Rüdenau

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
Website :	www.ruedenau.de
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
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 Rüdenau

Interior view of St. Ottilia Rüdenau

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".