Röblingen am See is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz

Mansfeld-Südharz

- History :The district was established by merging the former districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as part of the reform of 2007.- Towns and municipalities :The district Mansfeld-Südharz consists of the following subdivisions:-References:...

 district, Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

, Germany

Germany

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. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Seegebiet Mansfelder Land

Seegebiet Mansfelder Land

Seegebiet Mansfelder Land was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated between Eisleben and Halle . The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Röblingen am See...

, of which it is the administrative centre.

Geography

Röblingen am See is situated approximatively 12 km southeast of Eisleben

Eisleben

Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as the hometown of Martin Luther, hence its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben. As of 2005, Eisleben had a population of 24,552...

. It has three divisions:

• Neue Siedlung
• Oberröblingen
• Unterröblingen

History

Röbling was first documented with the other three villages as Rebiningi in Friesenfeld in the Kloster Hersfeld tithe

Tithe

A tithe is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. Today, tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash, cheques, or stocks, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind, such as agricultural products...

 directory, which was created between 881 und 899. In 932, Röblingen am See was specifically mentioned in the Hersfeld tinthe directory as Seorebiningen in Comitati Sigfridi. The latter date was used for the 1075-year anniversary in 2007.

Coat of arms

Blazon

Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...

: "Parted blue over gold, at the top growing from a silver boat a silver fisherman facing left with a silver fish on the fishhook, at the bottom a black raven standing with a golden ring within the silver beak." ("Geteilt Blau über Gold, oben aus einem silbernen Boot wachsend ein linksgewendeter silberner Fischer mit einem silbernen Fisch an der Angel, unten ein stehender schwarzer Rabe mit goldenem Ring im silbernen Schnabel.")

Flag

The flag of the municipality is horizontally stripped black and yellow, with the coat of arms in the middle.

Culture and sightseeing

Röblingen has a Protestant church, St. Stephanuskirche (St. Steven's Church).

Im Sommer jedes Jahres wird das Fest am salzigen See veranstaltet.

Infrastructure

Bundesstraße 80 runs 3 km north of Röblingen, connecting Eisleben

Eisleben

Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as the hometown of Martin Luther, hence its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben. As of 2005, Eisleben had a population of 24,552...

 und Halle (Saale). Röblingen has a train station.

Literature

• Willi Ule: Die Mansfelder Seen und die Vorgänge an denselben im Jahre 1892. erschienen 1895, eine neue Auflage erschien im Dingsda-Verlag, Querfurt 1994, ISBN 3-928498-29-0

External links

• Website of Röblingen (German)