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<td><span id="Ruthwell" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:54.993055555556,-3.4083333333333"><span title="Breitengrad">55° 0′ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">3° 24′ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">54.993055555556</span><span class="longitude">-3.4083333333333</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<p><b>Ruthwell</b> ist eine kleine Ortschaft in der <a href="Schottland" title="Schottland">schottischen</a> <a href="Unitary_Authority" title="Unitary Authority">Council Area</a> <a href="Dumfries_and_Galloway" title="Dumfries and Galloway">Dumfries and Galloway</a>. Sie liegt rund 16 Kilometer südöstlich von <a href="Dumfries" title="Dumfries">Dumfries</a> und zehn Kilometer westlich von <a href="Annan_(Dumfries_and_Galloway)" title="Annan (Dumfries and Galloway)">Annan</a> nahe dem Nordufer des <a href="Solway_Firth" title="Solway Firth">Solway Firth</a> nahe der Einmündung des Lochar Water.<sup id="cite_ref-scogaz_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scogaz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschichte">Geschichte</h2></div>
<p>Mit dem aus dem 8. Jahrhundert stammenden <a href="Kreuz_von_Ruthwell" title="Kreuz von Ruthwell">Ruthwell Cross</a> ist Ruthwell Standort eines frühchristlichen Wegekreuzes. Es entstand zu Zeiten der Landnahme entlang dem Solway Firth durch <a href="Northumbria" title="Northumbria">northumbrische</a> Truppen. Es befindet sich heute in der Ruthwell Parish Church.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1509 erhielt die Ortschaft die Rechte eines <a href="Borough" title="Borough">Burghs of Barony</a>. Daran knüpfte sich auch das Marktrecht. Bis zum späten 19. Jahrhundert hatte Ruthwell diesen Status wieder verloren. Zu dieser Zeit gab es in der Ortschaft weder nennenswerte Wirtschafts- noch Handelstätigkeiten.<sup id="cite_ref-scogaz_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scogaz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Der Geistliche Henry Duncan richtete 1810 in Ruthwell die erste Sparkasse Schottlands ein. In dem Gebäude ist heute das <a href="Ruthwell_Museum" title="Ruthwell Museum">Ruthwell Museum</a> eingerichtet, das sich dieser Thematik widmet.<sup id="cite_ref-scogaz_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scogaz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wurden 1831 noch 1216 Einwohner in Ruthwell gezählt, sank die Zahl im Laufe des Jahrhunderts kontinuierlich. Bei Zensuserhebung 1961 lebten noch 96 Personen in Ruthwell.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verkehr">Verkehr</h2></div>
<p>In einer dünnbesiedelten Randregion Schottlands gelegen, ist Ruthwell nur über eine Nebenstraße an das Straßennetz angebunden. Diese führt zu den Landstraßen B724 und B725, die in Annan beziehungsweise Dumfries enden. Im Norden schließen sie die Ortschaft an die <a href="A75_road" title="A75 road">A75</a> (<a href="Stranraer" title="Stranraer">Stranraer</a>–<a href="Gretna_Green" title="Gretna Green">Gretna Green</a>) an. 1846 erhielt Ruthwell einen eigenen Bahnhof an der neueröffneten Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway. Mit Streckenschließung 1965 wurde der Bahnhof aufgelassen.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<li id="cite_note-scogaz-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-scogaz_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-scogaz_1-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-scogaz_1-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2949.html"><i>Ruthwell</i></a> im Gazetteer for Scotland</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM90256"><i>Scheduled Monument – Ruthwell Cross, cross.</i></a> In: <i><a href="Historic_Environment_Scotland" title="Historic Environment Scotland">Historic Environment Scotland</a>.</i><span class="Abrufdatum" style="display:none"> Abgerufen im 1. Januar 1</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARuthwell&rft.title=Scheduled+Monument+%E2%80%93+Ruthwell+Cross%2C+cross&rft.description=Scheduled+Monument+%E2%80%93+Ruthwell+Cross%2C+cross&rft.identifier=&rft.date=&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Ruthwell</i> in: F. H. Groome: <i>Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical.</i> Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.savingsbanksmuseum.co.uk/">Informationen über das Museum</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails2949.html">Eintrag im Gazetteer for Scotland</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/R/Ruthwell/"><i>Ruthwell</i></a> auf railscot.co.uk</span>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.trove.scot/place/76185">Eintrag zu Ruthwell, General</a> auf trove.scot, der Datenbank von Historic Environment Scotland (englisch)</li></ul>
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