Rottweil ( German: [ˈʁɔtvaɪl] ; Alemannic : Rautweil ) is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg . Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years.
20-611: Bettenhausen may refer to: Places [ edit ] Germany [ edit ] Bettenhausen, Baden-Württemberg , in the Rottweil district, Baden-Württemberg Bettenhausen, Kassel , a district of the city Kassel , Hesse Bettenhausen, Lich , in the Lich district, Hesse Bettenhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate , in the Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate Bettenhausen, Thuringia , in
40-767: A free imperial city . In 1463 Rottweil joined the Swiss Confederacy under the pretence of a temporary alliance. In 1476 the Rottweilers fought on the Swiss side against Charles the Bold in the Battle of Morat . In 1512, Pope Julius II gave the city a valuable "Julius banner" for its services in the 1508–1510 "Great Pavier Campaign" to expel the French. In 1519, the Rottweilers left the old Swiss alliance. They joined
60-745: A new one in which their membership was extended indefinitely – the so-called "Eternal Covenant". Rottweil thus became a centre of the Swiss Confederation. The relations between the Swiss Confederation and Rottweil cooled rapidly during the Protestant Reformation. When Rottweil was troubled by wars, however, it still asked the Confederates for help. In the Rottweil Witch Hunts from 1546 to 1661, 266 so-called witches, wizards and magicians were executed in
80-543: Is twinned with: Swabian German Swabian ( German : Schwäbisch [ˈʃvɛːbɪʃ] ) is one of the dialect groups of Upper German , sometimes one of the dialect groups of Alemannic German (in the broad sense) , that belong to the High German dialect continuum. It is mainly spoken in Swabia , which is located in central and southeastern Baden-Württemberg (including its capital Stuttgart and
100-473: Is also present when native speakers speak in SHG. Similarly, there is only one alveolar fricative phoneme /s/ , which is shared with most other southern dialects. Most Swabian-speakers are unaware of the difference between /s/ and /z/ and do not attempt to make it when they speak Standard German. The voiced plosives, the post-alveolar fricative, and the frequent use of diminutives based on " l " suffixes gives
120-643: Is based in the district. By car, Rottweil can be reached via the Bundesautobahn 81 Stuttgart - Singen , exit Rottweil. The city lies on the Bundesstraße 27 between Schaffhausen and Stuttgart, on the Bundesstraße 14 , which runs from Stockach on Lake Constance via Tuttlingen to Rottweil and on via Horb am Neckar to Stuttgart, and on the Bundesstraße 462 from Rottweil through the Black Forest to Freudenstadt and Rastatt . Rottweil
140-581: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rottweil 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
160-1095: Is located on the Neckartal-Radweg [ de ] along the Neckar River via Horb , Tübingen , Stuttgart, Heilbronn and Heidelberg to Mannheim . In the neighboring village of Zepfenhan, about 12 km (7.5 mi) away, is the Flugplatz Rottweil-Zepfenhan [ de ] (Rottweil-Zepfenhan airfield), which can be approached by small aircraft. The nearest commercial airports are Stuttgart Airport and Zurich Airport . Rottweil has three Gymnasien ( Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium , Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium , Leibniz-Gymnasium ), one Realschule , one Förderschule ( Achert-Schule ), three Grundschulen ( Eichendorff-Grundschule , Grundschule Neufra and Grundschule Neukirch ), and four Hauptschulen ( GHS Göllsdorf , Johanniter-Grund- und Hauptschule , Konrad-Witz-Grund- und Hauptschule and Römer-Grund- und Hauptschule ). Rottweil
180-587: Is used in an ironic way to describe a small unit of measure and is deemed appropriate to use in front of small children (compare Bubenspitzle ). German broadcaster SWR 's children's website, Kindernetz , explained the meaning of Muggeseggele in their Swabian dictionary in the Swabian-based TV series Ein Fall für B.A.R.Z. In many regions, the Swabian dialect is spoken with a unique intonation that
