Rottenegg, Geisenfeld

Last updated
Rottenegg
Village
Rottenegg(Geisenfeld) Ortsansicht.JPG
View of Rottenegg
Bavaria location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Rottenegg
Location in Bavaria
Coordinates: 48°39′00″N11°40′00″E / 48.65°N 11.666667°E / 48.65; 11.666667 Coordinates: 48°39′00″N11°40′00″E / 48.65°N 11.666667°E / 48.65; 11.666667
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Region Upper Bavaria
Municipality Geisenfeld
Elevation
428 m (1,404 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
85290

Rottenegg is a village in the Hallertau of Bavaria, Germany. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now part of the municipality of Geisenfeld in the Upper Bavarian district of Pfaffenhofen.

Contents

Location

Rottenegg is located in the Danube-Isar Hills of the Lower Bavarian Upland. The village lies at 428 metres (1,404 ft) above sea level. It is 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) southeast of the Geisenfeld town center, and extends 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) in a northwest-southeast direction. Munich is 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the village. The former municipality and present village of Rottenegg includes the hamlets of Hornlohe, Moosmühle and Brunn.

History

From 1169 to 1279 the family of the Counts of Rotteneck were resident at this location, originally called Schermbach. They were descendants of the Lord of Abensberg. [1] [2] In 1220 Count Meinhard von Rotteneck, a grandson of Gebhard I von Abensberg, built a castle in Mainburg (about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the east), the basis for that town. [2] On 21 August 1279 the last male descendant of the family, Heinrich II von Rotteneck, the Bishop Count of Regensburg, sold Rottenegg castle and its possessions including the Mainburg castle to Duke Ludwig II of Bavaria so he could build his cathedral. [2] [3]

The castle of Rotteneck was expanded in 1551. In 1705 it was damaged during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714). It was demolished in 1722-24. [4] From then the castle was a ruin. In 1722 a church was built on the site in a picturesque location above the village, preserving a part of the castle wall. The French Brigadier General Henri François Lambert of the Army of the Rhine and Moselle who died on 7 September 1796 in Neustadt an der Donau is buried here. [5] The piece of shrapnel that fatally injured him is kept in the village church of Mauern, Neustadt at his request. [6]

On 1 January 1978 Rottenegg was incorporated into the town of Geisenfeld. [7]

Economy

Until the 1980s hop growing was an important occupation in Rottenegg, and many hop farms are found today, often abandoned. Modernization measures eliminated many jobs in this industry. Today, many farms are being converted for use in forestry.

Associations

Related Research Articles

Abensberg Place in Bavaria, Germany

Abensberg is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around 30 km southwest of Regensburg, 40 km east of Ingolstadt, 50 northwest of Landshut and 100 km north of Munich. It is situated on the river Abens, a tributary of the Danube.

Lech (river) River in Austria and Germany

The Lech is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube 255 kilometres (158 mi) in length with a drainage basin of 3,919 square kilometres (1,513 sq mi). Its source is located in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, where the river rises from lake Formarinsee in the Alps at an altitude of 1,870 metres (6,120 ft). It flows in a north-north-easterly direction and crosses the German border, forming the Lechfall, a 12-metre-high (39 ft) waterfall; afterwards the river enters a narrow gorge. Leaving the Alps, it enters the plains of the Allgäu at Füssen at an elevation of 790 metres (2,580 ft) in the German state of Bavaria, where it used to be the location of the boundary with Swabia. The river runs through the city of Füssen and through the Forggensee, a man-made lake which is drained in winter. Here, it forms rapids and a waterfall.

Landshut Place in Bavaria, Germany

Landshut is a town in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the surrounding district, and has a population of more than 70,000. Landshut is the largest city in Lower Bavaria, followed by Passau and Straubing, and Eastern Bavaria's second biggest city.

Hallertau

The Hallertau or Holledau is an area in Bavaria, Germany. With an area of 178 km², it is listed as the largest continuous hop-planting area in the world. According to the International Hop Growing Convention, Germany produces roughly one third of the world's hops, over 80% of which are grown in the Hallertau.

Dillingen an der Donau Place in Bavaria, Germany

Dillingen or Dillingen an der Donau is a town in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative center of the district of Dillingen.

Ismaning Place in Bavaria, Germany

Ismaning is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located near Munich.

Neuburg an der Donau Place in Bavaria, Germany

Neuburg an der Donau, is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany.

Neustadt an der Donau Place in Bavaria, Germany

Neustadt an der Donau is a town in Lower Bavaria on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany. Lying on the western border of Landkreis Kelheim, Neustadt is primarily known for the thermal spa Bad Gögging. Neustadt had a population of 12,753 as of December 31, 2003.

Ludwigsstadt Place in Bavaria, Germany

Ludwigsstadt is a town in the district of Kronach, in the Upper Franconian region of Bavaria, Germany.

Arnschwang Place in Bavaria, Germany

Arnschwang is a rural municipality in the district of Cham in Bavaria, Germany. The population was 2,004 as of the 2010 census. In recent years Arnschwang has focused on the production of environmentally friendly energy from biomass and water.

Hörgertshausen Place in Bavaria, Germany

Hörgertshausen is a municipality in the district of Freising in Bavaria in Germany.

Castell, Bavaria Place in Bavaria, Germany

Castell is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany. It was the seat of the Counts of Castell. Today it is part of the municipal association Wiesentheid. It has around 800 inhabitants.

Altenthann Place in Bavaria, Germany

Altenthann is a village and municipality in the district of Regensburg in Bavaria in Germany.

Kirchheim in Schwaben Place in Bavaria, Germany

Kirchheim or Kirchheim in Schwaben is a municipality and a market town in the district of Unterallgäu in the region of Swabia (Schwaben) in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. The town was greatly influenced by the Fugger family. North-east of the town lies the Augsburg Western Woods Nature Park.

Ruppertsberg Place in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ruppertsberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Abens River in Germany

The Abens is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and a right-bank tributary of the Danube. Its source is near Au in der Hallertau. Some 71 kilometres (44 mi) long, it flows generally northward through the small towns of Au in der Hallertau, Rudelzhausen, Mainburg, Siegenburg, and Abensberg. It empties into the Danube at Eining, part of Neustadt an der Donau.

Abensberg-Traun

Abensberg und Traun is the name of an Austrian noble family, originally from the Upper Austrian Traungau. It is considered one of the oldest extant aristocratic families in Central Europe.

Henri François Lambert was a brigadier general of the French revolutionary army.

Heinrich II von Rotteneck was prince-bishop of Regensburg from 1277 to 1296.

Bundesstraße 301

The Bundesstraße 301 is a German federal highway in Bavaria, which leads in two parts from Abensberg to Fischerhäuser, a district of Ismaning.

References

  1. ↑ Adam Rottler Pfr. i.R. , Abensberg im Wandel der Zeiten, Seite 353, Eigenverlag, Abensberg 1972
  2. 1 2 3 Wilhelm Ritzinger, Verhandlungen des Historischen Vereins Niederbayern, Band 48, Seite 65, Hrsg 1912
  3. ↑ Hubert Freilinger, Historischer Atlas von Bayern, Heft 46, S.243, 274 Hrsg. Kommission für bayerische Landesgeschichte München, 1977
  4. ↑ Homepage Burgeninventar Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Krenauer, Maximilian (2007). "Die Rottenegger Bergkirche". Geisenfeld online. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  6. ↑ Homepage Neustadt (Donau)
  7. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt, ed. (1983), Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982 (in German), Stuttgart und Mainz: Kohlhammer Verlag, p. 586, ISBN   3-17-003263-1
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.