Roth

Roth is a city in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the district Roth. It is positioned approximately 25 km south of Nuremberg. The city changed into first noted in documents inside the yr 1060, but settlements at its location date returned plenty further. During the middle Ages the metropolis turned into given the right to furnish asylum within the city walls. Later this culture attracted Huguenot refugees who needed to flee France due to spiritual persecution. They delivered with them knowledge about the making of wires and based an industry in Roth which exists till today. It plays host to a yearly Jazz & Blues pageant and the Date Challenge Roth triathlon race.

The predominant visitor appeal is the Schools Ratio, a citadel built as a looking lodge with the aid of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach among 1535 and 1538. After years of overlook it turned into sold in 1792 to Johann Philipp Stieber. After being used for almost a century as court docket of justice and manufacturing unit it became refurbished as residence for the Stieber own family created Barons of Stieber through Ludwig III of Bavaria in 1917 among 1892 and 1916.