Rosenthal, Hesse

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Rosenthal
Town
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Location of Rosenthal within Waldeck-Frankenberg district
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Rosenthal
Coordinates: 50°58′N08°52′E / 50.967°N 8.867°E / 50.967; 8.867 Coordinates: 50°58′N08°52′E / 50.967°N 8.867°E / 50.967; 8.867
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Kassel
District Waldeck-Frankenberg
Subdivisions3 Ortsteile
Government
 •  Mayor (2021–27) Stefan Jakob [1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total51.54 km2 (19.90 sq mi)
Elevation
294 m (965 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [2]
 • Total2,158
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
35119
Dialling codes 06458
Vehicle registration KB
Website www.rosenthaler.de

Rosenthal is a small town in southeast Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany.

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Geography

Location

Rosenthal lies in the Burgwald range 11 km southeast of Frankenberg and 18 km northeast of Marburg.

Neighbouring communities

Rosenthal borders in the north on the community of Burgwald, in the east on the town of Gemünden (both in Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the southeast on the community of Wohratal, in the south on the towns of Rauschenberg and Wetter, and in the west on the community of Münchhausen (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Constituent communities

Besides the main town, which bears the same name as the whole, the town of Rosenthal consists of the centres of Roda and Willershausen.

History

Rosenthal was founded in 1327 as a Mainz town and outpost in the dispute over the Hessian fief, but nevertheless passed to the Landgraviate of Hesse in 1464.

In 1688, the town achieved dubious fame by being the scene of Hesse's last witch burnings.

In 1866, Rosenthal passed, along with the rest of the Electorate of Hesse, to Prussia.

Amalgamations

As part of Hesse's municipal reforms in the early 1970s, the heretofore independent communities of Roda and Willershausen were amalgamated with Rosenthal.

Politics

The Church in Rosenthal Rosenthal church.jpg
The Church in Rosenthal

Town council

The town council's 15 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:

CDU 7 seats
Bürgerliste Roda5 seats
FDP 3 seats

Note: Bürgerliste Roda is a citizens' coalition.

Mayor

At the mayoral election on 26 September 2021, Stefan Jakob was elected Rosenthal's mayor with a 82% share of the vote.

Rathaus from Rosenthal Rosenthal-Rathaus-vorne-links.jpg
Rathaus from Rosenthal

Coat of arms

Rosenthal's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: In gules a six-spoked wheel argent surrounded per square by four roses Or with centres azure and sepals vert.

This describes the arms shown in this article, and also seen at the town's official website. At least one source, however, describes a different composition with three stemmed roses growing out of the top of the wheel.

The wheel is the Wheel of Mainz, symbolizing the town's founders.

Literature

Related Research Articles

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References

  1. ↑ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.
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