Riederich

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Reutlingen
Height :	336 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.64 km 2
Residents:	4377 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	943 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	72585
Area code :	07123
License plate :	RT
Community key :	08 4 15 062
LOCODE :	DE RDZ
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Mittelstädter Strasse 17 ; 72585 Riederich
Website :	www.riederich.de
Mayor :	Tobias Pokrop
Location of the municipality of Riederich in the Reutlingen district

Riederich is a municipality about ten kilometers northeast of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the Neckar-Alb region and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart . Apart from the village of the same name, Riederich does not belong to any other localities.

geography

location

The community is located in the Ermstal .

Neighboring communities

The following cities and municipalities border on the municipality of Riederich, they are named starting in clockwise direction in the north and belong to the district of Reutlingen or the district of Esslingen ¹:

Bempflingen ¹, Grafenberg , Metzingen , Reutlingen- Mittelstadt and Reutlingen- Reicheneck .

history

overview

Finds from the Neolithic period were made in the area, suggesting a settlement. A Roman military route ran between Bempflingen and Riederich. The current place was probably founded by the Alemanni; Riederich was first mentioned in a document in 1097, the area of which was then in the Duchy of Swabia . Riederich came to the County of Württemberg through the Counts of Achalm as early as the end of the 13th century . In the Peasants' War, Riedericher took part in the uprising of poor Konrad . Two thirds of Riederich was destroyed during the Thirty Years War .

Numerous families immigrated to North America in the late 19th century. In 1860 the place was raised to an independent parish. In 1906 Riederich was tied to the power grid. In the Reichstag election of 1933, 62.2% of the votes went to the NSDAP and 22.5% to the KPD .

After the Second World War , the place belonged to the French occupation zone and thus to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern , which was dissolved in the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. The redevelopment of the town center began in the 1990s. In 1997 the 900th anniversary of the site was celebrated.

Administrative affiliation

At the time of the Duchy of Württemberg, the place belonged to the Metzingen sub-office of the Urach office. When the new administrative structure was implemented in the Kingdom of Württemberg , which was founded in 1806, Riederich's affiliation to the Urach Oberamt was established. Through the district reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg in 1938, the place came to the district of Reutlingen .

Population development

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office ( main residences only ).

date	Residents
December 1, 1871 ¹	799
December 1, 1900 ¹	918
May 17, 1939 ¹	1,058
September 13, 1950 ¹	1,234
June 6, 1961 ¹	1,897
May 27, 1970 ¹	2,641
May 25, 1987 ¹	3,963
December 31, 1991	4,307
December 31, 1995	4,294
December 31, 2000	4,285
December 31, 2005	4,319
December 31, 2010	4,243
December 31, 2015	4,376

Religions

Riederich was part of the Bempflingen parish for a long time. Since this belonged to the Denkendorf Monastery , the Reformation in Riederich could only be introduced after its secularization . In 1860 Riederich became an independent parish. Even today, Riederich is still predominantly evangelical-Lutheran . Today's Protestant parish Riederich belongs to the Bad Urach-Münsingen church district of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg .

The Roman Catholic community in Metzingen, which belongs to the Reutlingen-Zwiefalten deanery of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese, is responsible for the Catholics .

politics

Administrative community

The municipality of Riederich is a member of the agreed administrative community with Metzingen and Grafenberg (Reutlingen district) | Grafenberg.

mayor

The mayor is elected for an eight-year term. Tobias Pokrop's current term of office ends in 2021.

1951–1989: Alfred Barner
1989–2013: Klaus Bender
since 2013: Tobias Pokrop

Municipal council

The municipal council in Riederich has 14 members. The local elections on May 25, 2014 led to the following official final result. The turnout was 46.0% (2009: 51.6%). The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

List for Riederich (LFR)	52.4%	7 seats	2009: 42.4%, 6 seats
Citizens for Riederich (BFR)	47.6%	7 seats	2009: 50.5%, 7 seats
Free Democratic Party	0.0%	0 seats	2009: 07.0%, 1 seate

coat of arms

Blazon : In green between two golden diagonal bars, three golden thread spindles attached to each other.

Culture, sights and nature

music

Musikverein Riederich, founded on November 18, 1950
Riederich Singers' Association, founded in 1877

societies

Fire brigade founded in 1880, converted into volunteer fire brigade in 1928
TSV Riederich, founded in 1897

Buildings

The Protestant Resurrection Church was built in 1958 by the Reutlingen architect Manfred Wizgall . The tower of the Romanesque predecessor church was retained, as well as part of the north wall with the frescoes exposed at the time , created around 1450. The artist Wilhelm Pfeiffer (Tübingen-Hirschau, 1918–1991) created the sgraffito above the south door for the new church name (Auferstandener with grave angel and Maria Magdalena), plus the stone relief above the main entrance (returning “lost” son). The glass artist Adolf Valentin Saile also addressed the church name in the choir window.
Alte Post in Riederich, built between 1703 and 1708

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Riederich is connected to the national road network by the federal highway 312 ( Stuttgart - Berkheim ).

education

The Gutenberg School is a primary school . There are three municipal kindergartens for the youngest residents.

Supply and disposal

The electricity and natural gas network in the community is operated by FairEnergie GmbH , a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Reutlingen GmbH and EnBW Kommunale Beteiligungen GmbH.

Up to 1928, scoop wells, private and also two public pumping wells were used to supply water in Riederich. In the spring of 1928 the first central water supply could be put into operation. Today the drinking water consists of 35 percent of its own water from the Burris deep well and 65 percent of water from the Lake Constance water supply . Mixing takes place in the Neubruch elevated tank.

The Zweckverband Abwasserreinigung Bempflingen-Riederich operates a joint sewage treatment plant for the wastewater disposal of the communities of Bempflingen and Riederich.