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{{Infobox German place
|type              = Stadt
|name              = Rosenthal
|image_coa         = DEU Rosenthal COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|58|N|08|52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Rosenthal in KB.svg
|state        = Hessen
|region  = Kassel
|district         = Waldeck-Frankenberg
|elevation              = 294
|area            = 51.54
|postal_code               = 35119
|area_code           = 06458
|licence               = KB
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 35 017
|divisions         = 3 [[Ortsteil]]e
|website           = [https://www.rosenthaler.de/ www.rosenthaler.de]
|mayor             = Stefan Jakob<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=5 September 2022|publisher=[[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]]|format=XLS}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;27
|party             = CDU
}}
'''Rosenthal''' is a small town in southeast [[Waldeck-Frankenberg]] district in [[Hesse]], [[Germany]].
==Geography==
===Location===
Rosenthal lies in the Burgwald range 11&nbsp;km southeast of [[Frankenberg, Hesse|Frankenberg]] and 18&nbsp;km northeast of [[Marburg]].
===Neighbouring communities===
Rosenthal borders in the north on the community of [[Burgwald]], in the east on the town of [[Gemünden (Wohra)|Gemünden]] (both in Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the southeast on the community of [[Wohratal]], in the south on the towns of [[Rauschenberg, Hesse|Rauschenberg]] and [[Wetter, Hesse|Wetter]], and in the west on the community of [[Münchhausen am Christenberg|Münchhausen]] (all in [[Marburg-Biedenkopf]]).
===Constituent communities===
Besides the main town, which bears the same name as the whole, the town of Rosenthal consists of the centres of Roda and Willershausen.
==History==
Rosenthal was founded in 1327 as a Mainz town and outpost in the dispute over the Hessian [[fief]], but nevertheless passed to the Landgraviate of Hesse in 1464.
In 1688, the town achieved dubious fame by being the scene of Hesse's last [[Witch-hunt|witch burnings]].
In 1866, Rosenthal passed, along with the rest of the Electorate of Hesse, to [[Prussia]].
===Amalgamations===
As part of Hesse's municipal reforms in the early 1970s, the heretofore independent communities of Roda and Willershausen were amalgamated with Rosenthal.
==Politics==
[[Image:Rosenthal church.jpg|thumb|280px|The Church in Rosenthal]]
===Town council===
{{update section|date=July 2021}}
The town council's 15 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:
{| cellpadding="2" style="width:200px; text-align:right; white-space:nowrap;"
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] || 7 seats
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Bürgerliste Roda || 5 seats
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] || 3 seats
|}
<small>Note: ''Bürgerliste Roda'' is a citizens' coalition.</small>
===Mayor===
At the mayoral election on 26 September 2021, Stefan Jakob was elected Rosenthal's mayor with a 82% share of the vote.
[[File:Rosenthal-Rathaus-vorne-links.jpg|thumb|[[Seat of local government|Rathaus]] from Rosenthal]]
===Coat of arms===
Rosenthal's civic [[coat of arms]] might heraldically be described thus: In gules a six-spoked wheel argent surrounded per square by four roses Or with centres azure and sepals vert.
This describes the arms shown in this article, and also seen at the town's official website. At least one source, however,[http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/r/rosentha.htm] describes a different composition with three stemmed roses growing out of the top of the wheel.
The wheel is the [[Wheel of Mainz]], symbolizing the town's founders.
==Literature==
* Fritz Himmelmann: ''Heimatbuch der Stadt Rosenthal''
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons|Rosenthal}}
{{Towns and municipalities in Waldeck-Frankenberg district}}
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[[Category:1327 establishments in Europe]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 1320s]]
[[Category:Waldeck-Frankenberg]]