Rattenberg (Tyrol)

Borough Rattenberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Kufstein
License plate :	KU
Surface:	0.11 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 26 '  N , 11 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '20 "  N , 11 ° 53' 36"  E
Height :	521  m above sea level A.
Residents :	442 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	4018 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6240
Area code :	05337
Community code :	7 05 21
Address of the municipal administration:	Pfarrgasse 92–93 6240 Rattenberg
Website:	www.rattenberg.at
politics
Mayor :	Bernhard Freiberger ( FPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2016) (11 members)	3 "For Rattenberg's Future" - Independent List 3 "FPÖ and Independent Citizens' List Rattenberg" 2 Alternative Citizens' Forum Rattenberg 3 List of Mayors Martin Götz (ÖVP)
Location of Rattenberg in the Kufstein district
City of Rattenberg am Inn
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Rattenberg is a town in the district of Kufstein , Tyrol , Austria . With 0.11 km² it is the smallest municipality in Austria in terms of area and with 442 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) the smallest urban municipality in Austria. Rattenberg is the seat of the district court in the judicial district of Rattenberg .

geography

The town of Rattenberg lies between the right bank of the Inn and a castle in the Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley. The municipal area corresponds to exactly a quarter of the state area of ​​the Vatican City .

Community structure

Rattenberg consists of a single cadastral community or town of the same name .

Neighboring communities

		Radfeld
Kramsach
Brixlegg

history

Rattenberg around 1737

Rattenberg lies between Fels and Inn at the foot of a castle from the 10th century. In the past, the city served as a transshipment point for goods from the Inn shipping and as a customs office on the border between Tyrol and Bavaria . The historic center is built in the Inn-Salzach style and is now a pedestrian zone.

Rattenberg was first mentioned in documents in 1254. In 1393 it was elevated to the status of a Bavarian city. Under the protection of the castle, the place developed along the road between the Inn and the Stadtberg. A wall and a moat in the east closed off the place. The south-tyrolean street leading east forms the center as a kind of town square. After floods, the place was raised several times.

Like the rest of Tyrol east of the Ziller ( Zillertal ), Rattenberg belongs to the Archdiocese of Salzburg . Rattenberg was politically part of Bavaria until the Landshut War of Succession . In 1505, Maximilian I secured the possession of the cities of Rattenberg, Kufstein and Kitzbühel and their surroundings, which formerly belonged to Bavaria-Ingolstadt and then to Bavaria-Landshut , by negotiation with the Cologne arbitration award, which ended the war . Until the 19th century, however, the land law of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria still applied in these areas. In 1514, the Bavarian Duke Wilhelm IV and his younger brother were inherited in Rattenberg .

In 2013 the urban area was placed under ensemble protection ( monument protection ). This makes Rattenberg the second town ensemble in Tyrol after Hall and the 30th in Austria.

Population development

Culture and sights

Südtirolerstraße with fountain in Rattenberg

Bienerstraße-Hassauerstraße

Notburgahaus

Nailers' houses

Buildings

Here the type of the Inn-Salzach city is still particularly well preserved.

See also:  List of listed objects in Rattenberg

• Parish church hl. Virgil
• In the former Augustinian - monastery that is Augustinian Museum housed the ecclesiastical exhibits from the Lower Tyrol shows.
• Notburga's birthplace
• There is a handicraft museum in the nail smiths' houses , which have existed since 1148 and are therefore among the oldest houses in the town.
• Schlossberg Rattenberg with castle ruins

Schlossberg shadow

Rattenberg is so located on the adjacent Schlossberg that part of the city is in the shade for about three months in winter . The Bartenbach Light Academy has developed a concept whereby the part of the old town should be supplied with daylight via two mirrors. A self-tracking heliostat with 200 m² was planned on the sunny side of the place , several fixed mirrors with 400 m² area on the Schlossberg side - the project was not implemented.

Economy and Infrastructure

Rattenberg is known today for its glass processing companies and is therefore called "Glass City". The most important branch of the economy is day tourism. In summer, around 3,000 guests visit the city, which only has one hotel, every day by coach and private car. Almost the whole city is a pedestrian zone .

There is no post office and no police inspection in the city, but there is the District Court of Rattenberg, which is responsible for the twelve communities in the judicial district of Rattenberg .

