Rottweil

Rottweil
Main street in Rottweil
Coat of arms
Rottweil
Location of Rottweil within Rottweil district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Rottweil
Government
• Lord Mayor	Ralf Broß
Area
• Total	71.76 km2 (27.71 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	24,378
• Density	340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	78628, 78652 (Unterrotenstein)
Dialling codes	0741, 07427 (Neukirch)
Vehicle registration	RW
Website	www.rottweil.de

Rottweil (    ) is a city 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 about 25,000 inhabitants. The old city is famous for its medieval center and for its traditional carnival, (called "Fasnet" in the local Swabian dialect). The oldest town in Baden-Württemberg,^[2] its appearance has changed very little from the 16th century.

Depiction of St. Veronica's sudarium over the portal of the Minster of the Holy Cross

A statue for rottweiler dogs in Rottweil

Rottweiler "Fasnet" 2007

History

Rottweil was founded by the Romans in AD 73 as Arae Flaviae and became a municipium, but there are traces of human settlement going back to 2000 BC. Roman baths and a mosaic of Orpheus (c. AD 180) date from the time of Roman settlement. The present town became a ducal and a royal court before 771 and in the Middle Ages it became a Free Imperial City in 1268.

In 1463 the city joined the Swiss Confederacy, with which it was closely aligned for several centuries. Both its status as free city and its alliance with the Swiss Confederacy were eventually lost with the conquest of the region by Napoleon in 1803.

Main sights

• The late-Romanesque and Gothic-era Münster Heiliges Kreuz ("Minster of the Holy Cross"), built over a pre-existing church from 1270. It features a crucifix by Veit Stoss and noteworthy Gothic sculptures.
• Kapellenkirche (1330–40), a Gothic church with a tower and with three statue-decorated portals.
• Lorenzkapelle ("Church of St. Lawrence", 16th century), in late Gothic style. It houses some two hundred works by Swabian masters and Gothic altarpieces from the 14th and 5th centuries.
• The City museum, including a notable Roman mosaic with the legend of Orpheus.
• The late-Gothic Town Hall (1521).
• St. Pelagius, a Romanesque church from the 12th century. Excavations have brought to light Roman baths in the same site.
• ThyssenKrupp is constructing a $45 million, 807-foot tower in the city. The tower is a research facility for the company and will be used to test new elevator cars and technologies. At 807-feet, it will be the tallest structure in the country. The windowless building will have 12 elevator shafts.^[3]

Other

• The Rottweiler dog is named after this town; it used to be a butcher's dog in the region.
• Adam of Rottweil, the 15th-century scholar and printer, was born in Rottweil.
• Konrad Witz, painter
• Das Mädchen aus Rottweil is a song by the German band Die Toten Hosen

International relations

Rottweil is twinned with:

• L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
• Brugg, Aargau, Switzerland
• Hyères, Var, France
• Imst, Tirol, Austria

See also

• Rottweil (district)

References

External links

• The official website
• Feast of Fools: Medieval Carnival Celebrations in Rottweil
• Website for hotels and restaurants in Rottweil
• History and territory of the former Reichsstadt Rottweil
• Pictures and stories about Rottweil

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Towns and municipalities in Rottweil (district) Aichhalden Bösingen Deißlingen Dietingen Dornhan Dunningen Epfendorf Eschbronn Fluorn-Winzeln Hardt Lauterbach Oberndorf am Neckar Rottweil Schenkenzell Schiltach Schramberg Sulz am Neckar Villingendorf Vöhringen Wellendingen Zimmern ob Rottweil