Rats (Styria)
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| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Styria | |
| Political District : | Wheat | |
| License plate : | WZ | |
| Main town : | Church district | |
| Surface: | 28.8 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 29 ' N , 15 ° 44' E | |
| Height : | 765 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 1,103 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 38 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 8673 | |
| Area code : | 03173 | |
| Community code : | 6 17 41 | |
| NUTS region | AT224 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Church district 211 8673 rats |
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| Mayor : | Thomas Heim ( SPÖ ) | |
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Municipal Council : (2015) (15 members) |
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| Location of rats in the Weiz district | ||
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Ratten is an Austrian municipality with 1103 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Styria .
geography
Ratten is about 25 km north of the district capital Weiz between Pretulalpe and Joglland in the upper Feistritz valley . The community has an area of 28.72 km² and is 765 m above sea level.
Community structure
The municipality includes the following two localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Pit farmer (338)
- Church District (765)
The community consists of the cadastral communities Grubbauer and Kirchenviertel.
Neighboring communities
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history
The place is mentioned in 1340 as in the Roeten. The abolition of the manorial lords took place in 1848. The local community as an autonomous body was established in 1850. From 1922 there was lignite mining on site. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the community became part of the Reichsgau Steiermark. On July 26, 1944, an American Boeing B-17 was shot down by German fighter planes , killing five crew members.
From 1945 to 1955 Ratten was part of the British zone of occupation in Austria. In 1960 the last tunnel, the “peace tunnel”, was closed. The former mining village is now a place for vacation and relaxation.
October 2014, by expanding to 21 wind turbines, the wind farm on the Rattener Alm / on the Steinriegel mountain (in front of the one in Oberzeiring ) becomes the largest in a high-alpine location. Wienenergie has an 85% share in the Steinriegel 1 wind farm from 2005, which generates 34 gigawatt hours of annual electricity from 10 wheels . The 11 wheels of the Steinriegel 2 wind farm (45 GWh / a) belong entirely to Wienergie.
Culture and sights
- Rosary Chapel from 1664
- Museum "Mining Rats"
- Brass music museum rats
Economy and Infrastructure
education
In rats consist:
- an elementary school and
- a new middle school .
Tourism association
Together with Birkfeld, Fischbach, Miesenbach, Rettenegg, Strallegg, St. Kathrein am Hauenstein, St. Jakob im Walde, Waldbach-Mönichwald, Wenigzell and Vorau, the municipality forms the “ Joglland - Waldheimat ” tourism association . Its seat is the municipality of St. Jakob im Walde.
politics
Municipal council
The council of Ratten consists of a total of 15 members. After the municipal council elections in 2015 , the SPÖ for the first time had an absolute majority in the municipality and was thus far ahead of the ÖVP , which with only 35% of the votes had fallen to its historic low in the formerly traditionally bourgeois village. In the meantime, the FPÖ could hardly change its share of the vote of around 5% and therefore missed out on the municipal council for the second time in a row .
| Political party | 2015 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | 1995 | ||||||||||
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| Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | Sti. | % | M. | |
| SPÖ | 518 | 60 | 10 | 399 | 45 | 7th | 397 | 45 | 7th | 235 | 29 | 4th | 215 | 25th | 4th |
| ÖVP | 302 | 35 | 5 | 387 | 43 | 7th | 421 | 48 | 7th | 435 | 54 | 9 | 480 | 56 | 9 |
| FPÖ | 47 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 6th | 1 | 58 | 7th | 1 | 100 | 12 | 1 |
| Citizen List Rats | not running | 58 | 7th | 1 | not running | not running | not running | ||||||||
| The green | not running | not running | not running | 84 | 10 | 1 | 64 | 7th | 1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 993 | 997 | 1.007 | 972 | 987 | ||||||||||
| voter turnout | 89% | 90% | 88% | 84% | 88% | ||||||||||
mayor
The SPÖ district manager Thomas Heim (SPÖ) was re-elected as mayor at the constituent meeting of the municipal council on May 28, 2015 .
The community board also includes the deputy mayor Daniela Zapf (SPÖ) and the community treasurer Hannes Pimeshofer (ÖVP).
coat of arms
By resolution of the Styrian state government, Ratten has had the right to use the municipal coat of arms since May 1, 1975.
Description of the coat of arms : "In a shield split from silver to green by a wave cut, three green conifers in front, behind the silver mine symbol over three (1: 2) silver balls."
The coat of arms was designed by the then director of the Ratten secondary school, Johann Allmer. The wavy line in the middle of the coat of arms symbolizes the Feistritz river, which characterizes the valley landscape. The three conifers are supposed to represent the abundance of forests in the municipality. The mine symbol reminds of the brown coal mining that took place until 1960 . The three spheres are the symbol of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of the parish church of Ratten.
Town twinning
Since 1978 there has been an official partnership with the municipality of Waldalgesheim , district of Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany .
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1964: Franz Wegart (1918–2009), Provincial Councilor
- 1982: Josef Krainer (1930–2016), governor
Sons and daughters of the church
- Franz Anton Gindl (1786–1841), bishop of the diocese of Brno 1832–1841, bishop of the diocese of Gurk 1841
- Maria Mosbacher (* 1953), politician ( SPÖ )
- Erich Buchebner (born October 25, 1954), musician
Web links
- 61741 - Rats (Styria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Crash of a B-17 in rats on July 26, 1944 , website regiowiki.at, accessed on December 14, 2014
- ↑ http://steiermark.orf.at/news/stories/2674295/ Largest high alpine wind farm in operation, ORF.at, October 17, 2014
- ↑ http://www.wienenergie.at/eportal2/ep/channelView.do?pageTypeId=67829&channelId=-48260#69350 Steinriegel wind farm, Wienenergie website, accessed June 7, 2015.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Community of Ratten: Education and Upbringing (accessed May 29, 2015)
- ^ Grazer Zeitung , Official Gazette for Styria. December 30, 2014, 210th year, 52nd piece. No. 307. ZDB -ID 1291268-2 p. 626.
- ↑ a b My week of May 29, 2015: ' (accessed on May 29, 2015)
- ^ Municipality of Ratten: The municipality coat of arms (accessed on May 29, 2015)
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung (July 28, 1964), p. 10.
- ↑ Erich Buchebner on the page of Wolfgang Ambros
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