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29-491: Rosenberg , Rosenburg or Rozenburg may refer to: Places [ edit ] Rosenberg (Baden) , a municipality in the district of Neckar-Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Rosenberg (Ostalb) , a municipality in the district of Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Rosenburg (Winterthur) , a quarter in Switzerland Sulzbach-Rosenberg in

58-694: A canting charge for the town name with the rose, and a sign of the historical rule, as it appears in the crest of the Lords of Rosenberg and in the coat of arms of the County and Principality of Wertheim. The wheel is said to refer to the former feudal lordship of Kurmainz over the municipal district of Sindolsheim. The well near the Krone inn in the Sindolsheim district is one of the three historic village wells dating from before 1800. The Rosenberg plant of Getrag,

87-608: A manufacturer of automotive transmissions, is one of the most important employers in the region with more than 540 jobs. The municipal area is located on the A81 highway between Heilbronn and Würzburg and can be accessed via the Boxberg (5) or Osterburken (6) exits. Rosenberg has a stop on the Franconian Railway (Stuttgart–Würzburg) that ran on weekdays during peak hours until 2019. Since 15 December 2019, there has been

116-649: A musical group Rosenberg's Department Store , a historic building in Santa Rosa, California Rosenberg Brothers Department Store , a historic building in Albany, Georgia, United States Rosenberger (disambiguation) Rosemont (disambiguation) , the French analogue corresponding to rose + hill/mountain Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

145-594: A shepherd by the name of Franz Gehring discovered rich mineral springs in the surrounding area, during the time when spas were expanding in Germany at a rapid pace. The water turned out to be the strongest sodium-sulfate water in Europe, reportedly effective for the treatment of digestive disorders. In the 1970s during the Gemeindereform (administrative reform) several neighbouring villages were incorporated into

174-641: A trial operation with hourly stops Monday to Friday between Osterburken and Lauda. Its station building was built in 1865 and was demolished in 2016 after years of decay, despite being a protected monument. A stop in Hirschlanden has not existed since the mid-1980s. The municipality of Rosenberg is part of the Sculpture Cycle Trail . Bailiwick of Franconia Bad Mergentheim ( German: [baːt ˈmɛʁɡn̩thaɪm] ; Mergentheim until 1926; East Franconian : Märchedol )

203-653: Is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg . It has a population of around 23,000. An officially recognized spa town since 1926, Bad Mergentheim is also known as the headquarters of the Teutonic Order from 1526 until 1809. Since administrative reform in the 1970s the following villages have been part of the municipality: Althausen (pop. 600) , Apfelbach (350) , Dainbach (370) , Edelfingen (1,400 ; birthplace of

232-635: Is mainly due to Archduke Maximilian Franz. In 1797, he had a "mosque" built there to recall the past Turkish threat and in 1802 the Schellenhäusle , a late Chinoiserie . The obelisk was built under Duke Paul von Württemberg , a memorial for a dog that saved his life on one of his expeditions. The castle complex is dominated by the Schlosskirche (palace church), begun in 1730 under Franz Ludwig Herzog von Pfalz-Neuburg in Baroque style. It

261-658: The Deutscher Orden ( Teutonic Order ) in 1219 and gave their two castles near Mergentheim to the order. One was abandoned, the other became the seat of the local Komtur (commander) of the order. Following the Order's conquest of East Prussia and part of Livland in the 1230s, in 1309 the Grand Master of the order moved to the Marienburg . In 1340 Mergentheim was awarded town privileges . It rapidly became

290-701: The Glorification of the Cross in Heaven and on Earth and the Emperor Constantine 's Vision of the Cross . The main altar painting is Die Salbung Jesu durch Maria in Bethanien by local painter Matthäus Zehender  [ de ] . Side altar paintings were by Giambattista Pittoni ( Kreuzaufnahme , Armenspeisung durch die heilige Elisabeth ). The crypt below the church is the burial site of

319-604: The King of Poland – turned the order's eastern territories into a temporal duchy. The rulers of the order in Germany, now styling themselves Hoch- und Deutschmeister , then made Mergentheim the order's new headquarters and expanded the castle into a palatial residence. Over the next centuries, the town served as the centre of the order's southern German territories much like the residence town of any ruling prince. Some grand masters, like Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614–62), who in his 21 years in that role never once set foot in

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348-565: The Muschelkalk hill country of the Bauland region and is one-third forested. The municipal area is drained by the Kirnau river. The municipality of Rosenberg includes the former municipalities of Bronnacker, Hirschlanden and Sindolsheim. The municipality of Rosenberg within the boundaries of 1970 included the village (formerly a minor town) of Rosenberg, the locality Siedlung Dörrhof, and

377-683: The 21st century, the Protestants and Catholics populations are roughly equal. Hirschlanden, a district of Rosenberg, is the seat of the Adelsheim-Boxberg Church District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden. The municipal council normally has 13 voluntary members, elected for five years. Often the number of members increases due to compensatory seats (total 2019: 14 seats). In addition,

406-465: The American biochemist Julius Adler ), Hachtel (360) , Herbsthausen (200) , Löffelstelzen (1,000) , Markelsheim (2,000) , Neunkirchen (1,000) , Rengershausen (480) , Rot (260) , Stuppach (680) , Wachbach (1,300) Mergentheim is mentioned in chronicles as early as 1058, as the residence of the family of the counts of Hohenlohe . The brothers Andreas, Heinrich and Friedrich von Hohenlohe joined

