Rottleben
51.36277777777811.045145Koordinaten: 51 ° 21 ' 46 "N, 11 ° 2' 42" O
Location of the district in Kyffhaeuser country
Rottleben is a municipality in the Thuringian Kyffhauserkreis Kyffhaeuser country located on the road connecting the county seat Sondershausen and Bad Frankenhausen.
- 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 4.2 personalities who have worked on site
Climate
Because of its location on the southern slope of the mountain is small Kyffhaeuser Rottleben in the rain shadow and is therefore one of the driest parts of Germany.
History
The first documentary mention of the place is occupied for the year 1125. Starting the Count of Rothenburg changed more often the owners, the last Count of Schwarzburg.
On December 31, 2012, the municipality Rottleben merged with other municipalities in the administrative community Kyffhaeuser to the municipality Kyffhaeuser country.
Attractions
A hoard with neck and bracelets of the Early Bronze Age was recovered near the Falkenmühle.
Ruins
About Barbarossa Cave, lie the ruins of Falkenstein Castle. It was built around 1360 by Heinrich von Valckenbrugk, and was probably destroyed around 1458.
The Church
St. John ( Rottleben )
Natural Monuments
Other attractions in the community is one of the Barbarossa cave discovered in 1860. Since the year 1866, she is open to visitors. Connected to the Barbarossahöhle is the belief that the Emperor Barbarossa only sleeps in the mountain of small Kyffhaeuser Mountains. The Barbarossa cave lies below the ruins of Falkenstein Castle.
Memorials
In the local cemetery remind tombs and memorials to two unnamed forced laborers from Italy and Yugoslavia, who were deported during the Second World War to Germany and in April 1945 were killed.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Balthasar Cellarius (1614-1689), Protestant theologian
- Rudolf Herzer (1878-1914), composer
Personalities who have worked on site
- Eva Padberg, German model, grew up in Rottleben