• *  The Rottweiler is one of the descendents of Roman drover dogs.
  
   
• *  In about 700 AD the local Duke of Arae Flaviae (what is now Southern Germany) ordered a Christian church built on the site of the former Roman baths. Excavations unearthed the red tiles of Roman villas; to distinguish the town, it was then named das Rote Wil (the red tile), which is of course recognizable as the derivation of the present Rottweil.
  
   
• *  As the town increased in prosperity during the uproar of industry, the Rottweiler, called the Rottweil Metzgerhund (butcher dog), decreased considerably in popularity.
  
   
• *  Eventually, in the early 20th century, the reinvigorated Rottweiler remerged as a police dog.
  
   
• *  The Rottweiler was admitted to the AKC Stud Book in 1931.
  
   
• *  The Rottweiler parent club was founded in 1971.