Due to the constriction of the building area, which makes up only about half of the city area, several infrastructure facilities are outside the city limits: u. a. Kindergarten, fire brigade, cemetery, sports field, building yard, recycling yard, train stop and several large parking spaces. All 93 usable buildings in the city are numbered consecutively in a total of seven named streets (from 1–87 and 89–94).

traffic

• Rattenberg can be reached via the Inntal Autobahn A 12 with the Kramsach exit (exit 32). Before the completion of the motorway, all traffic ran through the city until August 4, 1972. The Tiroler Straße B 171 was only passed through the Rattenberg Tunnel (624 m) decades later and has since completely relieved the city of through traffic.
• The Unterinntalbahn , which runs under Rattenberg in the tunnel, serves the city with the Rattenberg-Kramsach stop of the S-Bahn Tirol .

The RTT radio beacon for  an international air route is located near the city .

Events

The largest regular events are:

• Schlossbergspiele, annually from the beginning of July to the beginning of August
• Rattenberger Advent, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Advent

politics

Municipal council

After the municipal council election on February 28, 2016, of the 11 seats in the municipal council, the following were dropped:

list	be right	in %	Mandates
"For Rattenberg's Future" - Independent List	61	24.60%	3
"FPÖ and Independent Citizens' List Rattenberg"	64	25.81%	3
Alternative citizens' forum Rattenberg	48	19.35%	2
List of Mayors Martin Götz (ÖVP)	75	30.24%	3

mayor

After the death of the directly elected mayor Franz Wurzenrainer on May 20, 2014, Vice Mayor Martin Götz took over the office and was later elected mayor.

In the direct mayor election on February 28, 2016, three candidates ran:

• Gernot Edenstrasser received 50 votes / 20.16%
• Bernhard Freiberger received 90 votes / 36.29%
• the incumbent mayor Martin Götz received 108 votes / 43.55%

In the runoff election on March 13th, Bernhard Freiberger (FPÖ and Independent Citizens' List Rattenberg) was elected mayor with 128 votes (54.47%).

Personalities

• Notburga von Rattenberg (around 1265-1313), popular saint
• Johannes Cuefner (also Kufner, Kuefner and others), Latin schoolmaster in Rattenberg in 1521, editor of medical works, doctor in Nördlingen in 1544
• Pilgram Marbeck (* around 1495; † late 1556 in Augsburg ), important Anabaptist leader
• Leonhard Schiemer , Anabaptist Bishop , was executed as a martyr on January 14, 1528 , as was another 70 members of the Rattenberg Anabaptist community between 1528 and 1540.
• Lambert Auer (* 1533; † May 4, 1573 in Rome ), Jesuit , preacher and theologian, 1st Rector of the Jesuit College in Mainz
• Wilhelm Biener (* before 1590), was executed on July 17, 1651 in Rattenberg, lawyer and Tyrolean chancellor
• Alois Sandbichler OESA (1751–1820), Catholic theologian, advisor to Michael Haydn
• Ulrich Endholzer OESA (1751–1790) composer in Salzburg-Mülln
• Wilhelm von Metzen (1766–1809), high officer in the Bavarian Army , shot himself in Rattenberg and was buried there
• Emil Schennich (1884–1928), composer, 1918–1928 music director in Innsbruck
• Werner Lindinger (1944–2001), physicist

Web links

Commons : Rattenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 70521 - Rattenberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry on Rattenberg in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Municipality website

Individual evidence

1. ^ ORF-Online: Rattenberg under ensemble protection ; Retrieved December 4, 2014.
2. ^ Spiegel Online , October 25, 2005
3. ↑ Stern , October 20, 2007
4. ↑ European Union, Committee of the Regions: Environmentally friendly transport planning in Europe ; accessed on December 13, 2015
5. ↑ Schlossbergspiele ( Memento of the original dated May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 6, 2016. 
6. ↑ Rattenberger Advent ( Memento of the original from May 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 6, 2016. 
7. ^ Election results for the 2016 municipal council election in Rattenberg. State of Tyrol, February 28, 2016, accessed on January 5, 2019 . 
8. ↑ memorial Mayor. Franz Wurzenrainer