Ruhpolding

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Ruhpolding
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Coordinates: 47 ° 46 '  N , 12 ° 39'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Bavaria
County : Traunstein
Height : 656 m above sea level NHN
Area : 147.84 km 2
Residents: 7065 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 48 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 83324
Area code : 08663
License plate : TS, LF
Community key : 09 1 89 140
Community structure: 73 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Rathausplatz 1
83324 Ruhpolding
Website : www.ruhpolding-rathaus.de
Mayor : Justus Pfeifer ( CSU )
Location of the community of Ruhpolding in the district of Traunstein
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Ruhpolding is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Traunstein in the Chiemgau Alps . The main town is in the Ruhpolding valley basin, which is also known as the "Miesenbacher Tal". Ruhpolding is a nationally known health and tourist resort. The name Ruhpolding is derived from the Bavarian "Rupoltingin" and means "with the people of the famous strong" (pold = strong or strong, Ru (d) = famous). According to the pronunciation of Bavarian , the place name is correctly stressed on the first syllable ( Rùhpolding ) and not on the second syllable ( Ruhpòlding ). In the local dialect, the place name is pronounced as Ruàbbàding .

Ruhpolding from the Unternberg

geography

View of Ruhpolding
Ruhpolding from the south
Ruhpolding from the southeast

climate

The climate in Ruhpolding is warm and temperate. There is significant rainfall throughout the year. The annual average temperature is 7.6 ° C. About 1840 mm of precipitation falls annually.

In 2009, the Seehaus district was the wettest place in Germany according to the weather report of the German Meteorological Service, with a rainfall of 2456 millimeters (corresponds to 2456 liters / m²). The long-term average there is 2230 mm. Seehaus is five kilometers from Ruhpolding in a narrow, shady valley basin, which is why there is more traffic jam and snowfall.

Community structure

The municipality consists of 73 districts, which are distributed among the former municipalities as follows:

Original
municipality of
Ruhpolding
(1818–1882) 		Former
municipality of
Vachenau
(1818–1882) 		Former
municipality of
Zell
(1818–1882)

The municipality part of Ramsen (former municipality of Zell) was reclassified to the eastern neighboring municipality of Inzell with effect from December 1, 1996 .

The three former or original communities existing until 1882 continue to exist as a district with a similar delimitation. Together with three uninhabited parish -free areas incorporated on January 1, 1970 , the community of Ruhpolding is divided into a total of six districts, three inhabited and three uninhabited:

  • Ruhpolding (28.75 km²)
  • Vachenau (14.80 km²)
  • Zell (18.70 km²)
  • Seehaus Forest (28.57 km²)
  • Urschlauer Forst (26.28 km²)
  • Zeller Forest (30.88 km²)

mountains

history

The first documented mention of today's Buchschachen district comes from the year 924. The Ruhpoldingen estate was first mentioned around 1193. Ore has been mined in the municipality since 1585. In 1882 the municipalities of Ruhpolding, Vachenau (south) and Zell (east) , founded in 1818, were merged into one political municipality. Until December 31, 1881 there were three villages in the valley of the Bavarian Traun, also called Miesenbachertal. These merged on January 1, 1882 to form the large community of Ruhpolding. Finding a name was not easy because none of the three independent municipalities of Ruhpolding, Vachenau and Zell wanted to give up their names - at that time there were three mayors and three volunteer fire brigades . Ultimately, however, an agreement was reached on Ruhpolding ; the parish church and the cemetery , the first schoolhouse built in 1821 and the post office (in the current Hotel Zur Post ) were located here. In 1895 the railway line to Traunstein was opened.

Discovered for tourism in 1933 (see section tourism ).

On January 1, 1970, three municipality-free areas were dissolved and incorporated into Ruhpolding, thus more than doubling the municipality area:

These areas, which were free of congregation until December 31, 1969, and the communities of Vachenau and Zell, which existed until 1882, continue to exist as districts within the community of Ruhpolding. Together with the district of Ruhpolding, which roughly corresponds to the municipality of Ruhpolding in its original boundaries before 1882, there are thus six districts.

