Rettenegg
- ÖVP: 5
- SPÖ: 4
Rettenegg is a municipality with 754 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in Weiz district in the east of Styria on the border with Lower Austria.
- 2.1 Forest Railway Steinhaus - Rettenegg
- 2.2 religions
- 2.3 Population development
- 3.1 Natural Monuments
- 3.2 Museum
- 3.3 Greatest Stamps of the world
- 6.1 municipal
- 6.2 Parish Council
Geography
Geographical Location
Rettenegg lies in the Fischbacher Alps at the mouth of the creek in the Pfaff Feistritzwerke. It meet there also the coming of Pfaffensattel and Feistritzsattel streets. The southern part of the area belongs to the Styrian Joglland.
The northwestern edge of the municipality forms the ridge Pretul (1656 m above A.. ) - Stuhleck, with the 1782 m above sea level. A. the highest point of the municipality is. Also, the ridge of the bill partly belongs to the municipality.
Community structure
The municipality comprises the three villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Feistritzwerke Forest ( 103)
- Interior Kaltenegg (62 )
- Rettenegg ( 595 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral affairs Kaltenegg and Rettenegg.
Neighboring communities
History
Forest Railway Steinhaus - Rettenegg
Between 1911 and 1958 reversed the Feistritzwerke forest track between stone house and Rettenegg today are traces of the former railway line to find.
Religions
Of the population, 97.6 % are Roman Catholic, 0.4 % belong to the Evangelical Church. 1.6 % have no religious confession.
Population Development
The population reached in the 1923 census with 1251, its highest level and has since been a steady decline since 1971 coming from a census for each of around 10%. Please refer to negative migration balance, which could not be compensated by the birth rate was by far (eg, 1991 to 2001: 1.2% of births over deaths, migration balance -8.5 %).
Culture and sights
Natural Monuments
- Planet " Heaven on Earth": Along a hike on the Stuhleck the solar system is presented. The Planet was created as a scientific and touristic project of the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Vienna. Along the way, the nine planets are shown that their size and distances between them correspond to the scale of 1:1 billion.
Museum
The exhibition "The Old Forest Railway " at the inn Rosinger is a permanent exhibition. There will be original plans (1:1000 ) and photos of the former railway from Rettenegg to Steinhaus am Semmering.
Largest stamp in the world
The largest stamp in the world Right next to the city limits to Rettenegg ( Guinness Book of Records)
Vacation and recreation
- There are numerous leisure facilities such as a swimming pool, planet trail, tennis courts, bike trails.
- Rettenegg is characterized by a good quality of fresh air to over 800 hm and offers peace seekers the desired balance.
- The Rettenegger loop trail can be hiked in different variants.
- Numerous dining establishments, where you can sample the mainly local specialties such as fresh trout.
- In the municipality Feistritzwerke forest, there is still no full-scale mobile phone coverage, which is why the place as a holiday destination for Allergy of mobile phone radiation is very well suited.
Public institutions
Located in the center of Rettenegg is the indoor pool.
Policy
Parish council
The council consists of Rettenegg since the municipal elections of 21 March 2010 as follows:
(As of 2010)
Parish Council
The parish council consists of three members and shall be composed of the mayor Johann Ziegerhofer (ÖVP ), the Vice- Mayor Paul Simml ( also ÖVP) and the Treasurer Joseph Lueger ( SPÖ) together.