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Rosendal is a small farming town and arts colony 49 km north of Ficksburg in the Free State province of South Africa which was founded in 1908. It has become a popular tourist destination, known for spectacular scenery, including the surrounding mountains, and is home to a community of artists and small business owners. The town has a number of attractive buildings and early-20th-century homes. There are several art galleries and several small cafes cum restaurants as well as a heritage district of restored buildings in the former downtown. Until recently live theatre was hosted here by well known Afrikaans language actor, Chris Van Niekerk.

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  • Rosendal és el centre administratiu del municipi de Kvinnherad al Comtat de Hordaland, a Noruega. El poble està ubicat a la riba sud del Hardangerfjorden, a aproximadament 4 quilòmetres (2.5 milles) al nord del poble de Dimmelsvik i a aproximadament 10 quilòmetres (6.2 milles ) a l'oest de la vasta glacera Folgefonna situada en el proper Parc Nacional de Folgefonna. El poble és especialment conegut per la Baronia Rosendal, un estat històric ubicat a Rosendal. L'església Kvinnherad també està ubicada al poble. L'extensió de 1.14 quilòmetre quadrat (280 acres) del poble registra una població (l'any 2013) de 768 habitants, el tercer nucli urbà més gran a Kvinnherad. L'àrea del poble té una densitat de població de 674 habitants per quilòmetre quadrat (1,750/milles quadrades ). La seva economia està centrada en l'agricultura, la construcció naval i el turisme. El constructor de vaixells Skaalurens Skibsbyggeri es va establir a Rosendal l'any 1855. Es publica el diari Grenda al poble. (ca)
  • Rosendal ist ein Ort in Norwegen, der Verwaltungssitz der Kommune Kvinnherad und deren größtes Touristikzentrum. 2021 lag die Zahl der Einwohner bei 828. Geografisch liegt Rosendal am Ausgang des Hardangerfjords zwischen den Bergen Melderskin (1426 m) und Malmangernuten (890 m). Von Rosendal aus kann man das Myrdal mit dem fischreichen Myrdalsee an dessen Ende erreichen. In Rosendal liegt auch die größte Touristenattraktion der Kommune, die Baronie Rosendal, ein Museum, das Licht auf die Zeit der Union Norwegens mit Dänemark wirft. Daneben ist die Kvinnherad-Kirche, eine Steinkirche von ca. 1250, interessant. Im Ort findet sich auch ein Schiffbaumuseum. (de)
  • Rosendal es una localidad de la provincia de Hordaland en la región de Vestlandet, Noruega. A 1 de enero de 2017 tenía una población estimada de 752 habitantes.​ Se encuentra ubicada al suroeste del país, cerca del fiordo de Hardanger, de la ciudad de Bergen y de la costa del mar de Noruega. (es)
  • Rosendal is a small farming town and arts colony 49 km north of Ficksburg in the Free State province of South Africa which was founded in 1908. It has become a popular tourist destination, known for spectacular scenery, including the surrounding mountains, and is home to a community of artists and small business owners. The town has a number of attractive buildings and early-20th-century homes. There are several art galleries and several small cafes cum restaurants as well as a heritage district of restored buildings in the former downtown. Until recently live theatre was hosted here by well known Afrikaans language actor, Chris Van Niekerk. The Eastern Free State was first occupied by indigenous San and Khoi people, as evidenced by the many examples of rock art in caves on the farms surrounding Rosendal. By the early 1800s, a series of highly decentralised Basotho chiefdoms had emerged in the area. Through the twin pressures of the massive Zulu kingdom's expansion from the east, known as the murderous genocidal Difaqane, and the arrival of the Voortrekkers from the south, the various chiefdoms came together under the leadership of King Moshoeshoe. Universally praised as a skilled diplomat and strategist, he was able to wield the disparate chiefdoms and refugee groups escaping the Difaqane into a cohesive nation. There is evidence around Rosendal of sacred places and mountain fortresses used by the BaSotho during this period. Hunters, adventurers and missionaries from the Cape had already arrived in the area in the 1820s, but Cape farmers only came in large numbers during the Great Trek, from about 1837. As the republic of the Orange Free State expanded various Boer-Basotho wars were fought and the Basotho pushed eastwards across the Caledon river, before a British protectorate, Basotholand, was declared. The town came into being, like many in rural South Africa, when local farmers petitioned for a Church to be built within reasonable distance. Rosendal is 40 and 43 km from Senekal and Ficksburg, respectively, the distance that could be ridden in a day on horse back. A town was laid out in 1911 and declared a municipality in 1914, built