Rositz

Rositz is a municipality in the Thuringian district Altenburger Land. In the course of its records, the town was ruled by lignite mining. This continues to be harking back to the lake Teersee and the water tower, which was constructed in 1917 by way of the German Erdoel Actiengesells chaft DEA, and also the Rositzer coat of palms, wherein a miner is shown. Rositz become first noted in files in 1181. The village turned into created as Rundling. The area name, round 1200 Rosiz, around 1215 Rodesicz, may be of Sorbian foundation.

In the 13th and 14th centuries, the burgraves of Altenburg had property in area. Later, Rositz belonged to the Wettin Amt Altenburg, which was from the 16th century because of several divisions in the course of its life underneath the sovereignty of the subsequent Ernestine duchies: Duchy of Saxony 1554 to 1572, Duchy of Saxe Weimar 1572 to 1603 and Duchy of Saxe Altenburg 1603 to 1672, Duchy of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 1672 to 1826. In the reorganization of the Ernestine duchies in 1826, the location got here again to the Duchy of Saxe Altenburg.