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Rosenau may refer to various place in Europe:
- in Austria:
- Rosenau am Hengstpaß, in Upper Austria
- a hamlet near Seewalchen am Attersee in Upper Austria
- the two boroughs of Rosenau Markt and Rosenau Schloss in the city of Zwettl in Lower Austria
- Schloss Rosenau (Austria), a castle near Zwettl
- in Germany:
- Rosenau, Brandenburg, in the district Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg
- Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, a castle in Rödental, Bavaria
- a borough of Grafenau, Bavaria
- Rosenau (Engelskirchen), a borough of Engelskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia
- a part of Langenpreising, Bavaria
- Rosenau (Königsberg), a former quarter of Königsberg, Prussia
- Rosenau, Haut-Rhin, a commune of the Haut-Rhin département, France
- the German name of the town of Râşnov, Romania
- the German name of the city of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic
- the German name of Rožňava, Slovakia
- the German name of Zilupe, Latvia
- the German name of Jastrzębowo, Poland
Rosenau is the surname of:
- James N. Rosenau (1924–2011), American political scientist and international affairs scholar
In addition it is the name of a fairly prominent family first in the United States in 1848 whose members include the founder of the School of Public Health at Harvard, several prominent attorneys and Rabbis.
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Rosenau was first a suburb of and then a quarter of Königsberg, Germany, located south of the city center. Its territory is now part of the Moskovsky District of Kaliningrad, Russia.
The estate Rosenau, originally known as Kneiphöfischer Ratshof in comparison to Altstädtischer Ratshof, was sold by Hans Simon of Aweiden to the council of Kneiphof in 1540. The estate was worked by farmers from Schönfliess and Nasser Garten.
The last owners of the estate were the Schulte-Heuthaus family. Rosenau was incorporated into Königsberg in 1908. It was connected to Mühlenhof to the north and Speichersdorf to the south by Aweider Allee. Ponarth was to the west. The Sportplatz am Friedländer Tor was a stadium located to Rosenau's northwest.
Rosenau developed into a working class suburb after Königsberg was connected to the railroad. In 1895, the Königsberg building councillor Mühlbach led the construction of the Schlacht- und Viehhof, a modern slaughterhouse. From 1905-06 it was expanded further. Hugo Stinnes founded the Odinwerk, one of the largest factories and foundries of eastern Germany. Rosenau Church served as the quarter's Protestant church.