upon a farm donated by a widow, Ms Botha, who chose the name Rosendal, "valley of roses". A Church, a bank, post office, school and hotel were built and a plan laid out for what was intended to be a sizeable settlement. Lacking a railway stop, isolated by the Witteberg mountains to the east and being in an thinly populated area, Rosendal did not fulfil the early promise of becoming a city or large town. Today this accounts for its unique low density character. Visitors will notice a grid pattern of streets with a small number of homes spread out with great distance between them, creating the sensation of being in open countryside even when in the middle of town. From the late 1970s Rosendal entered a period of decline with businesses and services closing and population falling. The closure of the local Afrikaans language school in 1982 had a particularly strong effect on the town's vitality; Rosendal began to acquire some of the character of a "ghost town" with many abandoned or disused homes. This began to reverse from the late 1990s when a small group of writers, artists and adventurers began to call it home. Today there are roughly 100 people living full-time in what is the historic town area as well as weekend or recreational home owners from Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and internationally. For a place of its size it is diverse and cosmopolitan with residents who have professional careers nationally and abroad. It remains a small Free State farming town in character in which cattle are herded through the streets by cowboys and wild or untethered horses roam the town. It is also a place of farmers, farm workers, artists and weekenders in which arts festivals and music concerts are held. Apartheid era geography is apparent and Rosendal village is physically separated from Mautse, the former township, which is a vibrant community today of 7000 people. Mautse may have had its origins in apartheid planning as the residence of domestic and other workers, some of whom were uprooted from homes in or on the outskirts of Rosendal itself. Some residents of Mautse came from Lesotho in search of a better life, but most came as a result of the Land Reform Act at the end of Apartheid, when – with intent to counteract slave labour – government brought in minimum wage, which meant white farm owners who once fed and sheltered black labourers to work their fields, could no longer do so. Historic Mautse, most of which is made up of brick homes and RDP houses, is situated alongside new and growing sections of the settlement, the largest of which is Matatie where most homes are tin shacks. These are not suitable for the harsh climate of cold winters and hot summers. Firewood is a scarce resource and people walk further and further afield to gather winter fuel, as the locals typically chop down scarce trees for firewood without replanting new trees to replace them. Mautse is a growing community with a high school and primary school, government offices, a stadium, community centre and many small businesses. Labour shedding by farms in recent years, caused by tight government regulation, has produced farm to town migration, as well as preference by workers to be closer to schools, services and shops. Most farm workers in the area now live in Mautse itself rather than on farms directly. Apart from farm labour, employment opportunities are limited as the authorities have done little to stimulate economic growth and employment, and the educated ambitious and uneducated desperately depart for South Africa's larger cities in an attempt to pursue careers. Some Mautse residents use their small plots of land to cultivate fresh produce. Many of Rosendal's–predominately white–residents are highly educated, offering a realm of creative, practical (carpentry sewing etc) business and media skills. Most have the desire to contribute to the challenges faced by Mautse. There is a permaculture farm close by. Rosendal-Mautse is a pleasant and relaxed place to live and people here know each other and get along well. (en)
  • Rosendal è un villaggio della Norvegia, situato nella municipalità di Kvinnherad, nella contea di Vestland. (it)
  • Rosendal is een plaats in de Noorse gemeente Kvinnherad, provincie Vestland. Rosendal telt 919 inwoners (2007) en heeft een oppervlakte van 1,4 km². * Rosendal * Kerk in Rosendal (nl)
  • Rosendal to miasto w południowej Norwegii zamieszkałe przez 780 osób (2016); jest siedzibą Gminy Kvinnherad oraz dużym centrum turystycznym. Rosendal leży nad fiordem Hardanger, między górami Melderskin (1426 m) und Malmangernuten (890 m). W Rosendal znajduje się największa atrakcja turystyczna gminy - Baroniet Rosendal - dworek szlachecki pochodzący z czasów unii Norwegii i Danii. W mieście znajduje się również kamienny kościół z XIII w. (pl)