The Ruhpolding ice rink was built in 1978. In the same year the biathlon performance center was completed. In 1979, with the first biathlon world championships , Ruhpolding became internationally known as a biathlon location.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 6,151 to 7,058 by 907 inhabitants or 14.8%.

politics

City council and mayor

Ruhpolding town hall

Since the local elections on March 16, 2014 , the seats in the municipal council have been distributed as follows, with a turnout of 60.7%:

Political party CSU SPD VRB * total
2014 Seats 8th 7th 5 20th
Share of votes 39.2% 34.9% 25.9% 100%

* Association of Ruhpolding Citizens

mayor

Justus Pfeifer (CSU) has been the first mayor since 2020. In the 2020 local elections, he was elected as a joint candidate by the CSU and VRB with 66.06% of the valid votes. He is also a member of the local council.

Former mayors and their terms of office
Mathias Huber (* 1854, † March 14, 1921)
  • ? –1893: Anton Pointner ( German Center Party )
  • 1893–1906: Mathias Huber (Forestry Association, later BBB )
  • 1906–1919: Georg Eisenberger ( BBB )
  • 1919–1933: Bartholomäus Schmucker
  • 1933 until the end of the war: Anton Kreidl, Josef Wallner, Karl Huber
  • 1945 and 1946: Alois Rappl, Valentin Plenk, Fritz Grübl
  • 1946–1966: Josef Mayer ( CSU )
  • 1966–1970: Leonhard Schmucker (CSU), (then from 1970 to 1990 district administrator in the Traunstein district )
  • 1970–1972: Anton Stengel ( UW )
  • 1972–1978: Franz Schneider ( SPD )
  • 1978–1996: Herbert Ohl (CSU)
  • 1996–2002: Gerhard Hallweger (SPD)
  • 2002–2008: Andreas Hallweger (CSU)
  • 2008–2020: Claus Pichler (SPD)
  • since 2020: Justus Pfeifer (CSU)

coat of arms

DEU Ruhpolding COA.svg

The description of the coat of arms from 1922 reads:

“The green Dreiberg symbolizes the three former communities of Ruhpolding, Vachenau and Zell. The golden linden tree represents the new municipality of Ruhpolding. The silver cross-river points to the Traun , which cuts through the Miesenbachertal. The silver label with the silver grit ax with gold in it alludes to the stone crosses in front of St. Valentine's Church, where it was once assumed to be a place. "

Partnerships

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Ruhpolding train station (before renovation in 2016)

The German Alpine Road B 305 runs in the south of the municipality . The federal highway 8 is about seven kilometers away. Since the end of 2008, a 366 meter long tunnel (“castle tunnel”) has been running through the town, which significantly relieves the town center of traffic.

Ruhpolding is the end point of the Traunstein – Ruhpolding railway line . From May 18, 1923 to December 31, 1931, the forest railway continued to Reit im Winkl .

Educational institutions

There are two schools in Ruhpolding. Elementary and secondary school lessons are offered at the elementary school in Ruhpolding. The St. Valentin special school teaches children and young people in grades 1–12 with a special focus on intellectual development.

Leisure and sports facilities

  • Biathlon performance center (BLZ) Chiemgau-Arena with the Großer Zirmbergschanze (K-point 115 m) and four other ski jumping hills
  • Cable car to Rauschberg (1671 m) with the difficult Rossgasse ski run
  • Chair lift to the Unternberg (1425 m) with ski area (3 lifts), snow-making system
  • Westernberg ski area with snow-making system and snow tubing system
  • Paragliding and paragliding schools
  • Biathlon World Cup Biathlon in Ruhpolding
  • In winter, cross-country skiing trails in the three lakes area and in and around Ruhpolding. As well as in the Chiemgau Arena with floodlights
  • Sports hall with a performance center for shooting sports
  • Ice rink
  • Vita Alpina adventure and wellness pool with outdoor pool, thermal baths and saunas. First wave pool in the Alps.
  • Golf course in the district of Zell: 86 hectare par 72 course of the Ruhpolding golf club with 18 holes and the longest course in Chiemgau at 570 m
  • Ruhpolding leisure park: The park was opened in 1967 and today offers a mountain rollercoaster, slides and adventure playground in the mountain forest near Brand. The fairy tale hiking trail also begins near the park.
  • Minigolf leisure facility at the Kurhaus : You can play mini golf, jet golf, table tennis, boccia, table football and billiards.
  • Archery range on 3D figures in the Maiergschwendt district
  • Maiergschwendt ski area: lifts, cross-country ski run, toboggan slope
  • Tennis court with ten tennis courts and four indoor courts
  • Mountain forest adventure center: a forest educational facility with guided tours on the subject of the mountain forest ecosystem, adventure hikes and environmental education for school classes, kindergartens and other groups
  • Chiemgau-Coaster summer toboggan run on Westernberg

