Rohrdorf is a municipality of the district of
Calw in
Baden-Württemberg,
Germany.
History
Rohrdorf was ceded in 1303 ''
in commendam
In canon law, commendam (or ''in commendam'') was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice ''in trust'' to the ''custody'' of a patron. The phrase ''in commendam'' was originally applied to the provisional occupation of an ecclesiastical ...
'' by the
County of Hohenberg
The Counts of Hohenberg (or Margraves of Hohenberg) were an ancient Swabian dynasty in the southwest of the present-day Germany the state of Baden-Württemberg.
In the 13th century, the dynasty of Hohenberg was one of the most prominent lineag ...
to the
Knights Hospitaller, who established a
Commandery in the village that existed until 1806. Control of the town via patronage was a contest between the
County of Württemberg and the
Electoral Palatinate that began in 1363. Württemberg triumphed when in 1440 it purchased
Wildberg from the Electoral Palatinate. Between 1363 and 1440, Rohrdorf was ruled by the House of Wöllhausen as ''
vogts'' for the
House of Württemberg. In 1738, the
Duchy of Württemberg
The Duchy of Württemberg (german: Herzogtum Württemberg) was a duchy located in the south-western part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was a member of the Holy Roman Empire from 1495 to 1806. The dukedom's long survival for over three centuries ...
sold some of its rights over Rohrdorf and did not regain them until 1805. Rohrdorf was assigned to , which was dissolved in 1938 and replaced by Landkreis Calw. Rohrdorf began a period of
urban growth after
World War II, expanding to north, east, and south. There was further development in the 1970s that added the Kämmerle industrial district.
Geography
The municipality (''
Gemeinde
Gemeinde (; plural: Gemeinden) is a German word translating to "community", "town", "parish", or "municipality".
Gemeinde may refer to:
* An administrative division encompassing a single village, town, or city:
** Gemeinde (Austria)
** Gemeinde (G ...
'') of Rohrdorf is situated in
the district
''The District'' is an American crime drama and police procedural television series which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000, to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s police department.
Pre ...
of
Calw, in
Baden-Württemberg, one of the
16 States of the
Federal Republic of Germany. Rohrdorf is physically located in the , a transitional landscape between the
Heckengäu and the
Northern Black Forest
The Northern Black Forest (german: Nordschwarzwald) refers to the northern third of the Black Forest in Germany or, less commonly today, to the northern half of this mountain region.
Geography
The Northern Black Forest is bounded in the north b ...
. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of
Normalnull
("standard zero") or (short N. N. or NN ) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany. Elevations using this reference system were to be marked (“meters above standard zero”). has been replaced by (NHN).
History
In 187 ...
(NN) to a low of NN.
[
A portion of the Federally protected nature reserve is located in Rohrdorf's municipal area.][
]
Culture
The Knights Hospitaller built the Church of Saint John and two palaces in Rohrdorf over the 15th and 16th centuries.[
]
Politics
Rohrdorf has a single borough (''Ortsteil''), Rohrdorf, and the industrial district of Kämmerle. The municipality has been cited by the government of Baden-Württemberg as one of ten model municipalities in regard to rural development. Rohrdorf is in a with the cities of Nagold and Haiterbach
Haiterbach is a town in the district of Calw, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
Haiterbach was given its town rights by the Counts of Hohenberg in 1349. The County of Hohenberg sold Haiterbach and the villages of Beihingen and Oberschwan ...
and the municipality of Ebhausen
Ebhausen is a town in the district of Calw in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
History
The municipality of Ebhausen was formed in 1975 by the merging of Ebhausen, Ebershardt, Rotfelden, and Wenden in 1975.
Geography
The municipality ('' Gemeinde' ...
.[
]
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Rohrdorf is divided ''party per fess'' into an upper, red section and a lower, white section. A white Maltese cross
The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four " V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically.
It is a heraldic cross variant which developed f ...
is housed in the upper field. The tincture is taken from the arms of the House of Hohenberg, and the Maltese cross from the Knights Hospitaller. This coat of arms first saw in use since 1913 but was not adopted officially until 1956.[
]
Transportation
Rohrdorf is connected to Germany's network of roadways by Bundesstraße 28
Bundesstraße 28 or B 28 is a German federal road. The road runs west through Baden-Württemberg from the eastern terminus of the French route nationale 4 in Strasbourg, after crossing the Rhine river in Kehl, to Senden in Bavaria, where it ter ...
. Local public transportation is provided by the .[
]
References
External links
* (in German)
{{Authority control
Calw (district)