a town of Bavaria, in the circle of Middle Franconia, in a beautiful situation on the ridge of a hill on the Tauber, 29 miles S.S.E. of Würzburg. It is encircled with a turreted wall and a moat, and contains in the market-place a fine old town-hall in various architectural styles. The principal church of St James is an old and fine specimen of pure pointed Gothic, containing some interesting works of art. The town is supplied with water by a forcing-pump, which raises it from the river to the summit of a tower. Weaving is carried on here, and there are many vineyards in the vicinity. Rothenburg is a place of great antiquity, and it was one of the head-quarters of the insurgents in the Peasants' War of 1525. Pop. 5650.

ROOTHERHAM, a market-town of England, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on a rising ground on the right bank of the Don, 48 miles S. by W. of York, and 159 N.N.W. of London. Many of the streets are steep and irregular, lined with houses of a mean appearance, although the recently-built portion of the town exhibits quite an opposite aspect. The parish church was built by Archbishop Rotherham in the fifteenth century, and is considered to be one of the finest buildings of its class in the north of England. It is cruciform, in the perpendicular style, and has a richly-carved tower and spire rising from the centre. Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, Independents, Baptists, Roman Catholics, and Unitarians have also places of worship in the town. The educational establishments include an Independent theological college, containing thirteen students in 1854; a grammar school, with forty pupils; national schools, &c. There are a library and news-room, a literary institution, and a dispensary. In the vicinity great quantities of coal and iron-ore are obtained, and thus facilitate the conducting of manufacturing operations. There is a large factory for cast-iron, a brass foundry, and manufactories of starch, soap, naphtha, glass, and other articles. There are ship-building yards on the Don, where vessels as large as 50 tons burden are constructed. The most of the manufactures are carried on at Masborough, a suburb on the other side of the river, connected with Rotherham by a bridge of five arches. Markets are held here twice a week, and fairs for horses and cattle three times a year. Rotherham is a place of considerable antiquity. The Roman station Ad Fines probably stood about a mile off; and the town seems to have been founded by the Saxons. Even before the Norman conquest it had attained some importance, possessing a corn-mill and being the seat of a market and fair. A college was founded here in 1482 by Archbishop Rotherham, but suppressed in the reign of Edward VI. Pop. (1851) 6325.