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Rockenstuhl

village in Germany

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 6, 2021
Entity authorityQ507178 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rockenstuhl is a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. It was created in March 1994 by the merger of the former municipalities Geismar, Ketten and Spahl. Since 31 December 2008, it is part of the town Geisa.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Rockenstuhl” as village in Germany. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rockenstuhl, village and Germany.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rockenstuhl, village and Germany providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Rockenstuhl”, the useful work is to connect “village in Germany” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 6, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q507178. VIAF identifies the subject as 236575447. Authority coordinates are 50.682, 9.950. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994 and 2008.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Rockenstuhl”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Rockenstuhl primary sources, Rockenstuhl archive and Rockenstuhl research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Rockenstuhl”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Rockenstuhl” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.