Train station of the Schildberg-Grulich route. Das
long village was founded in the 14th century. The mainly agricultural
village developed a significant linen and cotton production in the
18th and 19th centuries. In the early 20th century people worked
in mechanical cotton weaving mills. In 1846 Mährisch Rothwasser was
granted the right to hold markets. Mährisch Rothwasser, which was
part of the Hohenstadt district from 1938 to1945, was added to the
Adlerkosteletz district in 1960.
The Church of Matthäus Apostel was there long before
1574. During the time of the reformation it became Lutheran until
1624. Until 1640 the parish of Schildberg was in charge. In 1670
Mährisch Rothwasser got a new parish of its own. In 1686 a new church
was built, with an altarpiece of the moravian painter Handke.
Economy: cotton weaving, twine production, brush
wood production. tourism.
Distinguished citizen: Karl Adolf Mayer (1889-1957),
grammar school teacher, narrator, lyric. winner of the the Rosegger
Prize. Freeman of Graz.
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