Spa facilities

  • Vinzentinum District Hospital , part of the municipal hospital group Kliniken Südostbayern
  • Outdoor swimming pool and spa management pavilion
  • Kurhaus as an event location for spa concerts and folk evenings

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Bell smithy : Exhibition in the original buildings of the bell smithy established in the middle of the 17th century. The forge is one of the few hammer smiths still in existence in Bavaria.
  • Bartholomäus-Schmucker-Heimatmuseum : Collection from all areas of Ruhpolding's life in the rooms of the former ducal hunting lodge
  • Museum of rural and sacred art
  • Holzknechtmuseum Ruhpolding : Museum and outdoor area opened in 1988 with historical buildings and tools used by woodcutters and interactive stations in the Laubau south of Ruhpolding
  • Schnauferlstall : Motorcycles built from 1924 onwards

Buildings

Parish Church of St. George
  • Catholic parish church St. Georg , a building dominating the valley from 1738 to 1757 with a High Romanesque Ruhpolding Madonna from the 12th century. The church was consecrated in 1754 by Bishop Franz Truchsess vom Chiemsee .
  • Former hunting lodge , built in 1587 for Duke Wilhelm V , now houses the Ruhpolding local history museum.
  • Pilgrimage church Maria Schnee in Urschlau: The church was donated during the Thirty Years War and consecrated on July 22nd, 1754 by Chiemsee Bishop Franz Carl, Count of Friedberg and Trauchberg. The early baroque altar dates from 1667.
  • Filial church St. Valentin in Zell: The Romanesque church was built around 1200. Around 1450 the Gothic choir with a net vault was added. The church is the oldest building in Ruhpolding and the oldest church in the valley.
  • 600 year old children's farm with 37 carers
  • Evangelical Johanneskirche: built in 1952. The altar and crucifixion group are works of the Ruhpolding academy. By the sculptor Andreas Schwarzkopf . The altar and baptismal font are made of Ruhpolding marble, the crucifixion group of lime wood. The cross is made from three hundred year old threshing floors from the Neustadler-Hof in Ruhpolding.
  • Town houses with Lüftlmalerei
  • Rauschbergbahn - at that time (1953) an extremely complex construction that was only carried out with horse-drawn carriage and rope winches

Music bands

  • D'Miesenbacher Ruhpolding
  • D'Rauschberger Zell

tourism

In 1933, Carl Degener (1900–1960), who ran a travel agency in Berlin, discovered Ruhpolding for tourism on a larger scale. The package tours he initiated (then in special trains) led to a real tourism boom in Ruhpolding after the Second World War . The place was one of the top travel destinations for the “little man at affordable prices” in the 50s and 60s. Therefore, the branch line from Traunstein was electrified at the end of 1955. In the mid-1950s, the number of overnight stays was 600,000. A maximum of 1,122,732 overnight stays was reached in 1991. After a decline in visitor numbers in the 2000s, the place has been on the upswing again since the 2010s due to investments and a new advertising strategy. In the spring of 2019, a controversial hotel project with 244 rooms was completed in the Zell district.

biathlon

Ruhpolding is a well-known venue for biathlon competitions. In 1979 the biathlon world championship was held in Ruhpolding for the first time. In 1985, 1996 and 2012 further biathlon world championships took place in Ruhpolding. In addition, competitions have been held in the Chiemgau-Arena , the second largest biathlon stadium in Germany, every January since 1980 as part of the IBU Biathlon World Cup , which attracts up to 66,000 spectators.

Mountain biking

For bike trails, the altitude here ranges from 600 to 1800 m. Routes, for example, lead 54 kilometers around the Chiemsee, other bike and mountain bike routes are the so-called "Bike & Hike" tour on the Zinnkopf or the Chiemgau MTB marathon route around Inzell, Ruhpolding, Reit im Winkl, Bergen, Schneizlreuth and Siegsdorf. Ruhpolding is also the starting point of the Craft BIKE Transalp, a mountain bike stage race over the Alps, which has taken place annually since 1998.

hike

Around Ruhpolding there are around 250 kilometers of hiking trails, for example the eleven kilometer circular route around the three lakes Lödensee , Mittersee and Weitsee , a nature reserve which is also known as "Little Canada" because of its wealth of lakes and the massive rock faces all around. The three lakes are among the warmest lakes in Bavaria. Other hiking routes lead to alpine pastures such as the Röthelmoosalm or to peaks such as the Sonntagshorn (1961 m) or the Hörndlwand (1684 m). Mountain railways also lead to the Rauschberg (1670 m) and the Unternberg (1425 m). The hiking trails are marked according to their level of difficulty:

