Rottenegg, Upper Austria

Rottenegg

Rottenegg

Location in Austria

Coordinates: 48°22′06″N 14°08′06″E / 48.368275°N 14.135025°E / 48.368275; 14.135025Coordinates: 48°22′06″N 14°08′06″E / 48.368275°N 14.135025°E / 48.368275; 14.135025
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Urfahr-Umgebung
Municipality Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis
Elevation 473 m (1,552 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4112

Rottenegg is a village in the municipality of Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis, in Upper Austria. It is named after the now-ruined Rottenegg Castle, just east of the village.

Rottenegg is surrounded by hilly country and is a good area for hiking, with excellent views. It once lay on a Via Regia, a medieval trade route.[1] The ruined castle is on a projecting rock promontory where the Kleinen Rodl enters the Großen Rodl river from the north, looking over the confluence. It guarded the old trade route.[2] The village puts on the Rottenegg Cultural Summer Program each year, which includes cabarets, concerts and plays.[1] The village is home to the Mühlviertler Heimatverein Rottenegg, a club that preserves folk dances and songs, and that puts on a play each year.[3] The hall at the leisure center is also used for other events.[4]

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