Rettenberg

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Rettenberg
Rettenberg
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Rettenberg highlighted

Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '  N , 10 ° 17'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Swabia
County : Oberallgäu
Height : 807 m above sea level NHN
Area : 60.14 km 2
Residents: 4458 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 74 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 87549
Area code : 08327
License plate : OA
Community key : 09 7 80 137
LOCODE : DE RT2
Community structure: 37 parts of the community
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Bichelweg 2
87549 Rettenberg
Website : www.gemeinde-rettenberg.de
Mayor : Nikolaus Weißinger ( CSU / FW-R / FW-U and FWV)
Location of the municipality of Rettenberg in the Oberallgäu district
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Rettenberg town center
Emmereis in the high valley north of the Grünten

Rettenberg is a municipality in the Bavarian-Swabian district of Oberallgäu .

geography

Rettenberg lies at 807  m at the foot of the Grünten ( 1738  m ). On the northern side of this mountain is the elongated, 1115 meter high Rottachberg . A large part of the municipal area lies in between. The high valley is drained to the northeast by the Kranzegger Bach and to the southwest by the Agathazeller Bach and the Roßbach .

Rettenberg has 37 officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

history

Until the church is planted

The name of the place is derived from the rock Nagelfluh . This rock is discolored reddish by iron oxide . This place was once called Rötenberg (from Roter Berg ).

Rettenberg was the seat of the Rettenberg rule . From the beginning of the 12th century until the death of Heinrich von Rettenberg around 1350, the lords of Rettenberg were one of the most influential families in the Oberallgäu. Their property there included large parts to the east of the Iller . Their ancestral home was Rettenberg Castle .

The name Rettenberg originally stood for two places about five kilometers away. To distinguish it, the name of today's place Rettenberg was added to that of the parish of Stephans-Rettenberg and the other village was called Rettenberg in front of the castle . From this the name Vorderburg developed in the 19th century , which has been the official name since 1905.

With the ruins of Finkelsburg Castle and a castle stable near Emmereis, there are other former castle complexes in the municipality.

Rettenberg belonged to the bishopric of Augsburg . Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and the secularization in 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria. In 1818 the community came into being.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1976, a small part of the dissolved municipality of Petersthal with then about 25 inhabitants was incorporated. Untermaiselstein, which received this name on February 26, 1927 (previously Maiselstein ), and Vorderburg were added on May 1, 1978.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the community grew from 3,181 to 4,437 by 1256 inhabitants or 39.5%.

year 1961 1970 1987 1991 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Residents 2810 2746 3122 3484 3622 3879 4081 4290 4391

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 16 members. Since the local elections on March 15, 2020, it has been composed as follows:

Party / list Seats +/- * Share of votes
CSU 3 - 1 21.0%
Green 3 + 1 16.4%
Free electorate Rettenberg (FW-R) 5 + 1 28.5%
Free voter group Rettenberg-Untermaiselstein (FW-U) 3 ± 0 21.9%
Free voters Rettenberg-Vorderburg (FWV) 2 - 1 12.2%
total 16 100%

* Difference from the 2014 election

mayor

Nikolaus Weißinger (CSU) was elected First Mayor in the 2020 local elections with 86.7% of the valid votes. He replaced Oliver Kunz (CSU), who was mayor from 2008 to 2020 and was no longer running.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: crenellated divided by silver and red; above a floating red five-mountain, below two silver iron hats one above the other.

economy

Rettenberg is a member of the Alpsee-Grünten Holiday Region project , an amalgamation of the five communities Blaichach , Rettenberg, Sonthofen , Burgberg and Immenstadt to strengthen the tourist infrastructure.

"Brewery village" Rettenberg

Rettenberg is also called brewery village called because there with the brewery Engelbräu well as with the private brewery Zötler two traditional breweries are located, which also act as a large employer in the municipality. The overall concept "brewery village of Rettenberg" was the Bavarian Brewers' Association and the Bavarian Hotel and Restaurant Association in 2006 with the " Golden Beer Idea Award".

The community advertises with the title of Germany's southernmost brewery village and crowns the Rettenberg beer queen. With the Bernardi Bräu as the third brewery in the village, there is the highest private brewery in Germany in the village.

Culture and sights

Church of St. Blasius in Vorderburg

Churches and chapels

  • Rettenberg: St. Stephan - built 1728–1730, inaugurated in 1754. Local artists, above all three generations of Weiß (father Franz Anton, son Nikolaus, grandson Ludwig Caspar) work as painters, sculptors and gilders. Despite several stylistic epochs, the baroque harmony was preserved.
  • Vorderberg: Chapel (privately built) - built in 1954 by Hansjörg Bernhard.
  • Vorderburg: St. Blasius - built from 1737 while retaining the choir of the previous building, inaugurated in 1754. Altar panel and side altar paintings by Franz Anton Weiß, pointed tower 62 m high, of which approx. 30 m are wooden.
  • Kranzegg: Catholic Marienkapelle with choir fresco “ Annunciation of Mary ” by Johann Heel .
  • Kranzegg: Evangelical Asante Christ Chapel , built in 1979 as the only Evangelical path chapel in the Allgäu

Regular events

  • Vorderburger herb market - in May
  • Full moon festival of the Zötler brewery - always at full moon (except when it falls during Holy Week and Christmas)

education

  • Kindergarten (Kranzegg and Untermaiselstein)
  • Elementary school (1st to 4th grade)

Personalities

Born in Rettenberg

Honorary citizen

  • Herbert Zötler Sr. (* April 15, 1924; † April 23, 2010), master brewer, was senior boss of the private brewery Zötler (formerly Adlerbrauerei ), long-time member of the local council until his death

Literature and web links

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

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 Rettenberg in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ Location portrait of Rettenberg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.all-in.de  
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 571 .
  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. 795 .
  6. ↑ Election of the 2020 municipal council in Rettenberg, overall result , accessed on April 22, 2020
  7. ↑ Municipality of Rettenberg, election of the first mayor 2020, overall result
  8. ↑ Golden Beer Idea - Laureate 1999-2017 Bavarian Brewers Association.
  9. ↑ http://www.all-in.de/nachrichten/lokales/Dritte-Brauerei-in-Rettenberg-oeffnet-im-Mai;art26090,1916305
  10. ^ Information about the churches of Rettenberg
  11. ^ Report on the honorary citizenship of Herbert Zötlers sen.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.all-in.de  
  12. ^ Obituary for Herbert Zötler ( Memento from April 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )