Rohrau (Gärtringen)
Rohrau may refer to: * Rohrau, Austria, a town in Lower Austria * Rohrau (Gärtringen), a village in the municipality of Gärtringen, Baden-Württemberg See also * Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau, (Vienna, 8 June 1696 – Vienna, 4 June 1749), was plenipotentiary minister of the Austrian Netherlands (1732–1741) and became Governor-General ''ad interim'' in 1741–1744. He was also High Cha ...

Rohrau, Austria
Rohrau () is a village in the state of Lower Austria. The name comes from two German language, German words: ''Rohr'' (reed) and ''Au'' (riparian forest). South of the village is a riparian forest and a swamp covered with reed. Rohrau is located in the "industrial quarter" (''Industrieviertel'') of Lower Austria. Its area is 20.50 km2, of which 8.38% is forested.Statistical data
There is a kindergarten and a primary school (''Volksschule''). It is the birthplace of the composer Joseph Haydn who was born there on 31 March 1732.

Subdivisions

Rohrau is subdivided into the following ''Katastralgemeinden'': *Rohrau *Gerhaus *Hollern *Pachfurth

History

The area in pre-Roman times belonged to the Celtic kingdom of Noricum. In Roman Empire, Roman Times, the area was part of the Roma ...
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Rohrau (Gärtringen)
Rohrau may refer to: * Rohrau, Austria, a town in Lower Austria * Rohrau (Gärtringen), a village in the municipality of Gärtringen, Baden-Württemberg See also * Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau Count Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau, (Vienna, 8 June 1696 – Vienna, 4 June 1749), was plenipotentiary minister of the Austrian Netherlands (1732–1741) and became Governor-General ''ad interim'' in 1741–1744. He was also High Cha ...

Gärtringen
Gärtringen is a municipality in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 25 km southwest of Stuttgart, 7km north of Herrenberg, and consists of the villages Rohrau and Gärtringen. History The oldest traces of settlement in the district date back to the Hallstatt period. Ancient, possibly Roman, settlement remains can be found at Hardtheimer Brünnele. The place name “Gärtringen” is of Alemannic origin, whereby the settlement is probably named after a Gartheri. Gärtringen was first mentioned in a document in 1140. Originally subject to the County of Calw, then to the Palatine Counts of Tübingen, the municipality became a part of Württemberg in 1382. During the district reform of Württemberg during the Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) ...
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