History
In 928, Roes had its first documentary mention. In an Electoral-Trier donation document from 1121, the village was named as Roseda (Latin rosetum – “hedge of wild roses”). The Lords of Pyrmont were landholders in the village as of 1317, succeeding Saint Castor’s Foundation in Karden. The landholdings were shared among several landlords. Thus, in 1790, landholders in Roes were, besides Count Waldbott von Bassenheim, the Barons of Clodt, the Barons of Gymnich, Himmerod Abbey, the Lords of Solemacher and the Franciscan convent in Karden. Beginning in 1794, Roes lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The Schwanenkirche (“Swan’s Church”), which was utterly destroyed in the Second World War was rebuilt in modern style in 1951 by K.P. Böhr.
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