Rothenfels

Rothfels is a city in the Lower Franconian district of Main -Spessart and a member of the administrative community Marktheidenfeld. It is the smallest city in Franconia by residents.

  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Earlier spellings
  • 4.1 Mayor
  • 4.2 City Council
  • 5.1 monuments
  • 5.2 freeman

Geography

Geographical Location

Rothfels is on the right of the Main between Lohr and Marktheidenfeld. Wedged between the river and a steep slope the city consists of little more than a main road. Since 2006, the Main Dam, part of the old and disused railway line Lohr am Main - Wertheim, used as a bypass.

Above the town is the castle Rothfels to which the district Bergrothenfels followed.

Boroughs

Rothfels divided into two districts:

  • Rothfels
  • Bergrothenfels

Neighboring communities

Name

Etymology

The name Rothfels consists of the Middle High German words red and velse and means red or red rock cliffs.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

History

The resulting by 1148 in the protection of the castle Rothfels town was first mentioned as a town in 1342 in a document of the prince-bishop of Mainz Wolfskehl. During 1803, the secularization würzburgische Rothfels fell to the Prince Haus Löwenstein -Wertheim -Rosenberg, 1806, the Principality of Aschaffenburg. 1813 fell Rothfels to the Kingdom of Bavaria.

The districts Bergrothenfels and Windsheim became independent in 1822 and on 1 January 1972 Bergrothenfels was reintegrated. Windsheim today belongs to the municipality Hafenlohr.

Policy

Mayor

Since 1996, Rosemarie Richartz Mayor of Rothfels ( City Council 96).

City ​​council

The local elections of 2002 and 2008 led to the following distributions seat on the city council:

Attractions

In the city you will find some interesting half-timbered houses with statues.

On a rocky hill above the town, the castle Rothfels rises. As a popular destination between Würzburg and Aschaffenburg known, the Roth Felsburg especially from the tradition of the Catholic youth movement "quick Born" has coming, a Christian education and conference center in free sponsorship made ​​as a name. The castle is also a youth hostel of DJH.

Church

Town hall

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Rothfels

  • City Hall, built in 1598/99

Freeman

  • Dr. h c. Bruno Uhl
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