Rotava
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rotava
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Rotava1.jpg
| image_caption = Skyline of Rotava
| image_flag = Flag Rotava.gif
| image_shield = Rotava_znak.gif
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Karlovy Vary
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Sokolov
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates = {{coord|50|18|11|N|12|33|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Michal Červenka
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1552
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 12.01
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 568
| population_as_of = 2025-01-01
| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2025-05-16}}
| population_total = 2778
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 357 01, 357 02
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| website = {{URL|https://www.rotava.cz/}}
| footnotes =
}}
Rotava ({{langx|de|Rothau}}) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Rotava consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}
- Rotava (2,583)
- Smolná (53)
Geography
Rotava is located about {{convert|14|km|0}} north of Sokolov and {{convert|21|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the Ore Mountains. The highest point is the mountain Sklenský vrch at {{convert|817|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Svatava River flows along the western municipal border. The Rotava Stream flows along the eastern and southern border and then joins the Svatava.
History
The iron ore was mined in the area from 1543. The first written mention of Rotava is from 1552, when there was a hamlet with a hammer mill. Until 1628, the area was owned by the Schlick family. For the next centuries, it was property of the Nostitz family. The municipality of Rotava was created in the 19th century by merger of several settlements. The establishment of a bar iron rolling mill in 1861 brought significant development in Rotava.{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.rotava.cz/mesto/informace-o-obci/historie/|publisher=Město Rotava|language=cs|access-date=2023-06-07}}
Demographics
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|2248
|1880|2341
|1890|2572
|1900|3213
|1910|4439
|1921|4563
|1930|4695
|1950|1477
|1961|1883
|1970|4110
|1980|3784
|1991|3433
|2001|3449
|2011|3145
|2021|2636
|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of Rotava is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It is a modern church, built in 1914–1925.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Petra a Pavla, Rotava|url=https://www.rotava.cz/turistika/rotava-brana-do-krusnych-hor/seznam-pametihodnosti-v-okoli-1/kostel-sv-petra-a-pavla-rotava-728cs.html|publisher=Město Rotava|language=cs|access-date=2023-06-07}}
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}
Rotava is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerské město – Veitshöchheim, SRN|url=https://www.rotava.cz/mesto/partnerske-mesto-veitshochheim/|publisher=Město Rotava|language=cs|access-date=2020-07-25}}
- {{flagicon|GER}} Veitshöchheim, Germany
References
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External links
{{commons category|Rotava}}
- {{official|https://www.rotava.cz/}}
{{Sokolov District}}
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