Czerwieńsk
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 Czerwieńsk
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| Coordinates: 52°0′56″N 15°24′18″E / 52.01556°N 15.40500°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Lubusz | ||
| County | Zielona Góra | ||
| Gmina | Czerwieńsk | ||
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| • Total | 9.22 km2 (3.56 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 4,138 | ||
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 66-016 | ||
| Climate | Cfb | ||
| Website | http://www.czerwiensk.pl | ||
Czerwieńsk [ˈt͡ʂɛrvʲɛɲsk] (German: Rothenburg an der Oder) is a town in Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,152 inhabitants (2005). Czerwieńsk is a railroad junction, where the Wrocław - Zielona Góra - Szczecin connection meets the line to Poznań. It was formerly a part of Germany until the end of World War II.
Around 1550 the von Rothenburg family from "Nettkowe" (Nietków ) built a small hunting manor some 5 kilometres from their ancestral home. Soon a small village arose around the manor, known as Neu Netkau - "New Netkau". The settlement was part of the region of Brandenburg's Neumark and lay directly at the border with Silesia. While conveniently located at the crossing of important trading routes, the village's growth was halted by the devastating Thirty Years' War. In 1654 a Lutheran church was built there. It served both local residents and the Protestant inhabitants of the nearby city of Grünberg (Zielona Góra), then part of domain of Roman Catholic Habsburgs. The first priest of the new church was Christoph Reiche.
On 24 January 1690 a new town of Rothenburg an der Oder ("Rothenburg on the Oder") was started right next to the village of Neu Netkau. The town received town rights from Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg and grew rapidly in the 17th century, thanks to numerous draper shops founded there, mostly by Protestant refugees from Silesia. In 1701 the town, as part of Brandenburg-Prussia, became part of the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1707 priest Johannes Reiche, the descendant of Christoph Reiche, started the construction of a new, larger church. In 1736 Alexander Rudolf von Rothenburg was knighted by king Frederick William I of Prussia and received the title of a Count. His son, Friedrich Rudolf von Rothenburg, was among the closest friends of King Frederick the Great.
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