Unterroth

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	New Ulm
Management Community :	book
Height :	524 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.38 km 2
Residents:	1112 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	72 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89299
Area code :	07343
License plate :	NU, ILL
Community key :	09 7 75 161
LOCODE :	DE FR8
Community structure:	2 parts of the community
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Schulweg 1 ; 89299 Unterroth
Website :	www.vg-buch.de
Mayor :	Norbert Poppele (village community)
Location of the community Unterroth in the district of Neu-Ulm

Unterroth is a municipality in the Swabian district of Neu-Ulm and a member of the Buch administrative association .

geography

Geographical location

The parish village is located in the Donau-Iller region in Central Swabia in the Roth valley , 30 km southeast of Ulm and 30 km north of Memmingen .

Community structure

The municipality has two officially named parts of the municipality (the type of place is given in brackets ):

Matzenhofen ( hamlet )
Unterroth ( parish village )

history

Until the church is planted

Unterroth belonged to the bishopric of Augsburg . Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803 the place belongs to Bavaria. Parts of Unterroth belonged to the rule of the Prince Schwarzenberg , who only came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Population development

year	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2016	2019
Residents	737	788	833	902	950	938	956	985	1025	1046	1112

Between 1988 and 2019 the community grew from 831 to 1,112 by 281 inhabitants or by 33.8% - the highest percentage increase in the Neu-Ulm district in the period mentioned.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council had eight members plus the mayor in the 2014–2020 term; By exceeding the 1000-inhabitant mark, the municipal council has twelve members plus the mayor since May 1, 2020. In the municipal council election on March 15, 2020, all twelve seats went to the village community , which had submitted the only nomination with 20 applicants.

mayor

Norbert Poppele (village community) has been the mayor since May 1, 2020; he was elected on March 15, 2020 as the only candidate with 89.3% of the vote. Its predecessors were:

Gerhard Struve (village community) from 2002 to 2020 and
Günter Steinmüller (* 1939; † 2016; village community) from 1996 to 2002.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Split of red and silver with two turned away soaring lions in confused colors."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms is made up of elements of the two most important former rulers: the division into red and silver comes from the coat of arms of the Principality of Augsburg , the lions from that of Rechberg .

Culture and sights

Parish church Unterroth

Matzenhofen pilgrimage church

Catholic parish church St. Gordian and Epimachus , Unterroth
Catholic pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Sorrows in the Matzenhofen district (with baroque furnishings, including frescoes by Franz Martin Kuen )

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2014, the municipal tax revenue was € 740 thousand, of which the equivalent of € 176 thousand (net) was trade tax income .

traffic

In Unterroth, the state road St 2020 and the district road NU 5 intersect . This connects Unterroth with the A 7 motorway - Illertissen exit (AS 124) about five kilometers to the northwest. The nearest airport is Memmingen Airport, about 30 kilometers south.

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 2014 there were 66 jobs subject to social security contributions in the municipality. Of the resident population, 417 people had an employment relationship subject to compulsory insurance, so that the number of out-commuters was 351 more than that of in-commuters. For 2010 the statistics show 18 farms. 410 hectares of the communal corridor were used for agriculture, 219 hectares of which as grassland and 191 hectares as arable land.