Rutzenham

coat of arms Austria map

Basic data

Country: Austria

State : Upper Austria

Political District : Vöcklabruck

License plate : VB

Main town : Brook

Surface: 4.95 km²

Coordinates : 48 ° 3 ' N , 13 ° 42' E Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '15 " N , 13 ° 42' 21" E48.054166666667 13.705833333333 421

Height : 421 m above sea level A.

Residents : 299 (January 1, 2020)

Population density : 60 inhabitants per km²

Postal code : 4690

Area code : 07673

Community code : 4 17 33

NUTS region AT315

Address of the
municipal administration: Atzbacher Strasse 23
4690 Schwanenstadt

Website: www.rutzenham.ooe.gv.at

politics

Mayor : Anton Helmberger ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : (2015)
(9 members)

5

2

5 2 2

A total of 9 seats

ÖVP : 5
FPÖ : 2
BLR : 2

Location of Rutzenham in the Vöcklabruck district

Bach and Bergern

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Rutzenham is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Vöcklabruck district in the Hausruckviertel with 299 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Vöcklabruck .

geography

Rutzenham is located at approx. 421 m in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is 3.1 km from north to south and 2.7 km from west to east. The total area is 4.8 km². 20.8% of the area is forested, 72.9% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Anzental (40)
Bach (133)
Bergern (44)
Kirchdorf (25)
Muhlparz (14)
Pichl (8)
Rutzenham (35)

Neighboring communities

Manning	Atzbach
Pilsbach		Pitzenberg
	Pühret	Oberndorf near Schwanenstadt

coat of arms

Blazon : Divided diagonally to the left by a silver wavy bar; Above in blue a golden end-cabbage cross, below in green a chamomile flower with a golden lug and six silver petals. The municipality colors are green-white-blue.

The municipal coat of arms was awarded in 1984. The wave bar stands for the central village of Bach, the church of the Divine Child Friend there is symbolized by the cross. The chamomile as a typical field plant refers to the agricultural structure of the community.

history

Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times.

Since 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

The community was part of the Schwanenstadt judicial district until the end of 2004 and became part of the Vöcklabruck judicial district on January 1, 2005.

politics

For cost reasons, Rutzenham merged with the neighboring communities of Pitzenberg , Pühret and Oberndorf near Schwanenstadt in 2005 to form an administrative community. The joint municipal office is in Oberndorf. In the course of this cooperation, a joint building yard for the four communities was also built, which is housed in Rutzenham. On the basis of an initiative review of the savings potential, the State Audit Office recommended in 2015 that the four municipalities should be merged.

mayor

until 2008 Josef Fellner (ÖVP)
since 2009 Anton Helmberger (ÖVP)

Since the last election in 2015, the ÖVP (5 mandates), the FPÖ (2 mandates) and the Rutzenham Citizens' List (2 mandates) have been represented as political groups in the municipal council. Deputy Mayor is Johann Baumgartner (ÖVP), parliamentary group chairman of the ÖVP is Manfred Heimbuchner, parliamentary group chairman of the FPÖ is Wolfgang Glück and parliamentary group chairman of the Rutzenham citizens 'list is Christian Aichmayr, who has also been the head of the political education academy of the Upper Austrian citizens' lists since 2019. acts.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 239 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 236 inhabitants. In March 2018, the municipality had 302 inhabitants (with second residences 323 inhabitants) and is thus approaching the second smallest municipality in Upper Austria, Mayrhof in the Schärding district .

Culture and sights

The Expositurkirche Divine Child Friend in Bach

Expositurkirche Bach

music

Since June 2008, every first Tuesday of the month at 2:00 p.m. and since August 2014 at 9:00 p.m. on Radio FRO, the broadcast "Contrast - looking for the ultimate sound, exclusive sounds from the largest music collection" has been broadcast on Freie Radio Salzkammergut the smallest municipality in Upper Austria "(this means Rutzenham, the smallest municipality in Upper Austria in terms of population). The program is hosted by Christian Aichmayr, who has so far designed around 160 programs in this series.

information

The radio program "VOR ORT" contains a socio-political discourse and can be heard every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at 9:00 am on Freie Radio Salzkammergut and every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm on Radio FRO with repetition on the following Friday at 2 p.m. Due to the fact that many productions are designed, Radio FRO has additional broadcast dates on weekdays in "Open Space" at 12:00 noon. This program is also designed by Christian Aichmayr (more than 140 programs to date).