Rain (Lower Bavaria)

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '  N , 12 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Bavaria
County :	Straubing arch
Management Community :	Rain (Lower Bavaria)
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.29 km 2
Residents:	2880 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	202 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	94369
Area code :	09429
License plate :	SR , BOG, MAL
Community key :	09 2 78 177
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Schlossplatz 2 94369 Rain
Website :	www.gemeinde-rain.de
Mayoress :	Anita Bogner ( ÖDP )
Location of the municipality of Rain in the Straubing-Bogen district

Rain Castle

The Expositur Church for the Transfiguration of Christ

Rain is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Straubing-Bogen and the seat of the Rain administrative community .

geography

Rain is about one kilometer west of the confluence of the Kleine Laber and the Große Laber .

Community structure

Rain has four districts:

• Bergstorf
• Dürnhart
• Rain
• Wiesendorf

There are the districts Perkam and Rain.

history

Until the 19th century

The main town of Rain developed from a 13th century castle that was built by the Rainer zu Rain family . In 1560, after the Rainer died out, rule passed to the Leubelfinger and in 1783 to the Counts of Königsfeld. The place was part of the Electorate of Bavaria , but formed a closed Hofmark , whose seat was Rain.

See also : Rain Castle

In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 . The once wealthy castle estate was divided up in the 19th century.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Dürnhart, which was newly formed on October 1, 1950 from parts of the municipality of Perkam , was incorporated.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2019, the municipality grew from 1,773 to 2,880 by 1,107 inhabitants or 62.44%. The community of Rain is growing rapidly due to building areas for single-family houses and immigration from other places, for example young families from Straubing.

politics

mayor

Anita Bogner has been the first female mayor since May 1, 2014. She is a member of the ÖDP and a granddaughter of the honorary citizen and former mayor Xaver Berger. In the municipal elections in Bavaria in 2014 on March 16, she was elected with 54.96% (Free Voters / ÖDP / ÜWG) of the valid votes. Her opponent was Franz Lehner ( CSU ), who received 45.04% of the vote. In the mayoral election 2020 on March 15, Bogner was the only candidate (ÖDP) and was re-elected with 93.21% of the vote.

The previous mayors of the municipality of Rain were:

• 1930–1945: Heinrich Schiller
• 1945–1960: Ludwig Bründl
• 1960–1990: Xaver Berger
• 1990–2014: Adolf Berger

Municipal council

The local elections on March 16, 2014 led to the following result for the composition of the local council:

• CSU: 7 seats
• FW / ÖDP / ÜWG: 7 seats

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms is described as follows: Split; Divided three times at the front by red and silver, at the rear two blue diagonal bars in silver. This original coat of arms of the Lords of Rain comes from their relatives as an alliance coat of arms , who are on the one hand the Lords of Leublfing (divided three times in front by red and silver) and on the other hand the old Austrian Lords of Graben (two blue diagonal bars in the back in silver).

economy

In addition to agriculture, craft and trade companies are located in the industrial area. There is also part of a propeller manufacturer's operation, MT Propeller Entwicklung GmbH.

Attractions

The local castle contains the remains of the large medieval castle. This was expanded in 1542 in the Renaissance style and extensively changed around 1713. From the central fort there are still three wings, a corner tower and a tall watchtower that was changed in 1561. The outer bailey still shows the position of the demolished corner towers, the palace chapel, built in 1712, was used as a local church for a long time. The castle is partially accessible as a municipal administration and through other commercial uses (bank / restaurant).

The Expositur Church for the Transfiguration of Christ with ornamental windows by Josef Oberberger was inaugurated in 1981. In the towns of Wiesendorf and Dürnhart there are simple Gothic or Baroque village churches.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Rain

societies

In the community there is a volunteer fire brigade, a sports club with football, tennis, ski and volleyball, an ice stock club, a pigeon club, a veterans club, a boys club, a fishing club, a billiards club, the fruit and horticultural club, the wind friends Rain and the Catholic rural youth movement .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "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 ).
2. ^ Community Rain in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library
3. ↑ District. Municipalities and districts. Bavarian Surveying Administration, archived from the original on April 11, 2013 ; accessed on March 31, 2015 . 
4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 577 .
5. ↑ Local elections in the district of Straubing-Bogen. District Sraubing-Bogen, accessed on May 30, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing: Local elections in Bavaria on March 16, 2014

Web links

Commons : Rain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the coat of arms of Rain (Lower Bavaria)  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Rain (Niederbayern): Official statistics of the LfStat