermore, those involved in the association dress up in historical costumes for the festival.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Heinrich von Rothowa (von Rötha), founder of the noble family von Dohna , named in 1144
- Heinrich Baron von Friesen (1610–1680), Saxon Privy Council director
- Otto Heinrich Freiherr von Friesen (1654–1717), Saxon Chancellor
- Johann Georg Friedrich Freiherr von Friesen (1757–1824), manorial estate owner, Lord Chamberlain, Privy Councilor and supervisor of the Dresden art collections and library
- Robert Schaab (1817–1887), organist and musicologist
- Karl Friedrich Werner (1820–1877), judge at the Reich Higher Commercial Court
- Michael Fritzen (* 1938), musician
- Wolfgang Behla (* 1938), soccer player and coach
- Stefan Fritzen (1940–2019), trombonist and orchestra leader
Personalities associated with the place
- Friedrich Freiherr von Friesen (1796–1871), conservative politician, President of the Landtag, Privy Councilor and manor owner
Sports
According to the number of members, Röthaer SV is the largest club in Rötha and operates a whole range of sports. It has a total of ten sections, with the Radball section being the most successful regionally and nationally.
Memorials
Since 1984, 18 Polish forced laborers have been buried in the cemetery at St. Mary's Church, who were abducted to Germany during the Second World War and were victims of forced labor in the armaments industry. Initially, her remains were buried in an ash heap.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Rötha is connected to the express transport network via the B 95 and A 72 . The main street in town is August-Bebel-Strasse, which connects to the B 95 in the east and merges into Böhlener Strasse at the market square in the west. Both roads are part of the State Road 72. The Leipzig-Süd junction of the A 38 as a southern bypass of Leipzig is about 8 km from Rötha between Großdeuben and Gaschwitz. Furthermore, the districts of Oelzschau and Pötzschau are connected to the A 38 via the Leipzig-Südost connection. The A 72 is equally accessible via the Rötha and Espenhain junctions. The Rötha junction is one kilometer outside the town on the B95 in the direction of Espenhain.
The complete completion of the A 72 from Chemnitz to the future Leipzig-Süd motorway junction will take place in 2026. Construction of the section from Borna to Rötha began in January 2014. It was finally released for traffic on August 2, 2019 in the direction of Chemnitz and on October 16 in the direction of Rötha / Leipzig. In the course of ongoing construction work, the railway line at the junction was relocated from Böhlen to Espenhain and crossed the new motorway on a bridge. Starting in autumn 2019, the B 95 coming from Borna will be reduced to two lanes and converted into a state road.In the course of the further construction of the A 72 to Leipzig, it will be gradually separated from its previous route from Rötha. After completion, the motorway runs on the old route of the federal road until shortly before Rötha, before it is pivoted for two kilometers in a northerly direction in order to bypass the place by crossing a forest area. The current connection to the B 95 will be dismantled without replacement.
Today Rötha is usually served by the bus routes 101 (Zwenkau – Böhlen – Rötha – Kahnsdorf-Lobstädt – Borna) and 144 (Zwenkau – Böhlen – Rötha – Espenhain – Kitzscher) of the “Regionalbus Leipzig”. In addition, line 106 (Böhlen – Rötha – Störmthal – Auenhain – Markkleeberg) serves the place in the summer half-year. Rötha is connected to the public transport network twice an hour on working days from 4:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and every two hours on weekends and public holidays from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Until 2013, “Leobus”, a subsidiary of LVB, owned the concession for the two lines.
Since 1913 Rötha owned a train station on the Böhlen – Espenhain railway line , on which passenger traffic has been suspended since May 24, 1993. The station building was in disrepair for many years after the cessation of passenger traffic and was demolished in 2011. The railway line is still used several times a week for delivery traffic for a scrap company in the Espenhain district; in the past, the line also served as a rail feeder for handling household waste delivered in containers for further road transport to the Cröbern landfill .
education
The Rötha Middle School was closed at the end of the 2004/2005 school year due to falling student numbers. The Rötha students have been attending the current secondary school in Böhlen since the 2005/2006 school year (the two schools have been merged). The elementary school moved to the beginning of the school year 2005/2006 by the building of the former district court in the house of the former middle school. The after-school care center is also located there. The kindergarten is not far from there on Thekastraße.
Trivia
The episode “Child in Fear” of the SOKO Leipzig TV series is about a death on the reservoir in Rötha, which becomes the cause of a murder.
literature
- Richard Steche : Roetha. In: Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. 15. Issue: Amtshauptmannschaft Borna . CC Meinhold, Dresden 1891, p. 100.
- Andreas Berkner and others: Castle and City of Rötha - Landscape, Archeology and History . Archaeonaut, Issue 10, Dresden 2011, ISBN 978-3-910008-97-7 .
Web links
- Official homepage of the city of Rötha
- Rötha in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony by municipalities on December 31, 2019 ( help on this ).
- ↑ Kreudnitz in the Historical Directory of Saxony
- ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 60 f.
- ^ The Borna District Administration in the municipal directory 1900
- ↑ http://www.lvz.de/Mitteldeutschland/Polizeiticker-Mitteldeutschland/Brand-in-traditionsreicher-Roethaer-Obstweinschenke
- ↑ Andreas Platthaus: The generation of great-great-great-grandchildren. Challenge for the whole city: Leipzig commemorates the bicentenary of the Battle of the Nations. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 21, 2013.
- ↑ a b http://www.sachsen-gesetze.de/shop/saechsabl/2015/29/read_pdf
- ↑ a b c d The Saxony Book, Kommunal-Verlag Sachsen KG, Dresden, 1943
- ↑ a b c Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .
- ^ A b Ministry of the Interior of the State of Saxony (ed.): Lists of the municipalities incorporated since May 1945 and evidence of the breakdown of the independent manor districts and state forest districts. 1952.
- ^ A b Otto Clemen (author), Ernst Koch (ed.): Small writings on the history of the Reformation (1897–1944), Volume V, 1922–1932.
- ↑ a b c State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony: Area changes
- ↑ http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/wpr_neu/pkg_s10_erg.prc_erg_gr?p_bz_bzid=GR14&p_ebene=GE&p_ort=14729370
- ↑ https://www.lvz.de/Region/Borna/A72-bei-Leipzig-Neuer-Abschnitt-wird-freigierter
- ↑ https://www.lvz.de/Region/Borna/Autobahn-72-Freigabe-Richtung-Roetha- on October 15th