Type: | Village |
Town: | Sangerhausen |
Coordinates: | 51.5419°N 11.1467°W |
State: | Sachsen-Anhalt |
District: | Mansfeld-Südharz |
Elevation: | 399 |
Area: | 9.5 |
Population: | 320 |
Stand: | 2009-12-31 |
Rotha is a village in the municipality Sangerhausen, Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Rotha was first mentioned in a charter from 1347 as Rote. Until 1 October 2005 Rotha was an independent municipality within the Sangerhausen municipal association (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Sangerhausen), together with 9 other municipalities (i.e. the town Sangerhausen and 8 other villages). On 1 October 2005 the municipal association was dissolved and these 9 villages were incorporated into Sangerhausen. Later 5 other municipalities/villages were also annexed and currently Rotha is one of the 14 villages surrounding Sangerhausen within the municipality Sangerhausen.
A central building in Rotha is the 17th century St. Nicholas church.