Rüdenau
coat of arms | Germany map | |
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Coordinates: 49 ° 43 ' N , 9 ° 11' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Bavaria | |
Administrative region : | Lower Franconia | |
County : | Miltenberg | |
Management Community : | Kleinheubach | |
Height : | 193 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 4.01 km 2 | |
Residents: | 740 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 185 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 63924 | |
Area code : | 09371 | |
License plate : | MIL, OBB | |
Community key : | 09 6 76 153 | |
LOCODE : | DE ZIG | |
Community structure: | 1 district | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Schulstrasse 2 63924 Rüdenau |
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Mayoress : | Monika Wolf-Pleßmann (Free Voting Association Rüdenau) | |
Location of the municipality of Rüdenau in the Miltenberg district | ||
Rüdenau is a municipality in the Miltenberg district in Lower Franconia and a member of the Kleinheubach administrative community .
geography
Geographical location
Rüdenau is located in the Bavarian Lower Main region. The topographically highest point of the municipality district is located at 410 m above sea level. NN on the eastern slope of the mountain "Rauschen", west of Rüdenau, the lowest is on the Rüdenauer Bach at 163 m above sea level. NN .
Community structure
There is only the district and the district Rüdenau.
Surname
etymology
The name Rüdenau consists of the personal name Wipertus Rude (Wipert Rüd) and the Middle High German word ouwe , which means Aue .
Earlier spellings
Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:
- 1285 Miles Wipertus Rude de Rudenawe
(Knight Wipert Rüd von Rüdenau) - 1302 Rudenowe
- 1389 Rüdenawe
- 1698 Rüdenaw
- 1757 Rudenau
history
Until the church is planted
On May 3rd, 1285, the knight Wipert Rüd von Rüdenau donated tithes of income in Gönz and Weckbach to the Amorbach monastery . At this point in time the village already existed and remained in the possession of the Rüd family until 1635, who cleared the valley and planted vineyards here.
The Mainz office was assigned to the Princes von Leiningen in the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 , mediated by Baden in 1806 and ceded to the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1810 . In the Hessen / Bavaria recession (Frankfurt 1816) it finally fell to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .
Administrative history
In 1862 the Miltenberg District Office was formed, on whose administrative area Rüdenau was located. As everywhere in the German Reich , the term district was introduced in 1939. Rüdenau was now one of the 31 communities in the old district of Miltenberg . On July 1, 1972, this merged with the district of Obernburg am Main to form the new district of Miltenberg .
Population development
The numbers up to 1950 are taken from the local chronicle. The population around 1900 is estimated.
year | Residents |
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1792 | 328 |
1832 | 432 |
1900 | 500 |
1939 | 555 |
1950 | 646 |
1970 | 745 |
1987 | 793 |
1991 | 811 |
1995 | 875 |
2000 | 868 |
2005 | 862 |
2010 | 811 |
2015 | 749 |
politics
mayor
Mayor has been Monika Wolf-Pleßmann (FWG Rüdenau) since May 1, 2020; it was elected on March 15, 2020 with 79.3 percent of the vote. Her predecessors were Udo Käsmann (FW) from May 2002 to April 2020 and Ludwig Heilmann (FW) until April 2002.
Municipal council
For the municipal council election on March 15, 2020 , only the nomination of the Free Voting Community Rüdenau was available, whose applicants received all eight seats after a majority vote.
coat of arms
The Rüdenau municipal coat of arms shows a hunting dog with a spiked collar over three wavy lines, which represent the three village fountains, and a guiding sword . The sword of execution points to the earlier jurisdiction of the municipality, in which a gallows also existed.
Attractions
- St. Ottilia Church
- Ottilien fountain
- St. Kilian Distillers (largest whiskey distillery in continental Europe)
Economy and Infrastructure
Economy including agriculture and forestry
In 2017 there were 40 jobs subject to social security contributions in the municipality. Of the resident population, 303 people were in an employment relationship subject to compulsory insurance. This means that the number of out-commuters was 263 more than that of in-commuters. 9 residents were unemployed. In 2016 there were still 3 farms.
education
- Kindergarten: The local kindergarten with 47 places (occupancy 2018: 25 children) is funded by Caritas . The care takes place in the morning.
- Schools: Primary and secondary school supplies for Rüdenau are provided by the Kleinheubach Association School with branches in Rüdenau and Laudenbach . In order to acquire a higher education, the students usually switch to the Realschule in Miltenberg or the grammar schools in Miltenberg or Amorbach.
- Universities: Higher education can be obtained in the vicinity, at the universities of applied sciences in Aschaffenburg or Darmstadt and the universities in Würzburg or Heidelberg .
Oddities
Rüdenau was one of the poorest places in the past. They had little fields or agriculture. Therefore, the few farm animals were sickly and their horns were small. The residents were called "Klammhörnli" with pity and mockery. The Miltenbergers had a mocking verse for their neighbors: "Never buy a cow from Rüdenau, never buy a sow from Hebbach, never marry a woman from Börschet".
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111123/201940&attr=OBJ&val= 1705
- ↑ a b Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 195 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Results of the 2020 municipal council election , accessed on June 19, 2020
- ↑ the largest whiskey distillery in continental Europe
- ^ Werner Trost: Stampes, Worzelköpp and Staffelbrunzer. District Miltenberg 2003
- ↑ Uz-Atlas - Prima Sunday, 11 November 2012
- ↑ Hebbach = Großheubach
- ↑ Börschet = Bürgstadt
Web links
- List of architectural monuments in Rüdenau
- Entry on the coat of arms of Rüdenau in the database of the House of Bavarian History