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The Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences (in Report by the information service of German sciences (German)
/ref> In 1954, the State of Baden-Württemberg founded a forestry school in Rottenburg am Neckar. In the 1970s, the school was commuted to a vocational school of forestry. And finally in 1979 it was made a Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences). In the beginning the university served only as a training school for forest officers in the upper grade of the civil service of the states Baden-Württemberg,
The university is located in the ''"Schadenweilerhof"'' ''(Schadenweiler estate)'' about two kilometers (ca. one mile) southern of the town, near the Rammert forest. On the place where the university is located today, the village Schadenweiler was situated until the 15th century. The village was donated to the
Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences
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: ''Hochschule für Forstwirschaft Rottenburg'') is a Fachhochschule
A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...
(''university of applied sciences'') in Rottenburg am Neckar
Rottenburg am Neckar (; until 10 July 1964 only ''Rottenburg''; Swabian: ''Raodaburg'') is a medium-sized town in the administrative district (''Landkreis'') of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies about 50 kilometres (31 miles) s ...
, in the German state
The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign ''states''. Of the sixteen states, thirteen are so-called area-states ('Flächenländer'); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a ...
of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...
. The special profile of the university is the principle of sustainable development. In April 2008, the university was winner of the contest ''"Profile and Cooperation – excellence strategies for small and middle universities"''. The contest was announced by the "Founder's Organization for German Sciences" and the "Heinz Nixdorf Foundation"./ref> In 1954, the State of Baden-Württemberg founded a forestry school in Rottenburg am Neckar. In the 1970s, the school was commuted to a vocational school of forestry. And finally in 1979 it was made a Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences). In the beginning the university served only as a training school for forest officers in the upper grade of the civil service of the states Baden-Württemberg,
Rhineland-Palatinate
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and Saarland
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. Since 1995 the university is publicly available.
Schadenweilerhof
The university is located in the ''"Schadenweilerhof"'' ''(Schadenweiler estate)'' about two kilometers (ca. one mile) southern of the town, near the Rammert forest. On the place where the university is located today, the village Schadenweiler was situated until the 15th century. The village was donated to the Hirsau Abbey
Hirsau Abbey, formerly known as Hirschau Abbey, was once one of the most important Benedictine abbeys of Germany. It is located in the Hirsau borough of Calw on the northern slopes of the Black Forest mountain range, in the present-day state of ...
around 1100. By the 15th century, Schadenweiler vanished, the villagers vacated. In 1570 Werner von Themar established a noblemen's estate on the boundary. During a siege in the 17th century the estate was nearly entirely destroyed. Later on the estate devolved to the Spital and the Town of Rottenburg. The manor burned down several times.
See also
*List of forestry universities and colleges
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