  • Yellow: “Easy valley paths”, wide, well-developed, also side roads with little traffic or field paths and forest paths with a slight incline, paths have a solid surface, some are paved.
  • Blue: “Easy hiking trails”, well-developed mountain and alpine paths or forest roads, some with short, steeper passages or longer, moderate inclines
  • Red: "Demanding hiking trails", mostly narrow mountain paths with sometimes longer, steep passages, well-developed forest roads or alpine paths that place increased demands on fitness due to their length or the difference in altitude. Sections at risk of falling are possible, which is why surefootedness and a head for heights are required.
  • Black: “Alpine paths”: narrow, steep mountain paths with long, steep passages. More frequent sections in danger of falling, sometimes over longer distances. Alpine experience, surefootedness and a head for heights required. Passages with steel cables or simple climbing spots are possible.

Winter sports

The first cross-country ski trail in the Bavarian Alps was opened in Ruhpolding . Today, Ruhpolding is one of the most popular cross-country skiing regions in the world with its network of 140 kilometers of trails. There are also various practice and floodlit meadows under the Ruhpolding trails. Ruhpolding has three ski areas, on the Unternberg, on the Westernberg and in Maiergschwendt. On the Unterberg there is also a ski touring trail and a designated ski touring route. In addition, there are some snowshoe or winter hiking trails with a total length of 50 kilometers in and around Ruhpolding.

Soil monuments

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Ruhpolding has twelve honorary citizens (as of 2012).

Sons and daughters of the church

People connected to Ruhpolding

  • Hanns Johst (1890–1978), writer, playwright and National Socialist (cultural functionary), president of the Reichsschrifttumskammer (RSK) since 1935, died here.
  • Fritz Fischer (* 1956), German biathlete, who has been training young biathletes in Chiemgau at the Ruhpolding base since at least 2008.
  • Christoph Probst , member of the White Rose, lived for some time in Ruhpolding with his stepmother Elise Probst
  • Theo Merkel , well-known trainer and biathlete, who looked after Andreas Birnbacher, among others.

Web links

Commons : Ruhpolding  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Ruhpolding  - travel guide

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. ^ Entry on Ruhpolding in the Bavarian dictionary.
  3. ↑ Average temperatures over the course of the year ( Memento from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Mechthild Henneke: Weather extremes in Germany 2009 . In Südkurier on April 28, 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/orte/ortssuche_action.html ? Anzeige=voll&modus=automat&tempus=+20111109/164422&attr=OBJ&val= 566
  6. ↑ Landratsamt Traunstein (Ed.): Special Official Journal for the District of Traunstein No. 40, November 27, 1995, pages 154–155
  7. ↑ Area information Office for Digitization, Broadband and Surveying Traunstein from August 26, 2020
  8. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 581 .
  9. ^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics - municipal elections 2014
  10. ^ Call for tenders from the community of Ruhpolding ( Memento from November 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ https://www.schulen-vergleich.de/ort/Ruhpolding/09189140.html Schools in Ruhpolding
  12. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 5, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unternberg.de
  13. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 5, 2013 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ski-unternberg.de
  14. ↑ Brochure "Village Secrets 2015" on: Ruhpolding.de
  15. ↑ Ruhpolding golf course on golfclub-ruhpolding.de
  16. ↑ Freizeitpark Ruhpolding ( Memento from February 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on freizeitpark.by
  17. ↑ Bergwalderlebniszentrum Ruhpolding at: bergwalderlebniszentrum.de
  18. ↑ Museums in Ruhpolding . Ruhpolding.de
  19. ↑ churches in Ruhpolding on ruhpolding.de
  20. ↑ Udo Kandler On rails through the economic wonderland. The early Bundesbahn years , Klartext Verlag Essen, 2018, p. 76, ISBN 978-3-8375-1924-2
  21. ↑ https://www.ahgz.de/news/neueroeffnung-a-ja-ruhpolding-ist-gestartet,200012255686.html a-ja resort opened in Ruhpolding
  22. ↑ Brochure "Village Secrets 2015" on Ruhpolding.de
  23. ↑ Ehrenbürger Ruhpolding , homepage of the community of Ruhpolding, accessed on January 4, 2012