Rauental (Rastatt)

Rauental City of Rastatt
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 23 "  N , 8 ° 14 ′ 52"  E
Height :	120 m
Area :	3.2 km²
Residents :	1400
Population density :	438 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	May 1, 1972
Postal code :	76437
Area code :	07222

Rauental is a district of the district town of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Rauental today has around 1400 inhabitants. The place is in the Rhine Valley of the Upper Rhine Plain at an altitude of 120 m at the foot of the Northern Black Forest east of the main town of Rastatt, from which the village is spatially separated by the A5 federal motorway . The town is bordered to the north and east by the B 462 , which runs from Rastatt to Rottweil .

history

The first written mention of the place as Ruwental comes from the year 1402 . The name is derived from the Old High German ouwa for island or floodplain , as a water-flooded land in the rupture area of the Kinzig-Murg-Rinne .

On the occasion of the regional and district reform , Rauental was incorporated into the district town of Rastatt on May 1, 1972.

Local council

Of the ten seats in the local council , the CDU has six seats since the 2019 local elections , the SPD and the Free Voters two seats each.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the red village symbol in gold: a square measure , the angle to the right and downwards.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Rauental district at rastatt.de
2. ↑ Geodata Center
3. ↑ ^{a b} H. Bischof: The place names of the Rastatt district. In: Die Ortenau , 1959 (39), pp. 129-138, here p. 137 ( digitized version ).
4. ↑ Rauental at badische-seiten.de
5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 501 .
6. ↑ Rauental local council at rastatt.de