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Rottweil
Sign in to savethumb|Aerial view Rottweil (; Alemannic: Rautweil) is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years.
Rottweil is a town in southwest Germany located in the state of Baden-Württemberg. It gained historical significance by serving as a free imperial city for nearly 600 years, a status that gave it considerable autonomy and importance during the medieval and early modern periods.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rottweil (Kernstadt)
- Region
- Baden-Württemberg
- Country
- Deutschland
- Population
- 25,510
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_photo
- Blick auf Rottweil.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- A bird's-eye view of the whole city
- German place.image_coa
- Wappen Rottweil.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Rottweil in RW.svg
- German place.state
- Baden-Württemberg
- German place.region
- Freiburg
- German place.district
- Rottweil
- German place.elevation
- 557-609
- German place.area
- 71.76
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 08325049
- German place.postal_code
- 78628, 78652 (Unterrotenstein)
- German place.area_code
- 0741, 07427 (Neukirch)
- German place.licence
- RW
- German place.website
- www.rottweil.de
- German place.mayor
- Christian Ruf
- German place.leader_term
- 2022–30
- German place.Bürgermeistertitel
- Oberbürgermeister
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Described at
Rottweil
The historical entry for Rottweil, Rottweil, Schwarzwaldkreis, Württemberg, including parish and jurisdiction information, in the Meyers Gazetteer of the German Empire also known as Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs.
meyersgaz.org →BKdo Rottweil [self] - The Bezirkskommando for Rottweil is in itself. The Bezirkskommando is the District Military Command. You can look in the BKdo to find military records. StdA Rottweil [self] - The Standesamt for Rottweil is in itself. The Standesamt is where the Civil Registration Office is located. The list below are those places from the Meyers Gazetteer that are nearby to Rottweil (which may include itself) and are listed as containing a Catholic Church or Parish, a Protestant Church or Parish, a Synagogue, or Other Church.
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 25548
- Area
- 71.76
- Elevation
- 599
- Official website
- www.rottweil.de
- Image
- Germany Rottweil Main Street.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0741
- Licence plate code
- RW
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- Commons category
- Rottweil
- inception
- 1140-01-01
- postal code
- 78611–78628
- short name
- Rtw
- native label
- Rottweil
- P8168
- Horst-Tanu Margraf
- described at URL
- www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/12416/Rottweil+-+Altgemeinde~Teilort
- webcam page URL
- www.rottweil.de/webcams
- hashtag
- Rottweil
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Travel guide
Understand
thumb|200px|Rottweiler memorial
Rottweil is the oldest city in Baden-Württemberg being founded as Arae Flaviae in 73 CE and named after the then ruling dynasty of the Roman Empire. However, the Roman settlement was never all that big and only in 1950 did archeologists positively identify Arae Flaviae, which had been mentioned in various sources, including the Tabula Peutingeriana, with modern Rottweil. The town lends its name to the (nowadays far more famous) dog breed, believed to descend from Roman drover dogs.
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The heart of Rottweil is its walled old town set high above the valley. The walls are no longer complete, but you can certainly follow their course around three of the four sides of the town. On the fourth side, there was no real need for a wall, as the landscape drops down to a deep river valley.
Within the walls is a main street lined with traditional German town houses. An especially attractive one houses the tourist information. Opposite it there is the small town museum. At the top of the street there is the town gate which still imposes its presence and limits the entrance into the town.
The setting of the town can probably best be appreciated in the North East corner. Here you can see a small chapel and tower remains on the wall at the edge of the valley.
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22 sectionsContents
- History
- Lord mayors since the 19th century
- Climate
- Economy
- Media
- Notable former companies
- Infrastructure
- Rail traffic
- Road traffic
- Bicycle traffic
- Air traffic
- Education
- Main sights
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- Sport
- Trivia
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|Aerial view Rottweil (; Alemannic: Rautweil) is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years.
Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has over 25,000 inhabitants as of 2022. The town is famous for its medieval center and for its traditional carnival (called "Fasnet" in the local Swabian dialect). It is the oldest town in Baden-Württemberg, and its appearance has changed very little since the 16th century.
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