Rot an der Rot () is a town in the district of Biberach in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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. The town developed out of

Rot an der Rot Abbey Rot an der Rot Abbey (also referred to as ''Roth'', ''Münchroth'', ''Münchenroth'', ''Mönchroth'' or ''Mönchsroth'') was a Premonstratensian monastery in Rot an der Rot in Upper Swabia, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the first Premonstrat ...

Bilder

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Notables

* Wilhelm Hanser (1738–1796), composer and organist * Julius von Roeck (1818–1884) mayor of Memmingen *

HAP Grieshaber Helmut Andreas Paul Grieshaber or HAP Grieshaber (15 February 1909 – 12 May 1981) was a German artist. His preferred medium was large format woodcuts. Biography Grieshaber was born in Rot an der Rot. He went to school in Nagold and later in R ...

(1909–1981), painter and graphic artist * Gerd Leipold (* 1951), former CEO of

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International

Other people associated with the city

* Wilhelm Eiselin (* 1564 in

Mindelheim Mindelheim (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Mindelhoi'') is a Town#Germany, town in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The town is the Capital (political), capital of the Unterallgäu district. At various points in history it was the chief s ...

; † March 28, 1588 in Rot an der Rot),

Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church ...

* Franz Baum (1927–2016), former

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* Siegfried Rundel (1940-2009), composer and publisher * Frank Günther (* 1947), Shakespeare translator * Berthold Schick (* 1966), musician, lives in Rot an der Rot *

Holger Badstuber Holger Felix Badstuber (born 13 March 1989) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or left-back. Badstuber made his debut in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich in the 2009–10 season, at the age of 19. He played ne ...

(* 1989), football player

References

Biberach (district) Württemberg {{Biberach-geo-stub