Rodt (Loßburg)
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Rodt is a village and a former municipality in Loßburg (Lossburg) in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
In 1319 Albrecht von Ehningen sold Rodt (then called "Rode"), with stewardship and appurtenances ("Vogtei und Zubehör") as well as the meadowland ("Brühl") near Loßburg (i.e., the castle meadows), to the Lords of Neuneck zu Glatt. (abandoned castle site) in Steinbühl indicates that the settlement is much older. (See "Fortifications" below.)
In 1514, as in the lordship of Loßburg, the peasants in Rodt revolted and joined the peasant uprising of the "
In 1601, Duke Frederick of Württemberg acquired the village of Rodt from Wildhans von Neuneck zu Dettensee and it became the first constituent part of the Amt of the newly-founded Freudenstadt. In 1619, the then Duke of Württemberg sold the entire estate to 16 citizens of Rodt, thus finally ending the old dominance of the castle at Rodt.
However, boundary disputes between the lords of Glatt and the lords of Loßburg continued, especially because of the right to graze, until 1728, when Rodt and Loßburg finally reached an amicable agreement largely to Rodt's benefit. The people of Rodt had special privileges in the Reichenbach Vogteiwald. However, the people of Loßburg were allowed to cut wood for their own needs after obtaining permission.
In 1938, the district administrator and Kreisleiter (district leader) of the Nazi Party completed the incorporation of Rodt into the municipality of Loßburg.
In 1991, traces of mining on the territory of Rodt were discovered on the Lauter. The former shaft must be older than the one in Wittendorf (another part of Loßburg).
Fortifications
A fortification, a so-called "lowland castle", is known from the early or high medieval period in Steinbühl near the cart track, later called a Burgstall (i.e., the site of an abandoned castle with no discernible ruins). Below the cart track a neck ditch is still visible.[2]
At the Schlossgässle on the hill of Rodt, the lords of Neuneck zu Glatt built a castle. At that time, it was located on an important thoroughfare from Alpirsbach via Schömberg and Ödenwald (called Dornstetter Steige near the sand meadow) to Rodt and from there via the cart track to Dornstetten. A detailed description of the village and its territory exists, dating from 1483.[3]
Religion
After the introduction of the
After Rodt was acquired by Duke Frederick of Württemberg in 1601 and became the first constituent part of the Amt of Freudenstadt, Rodt was incorporated into the Protestant parish of Lombach. This should not have caused any difficult for the people of Rodt, as they had long been taking part in Protestant worship in Loßburg.[4]
Before World War I Kommerzienrat Breuninger from Stuttgart, who at this period owned the Hohenrodt estate and had a holiday home here for his servants, planned a parish hall with a prayer room and a kindergarten, because the chapel in Rodt was in poor condition, but the war delayed construction. However, on September 4, 1921, the new parish hall was inaugurated. In 1931–32 the derelict chapel, the Jakobuskirchlein, was demolished.[4]
Transport
The
Notes
- ^ Neuneck is now part of Glatten.
- ^ Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, Außenstelle Karlsruhe, TK 7516 FK SW 1039, Parz. 175, 176/2, 177, 178, 486, 499, Ref. 34 Nü, Stand April 1986.
- ^ Württembergische Vierteljahrshefte für Landesgeschichte. 12. Jg., Stuttgart 1903, pp. 144–148.
- ^ a b c Hans Saile: Loßburger Hefte. Nr. 1: Kirchengeschichte von Lombach – Loßburg – Rodt. Freudenstadt 1995, pp. 28–35.
Bibliography
- Paulus, Karl Eduard. "Beschreibung des Oberamts Freudenstadt/Kapitel B 31". Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- Hans Saile: Loßburger Hefte. Nr. 1: Kirchengeschichte von Lombach – Loßburg – Rodt. Freudenstadt 1995.
- Hans Saile: Loßburger Hefte. Nr. 5, Geschichtlicher Abriss von Loßburg und seinen Teilorten. Freudenstadt 1999, pp. 62–72.
- Hans Saile: Loßburger Hefte. Nr. 9, Grenzsteine und Flurnamen von Loßburg und seinen Teilorten. Freudenstadt 2004, pp. 67–82.