Röttingen

Geschichte

Röttingen is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 30km south of Würzburg, and 15km east of Bad Mergentheim.GeographyClimateThe valley of Tauber is one of the driest areas in Bavaria and belongs to the continental, dry and warm type of climate with very little of rain. There are more than 30 days every year when the temperature is above 25° Celsius (77 °F) and fewer than 10 days every year where the temperature is below 0° Celsius (32 °F).Parts of the townParts of the town are Aufstetten, Röttingen, Strüth.HistoryThe Alemanic tribe of the "Ruoter" probably settled first on this place in the late 5th century. The oldest documents in the town date back to 1103, and the town privilege was given in 1275.In 1298 the town was the scene of the Rintfleisch massacres, when a certain "Lord Rintfleisch", accusing the town's Jews of having obtained and desecrated a consecrated host, gathered a mob around him and burned the Jews of Röttingen on April 20, 1298.Röttingen belonged then to the area of Hohenlohe and later changed to the Hochstift of the Bishop of Würzburg. From 14th century on it was the residence of a local authority of the bishop.The German Peasants' War in 1525 abruptly stopped economic development. The long reign of Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn over the town brought back the prosperity of the community mainly based on the production and trade of wine.