Vineyards (near Kaufbeuren)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '  N , 10 ° 39'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Ostallgäu
Management Community :	Pforzen
Height :	659 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.41 km 2
Residents:	1302 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	155 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	87668
Area code :	08346
License plate :	OAL, FÜS, MOD
Community key :	09 7 77 164
Community structure:	2 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Saalfeldstrasse 4a 87668 Rieden
Website :	www.rieden-zellerberg.de
Mayoress :	Inge Weiß ( Free Association of Voters )
Location of the municipality of Rieden in the Ostallgäu district

Parish Church of St. Martin of Tours

Rieden is a municipality in the Swabian district of Ostallgäu and a member of the Pforzen administrative community .

geography

Rieden lies on the edge of the Allgäu .

The municipality from the Rieden district has two officially named municipality parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

• Rieden ( parish village )
• Zellerberg (parish village)

history

Until the church is planted

The first written mention of Rieden comes from the year 1242. Rieden belonged to the imperial abbey of Irsee . Honorius Grieninger , abbot from 1784 to 1802, built the castle in Rieden in 1793. During his reign, Rieden became an independent parish again. With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the place came to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818.

Population development

From 1988 to 2008 Rieden lost 153 or about eleven percent of its population. The trend continued: Rieden was the only municipality in the Ostallgäu district to lose inhabitants between 1988 and 2018, namely 184 from 1455 to 1271 or 12.7%.

was standing	Residents
December 31, 2016	1291
December 31, 2015	1305
December 31, 2014	1324
December 31, 2013	1323
December 31, 2012	1321
December 31, 2011	1345
December 31, 2010	1265
December 31, 2009	1294
December 31, 2008	1302
12/31/2007	1318
December 31, 2006	1323
December 31, 2005	1343
December 31, 2004	1339
12/31/2003	1366
December 31, 2002	1381
December 31, 2001	1383
December 31, 2000	1375
December 31, 1999	1390
December 31, 1998	1377
December 31, 1997	1369
December 31, 1995	1400
December 31, 1993	1466
December 31, 1991	1479

In 1970 1442 and 1987 then 1431 inhabitants were counted on the territory of the municipality.

politics

mayor

Ludwig Landwehr (Free Association of Voters) was the mayor until 2014. Ludwig Landwehr did not stand for re-election. On May 1, 2014, Inge Weiß (joint nomination by free voter groups) was elected to succeed. It was confirmed on March 15, 2020 with 95.5% of the vote for a further six years.

Municipal council

For the election on March 15, 2020 , only the joint nomination of the Free Voters' Association Zellerberg, Free Voters' Association Rieden-Zellerberg and Young Voters' Community Rieden-Zellerberg with 20 applicants was available. The twelve applicants for this nomination with the highest number of votes form the municipal council for May 2020 to April 2026 together with the mayor. The turnout was 65.6%.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by red and blue by a silver wavy bar; above a silver dove with a silver twig in its beak, below half a silver mill wheel. "

Culture and sights

Ridmonument

The Ridmonument is a tower-like, square Marienkapelle, which was built in 1884 by the landowner Johann Martin Rid from the proceeds of the forced transfer of land for the construction of the railway on the Lindenberg.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Rieden

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  Allgäu cycling tour 2012 in Rieden

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  Zellerberg

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics, there were 90 people in the manufacturing sector and no employees in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic sectors 36 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 483 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector and no company in the main construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 19 farms with an agriculturally used area of ​​549 ha, of which 84 ha were arable land and 465 ha were permanent green space.

education

The following institutions exist (as of 1999):

• Kindergarten: 50 kindergarten places with 50 children

The elementary school (1999 with eight teachers and 136 students) has been closed since the 2007/08 school year.

Web links

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

• Entry on the coat of arms of Rieden (near Kaufbeuren)  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Rieden (near Kaufbeuren): Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF; 1.05 MB)
• Archaeological Tour Wertachtal (PDF) Time travel by bike

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 Rieden in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 17, 2019.
3. ^ Community of Rieden
4. ↑ http://www.rieden-zellerberg.de/bildergalerie/impressionen/impressionen-1/ridmonument/
5. ^ City and district of Kaufbeuren Tillmann Breuer Deutscher Kunstverlag p 178
6. ↑ http://www.pforzen.de/gemeinde-pforzen/chronik/beispiel-ereignisse/