435-785: The German names for: Susz , in Poland ( Rosenberg in Westpreußen , West Prussia) Olesno , in Poland (Upper Silesia) Ružomberok , in Slovakia Rožmberk nad Vltavou with Rožmberk Castle in the Czech Republic Rosenberg Glacier , a glacier in Antarctica People [ edit ] Rosenberg (surname) , includes Rozenburg See also [ edit ] Rosenberg Trio ,

464-733: The Lords of Rosenberg, and after their extinction in 1632 to the Lords of Hatzfeld. In 1682, Rosenberg was placed under the German Order Bailiwick of Franconia . 50 years later, the Princes of Löwenstein-Wertheim became the feudal lords. As a result of the mediatization due to the Principal Conclusion of the Imperial Deputation in 1803, Rosenberg fell to the Principality of Leiningen. When this

493-589: The course of time a representative Renaissance complex was built by connecting the individual buildings in the inner palace courtyard to a closed ring of buildings. In 1574, the main architect, Blasius Berwart  [ de ] , also constructed the spiral staircase between the west and north wing. Today the castle houses the Deutschordensmuseum (museum of the Teutonic Order). The English landscape garden between palace and spa building

522-463: The district of Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria, Germany Rosenborg, Trondheim , a neighbourhood in Trondheim, Norway Rosenburg, Nebraska , an unincorporated community in the U.S. Rosenberg, Texas , Fort Bend County, USA Rosenburg-Mold , a town in the district of Horn, Austria Rosenburg , a castle in the town Rozenburg (island) , Netherlands Rozenburg , a town and submunicipality

551-458: The houses Gaimühle and Talmühle. The municipality of Rosenberg in 1970 included the deserted villages of Mensingenheim and the demolished Neumühle. The deserted village of Mettelheim is included in the area of the former municipality of Sindolsheim. Rosenberg was first documented in 1251. At the end of the 13th century, the town fell to the Bishopric of Würzburg, which granted it as a fief to

580-435: The mayor acts as the voting chairman of the municipal council. The "semi-genuine local election" guarantees the districts a fixed number of seats: at least six from Rosenberg, at least three each from Hirschlanden and Sindolsheim, and at least one from Bronnacker. The 2019 local election led to the following result (in brackets: difference from 2014): In Bronnacker, Hirschlanden and Sindolsheim, district administrations in

609-591: The most important of the eleven commanderies of the Teutonic Order. The Deutschmeister , highest ranking member inside the Holy Roman Empire (to which Prussia did not belong), moved his seat to Mergentheim in 1525 after his castle at Hornberg/Neckar had been destroyed by peasants . That same year, Grand Master Albrecht von Zollern-Brandenburg resigned his position, left the order, introduced Reformation , married and – supported by his liege lord

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638-548: The municipality. The best-known sight of Bad Mergentheim is the Deutschordensschloss , the castle where the Teutonic Knights once had their home base. It is a complex of buildings built over a period of eight hundred years. The first buildings of the castle were probably erected as early as the 12th century. The castle was expanded in the late 16th century under Grand Master Walther von Cronberg . Over

667-667: The new municipality of Rosenberg. This belonged to the Buchen district, which merged with the Mosbach district in 1973 to form today's Neckar-Odenwald district. Despite the overlordship of the Bishopric of Würzburg, the Lords of Rosenberg as feudal lords were able to introduce the Reformation in 1558. Even when the Roman Catholic Lords of Hatzfeld were enfeoffed with the feudal lordship, the town remained Protestant. In

696-461: The order's grand masters. For around 200 years the Schlosskirche has been a Protestant church. The sacristy of the Marienkirche (finished in 1388) features frescos made in 1300-10 by the monk Rudolfus. This was formerly the church of a Dominican monastery. The cloister has a fresco from 1486 showing a Visitation that depicts an embryo inside the body of Mary. The church also contains

725-479: The sense of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code are also established, each with its own district council and head of the district administration as chairman. The mayor is directly elected for eight years. Blazon: " Per bend sinister Or and Gules, in dexter a Rose with barbed seeded proper, in sinister a Wheel with eight spokes Or. " The coat of arms tinctured in the Baden colors (red-yellow) contains

754-511: The title Rosenberg . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rosenberg&oldid=1118126383 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rosenberg (Baden) Rosenberg lies in

783-596: The town, were hardly ever present. Others, like Maximilian Franz (1756-1801), a son of Maria Theresa , loved the place. For the order's general chapter in 1791 he brought the orchestra of the Archbishopric of Cologne , including one Ludwig van Beethoven on viola . Mergentheim retained this role until the dissolution of the order in the countries of the Rheinbund in 1809 by Napoleon . Mergentheim's fortunes declined after that but were reversed in 1826, when

812-819: Was dissolved in 1806 due to the Act of the Confederation of the Rhine, the town came to the Grand Duchy of Baden . Rosenberg was connected to the railway in 1866. The palace built in 1582 was destroyed by a fire in 1926. Electrification took place in 1909, the town hall was built in 1947, and the Rosenberg plant of the GETRAG company was founded in 1970. On 1 July 1971, Bronnacker was incorporated. On 1 January 1972, Rosenberg merged with Hirschlanden and Sindolsheim to form

841-465: Was finished in 1735 under Clemens August von Wittelsbach . The plans for the interior were drawn up by François de Cuvilliés , the Electoral court architect of Cologne. Architects working on site were Joseph Roth and Friedrich Kirchenmayer. Its Rococo interior features elaborate ceiling frescos by the court painter Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber  [ de ] , depicting The Defense of Faith ,

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