  • Rosendal är en tätort i Kvinnherad kommun i Hordaland fylke i Norge. Rosendal är centralort i Kvinnherads kommun och är en viktig turistort. I Rosendal ligger Baroniet Rosendal vilket är ett slott med en stor parkanläggning från 1666. Idag är slottet ett museum som fokuserar på unionstiden mellan Danmark och Norge. Kring Rosendal finns det höga berg och det är inte långt till Norges tredje största glaciär, Folgefonna. Tätorten ligger vid Hardangerfjorden. På kajen i Rosendal ligger som är ett museum med fokus på skeppsbyggningen som under historien har varit mycket viktig för Rosendal och hela Hordaland. Man har funnit många arkeologiska fynd i och runt Rosendal och de är utställda på den gamla prästgården . Förr var Rosendal en jordbruksort men idag arbetar de flesta inom turism, handel och i servicesektorn. Kvinnherad kyrka ligger i Rosendal, som är en gammal stenkyrka från 1250. Tidningen Grenda ges ut i Rosendal. (sv)
  • Росендал (норв. Rosendal) — населенный пункт в Норвегии, административный центр коммуны Квиннхерад в губернии Хордаланн в Норвегии. Официальный язык коммуны — нюнорск. Город расположен на южном берегу Хардангер-фьорда в 10 километрах западнее ледника Фолгефонна. (ru)
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  • Rosendal es una localidad de la provincia de Hordaland en la región de Vestlandet, Noruega. A 1 de enero de 2017 tenía una población estimada de 752 habitantes.​ Se encuentra ubicada al suroeste del país, cerca del fiordo de Hardanger, de la ciudad de Bergen y de la costa del mar de Noruega. (es)
  • Rosendal è un villaggio della Norvegia, situato nella municipalità di Kvinnherad, nella contea di Vestland. (it)
  • Rosendal is een plaats in de Noorse gemeente Kvinnherad, provincie Vestland. Rosendal telt 919 inwoners (2007) en heeft een oppervlakte van 1,4 km². * Rosendal * Kerk in Rosendal (nl)
  • Rosendal to miasto w południowej Norwegii zamieszkałe przez 780 osób (2016); jest siedzibą Gminy Kvinnherad oraz dużym centrum turystycznym. Rosendal leży nad fiordem Hardanger, między górami Melderskin (1426 m) und Malmangernuten (890 m). W Rosendal znajduje się największa atrakcja turystyczna gminy - Baroniet Rosendal - dworek szlachecki pochodzący z czasów unii Norwegii i Danii. W mieście znajduje się również kamienny kościół z XIII w. (pl)
  • Росендал (норв. Rosendal) — населенный пункт в Норвегии, административный центр коммуны Квиннхерад в губернии Хордаланн в Норвегии. Официальный язык коммуны — нюнорск. Город расположен на южном берегу Хардангер-фьорда в 10 километрах западнее ледника Фолгефонна. (ru)
  • Rosendal és el centre administratiu del municipi de Kvinnherad al Comtat de Hordaland, a Noruega. El poble està ubicat a la riba sud del Hardangerfjorden, a aproximadament 4 quilòmetres (2.5 milles) al nord del poble de Dimmelsvik i a aproximadament 10 quilòmetres (6.2 milles ) a l'oest de la vasta glacera Folgefonna situada en el proper Parc Nacional de Folgefonna. El poble és especialment conegut per la Baronia Rosendal, un estat històric ubicat a Rosendal. L'església Kvinnherad també està ubicada al poble. Es publica el diari Grenda al poble. (ca)
  • Rosendal ist ein Ort in Norwegen, der Verwaltungssitz der Kommune Kvinnherad und deren größtes Touristikzentrum. 2021 lag die Zahl der Einwohner bei 828. Geografisch liegt Rosendal am Ausgang des Hardangerfjords zwischen den Bergen Melderskin (1426 m) und Malmangernuten (890 m). Von Rosendal aus kann man das Myrdal mit dem fischreichen Myrdalsee an dessen Ende erreichen. (de)
  • Rosendal is a small farming town and arts colony 49 km north of Ficksburg in the Free State province of South Africa which was founded in 1908. It has become a popular tourist destination, known for spectacular scenery, including the surrounding mountains, and is home to a community of artists and small business owners. The town has a number of attractive buildings and early-20th-century homes. There are several art galleries and several small cafes cum restaurants as well as a heritage district of restored buildings in the former downtown. Until recently live theatre was hosted here by well known Afrikaans language actor, Chris Van Niekerk. (en)
  • Rosendal är en tätort i Kvinnherad kommun i Hordaland fylke i Norge. Rosendal är centralort i Kvinnherads kommun och är en viktig turistort. I Rosendal ligger Baroniet Rosendal vilket är ett slott med en stor parkanläggning från 1666. Idag är slottet ett museum som fokuserar på unionstiden mellan Danmark och Norge. Kring Rosendal finns det höga berg och det är inte långt till Norges tredje största glaciär, Folgefonna. Tätorten ligger vid Hardangerfjorden. På kajen i Rosendal ligger som är ett museum med fokus på skeppsbyggningen som under historien har varit mycket viktig för Rosendal och hela Hordaland. Man har funnit många arkeologiska fynd i och runt Rosendal och de är utställda på den gamla prästgården . (sv)
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