200-664: The Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, Thuringia Switzerland [ edit ] Bettenhausen, Switzerland , in the Canton of Bern People [ edit ] Gary Bettenhausen (1941–2014), American auto racing driver Merle Bettenhausen (born 1943), American race car driver Tony Bettenhausen (1916–1961), American racing driver Tony Bettenhausen Jr. (1951–2000), American race car owner and driver See also [ edit ] HVM Racing#Bettenhausen Motorsports 1963 Tony Bettenhausen 200 ,
220-631: The Swabian Jura region) and the southwest of Bavaria ( Bavarian Swabia ). Furthermore, Swabian German dialects are spoken by Caucasus Germans in Transcaucasia . The dialects of the Danube Swabian population of Hungary , the former Yugoslavia and Romania are only nominally Swabian and can be traced back not only to Swabian but also to Franconian , Bavarian and Hessian dialects, with locally varying degrees of influence of
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#1732772699841240-565: The 16th century. The town gives its name to the Rottweiler dog breed. 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 an Orpheus mosaic of c. AD 180 date from the time of Roman settlement. The present town became a ducal and a royal court before 771 and in 1268 it became
260-469: The dialect a very "soft" or "mild" feel, often felt to be in sharp contrast to the harder varieties of German spoken in the North. Swabian is categorized as an Alemannic dialect, which in turn is one of the two types of Upper German dialects (the other being Bavarian ). The Swabian dialect is composed of numerous sub-dialects, each of which has its own variations. These sub-dialects can be categorized by
280-436: The difference in the formation of the past participle of 'sein' (to be) into gwäa and gsei. The Gsei group is nearer to other Alemannic dialects , such as Swiss German . It can be divided into South-East Swabian , West Swabian and Central Swabian . The Danube Swabians from Hungary, Romania, and former Yugoslavia have been speaking several different Swabian dialects, called locally Schwowisch , some being similar to
300-569: The highest academic rates in the region. Local events in Rottweil are reported in the daily newspaper Schwarzwälder Bote , the Stadtanzeiger , online and once a week in the print edition Neue Rottweiler Zeitung [ de ] , the TV station Regio TV Bodensee [ de ] and the local radio station antenne 1 Neckarburg Rock & Pop [ de ] , which
320-654: The imperial city of Rottweil. On April 15, 2015, they were given a posthumous pardon. An official apology was given by the City Council about 400 years after their violent deaths. Rottweil lost both its status as free city and its alliance with the Swiss Confederacy with the conquest of the region by Napoleon in 1803. During the Middle Ages , Rottweil used to be a flourishing imperial city with great economic and cultural influence. In 1868, Rottweil
340-503: The initial dialects. Swabian can be difficult to understand for speakers of Standard German due to its pronunciation and partly differing grammar and vocabulary. In 2009, the word Muggeseggele (a Swabian idiom ), meaning the scrotum of a housefly , was voted in a readers' survey by Stuttgarter Nachrichten , the largest newspaper in Stuttgart , as the most beautiful Swabian word , well ahead of any other term. The expression
360-931: The original Swabian dialect, but also the Bavarian dialect, mostly with Palatine and Hesse mixed dialects. In this regard, the Banat Swabians speak the Banat Swabian dialect . The Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Commerce launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Wir können alles. Außer Hochdeutsch." which means "We can [do] everything. Except [speak] Standard German" to boost Swabian pride for their dialect and industrial achievements. However, it failed to impress Northern Germans and neighboring Baden. Dominik Kuhn ( Dodokay ) became famous in Germany with Swabian fandub videos, dubbing among others Barack Obama with German dialect vocals and revised text. In
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400-438: Was connected to Stuttgart by rail, which boosted the economy of the region. Today, most companies in Rottweil are either small or medium-sized . A trading and shopping town with a high level of innovation that benefits from its well developed educational and transport infrastructure, Rottweil has many industrial companies and a steadily growing proportion of knowledge-intensive service jobs. At 7.9%, Rottweil has one of
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