Rottenmann (

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: ''Rottnmau'') is a town in

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

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, near the

Rottenmanner Tauern The Lower TauernThe New Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 1, 2003, p. 86. or Niedere Tauern () are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria. For the etymology of the name, see Tauern. Geography ...

. Rottenmann was first referred to in a document in 927. It received its town charter in 1279 from King Rudolf von Habsburg.

Name

The name ''Rottenmann'' is a semi-translation of old Slavic ''*čьrmьn′ane'', ultimately derived from the adjective ''*čьrmьnъ'' 'red' (cf. German ''rot'' 'red'). The place name was recorded in 1048 as ''Cirminah'', derived from the

hydronym A hydronym (from el, ὕδρω, , "water" and , , "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water. Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans. As a ...

''*Čьrmьna'' 'red (river)'.

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Cities and towns in Liezen District Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern {{Styria-geo-stub