Metten
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Metten is a market in the Lower Bavarian district of Deggendorf.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 Mayor
- 3.2 Market council
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 3.4 Town twinning
- 4.1 panoramic image
- 6.1 Education
Geography
Geographical Location
Metten is located in the Donau-Wald.
Community structure
Berg, Hochweid, high meadow, Hohenstein, Kleinberg, Lehmberg, Metten, Mettenbuch, Oberdachsbühl, Upper Mette Forest, Paul Berg, edge wood, reed field, sand pit, switch Bach, Under Mette forest, Uttobrunn, Wimpassing and Zeitldorf.
History
The Benedictine Abbey of St. Michael in Metten was founded in 766 and was since the year 788 royal monastery. The monastery belonging to the venue received in 1051 by Emperor Henry III. the right to the (then) three days of Pentecost and the Feast of St. Michael to hold a fair with customs, spell and zwing. Although Metten was after 1246 again part of the Duchy of Bavaria, but made until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 a closed Hofmark under the lordship of the monastery. Due to the municipality edict of 1818 Metten was an independent municipality in 1818. At the head of the community was a community leader who presided over the church board. The community leaders and the community representative were determined every three years by indirect suffrage ( electoral system ). 1830, the monastery was re-established. The place Metten experienced after the Second World War by expellees a strong population growth and in 1966 raised to the market town.
Population Development
In the town were 1970 3.154, 1987, 3680 and 2000 counted 4,104 residents a year.
Policy
Mayor
Mayor Erhard Radlmaier (CSU ). He was confirmed in 2002 successor of Ludwig Schmid ( SPD) and 73.2 % in the local elections in March 2008, in office.
Market council
The municipal elections on 2 March 2008 yielded the following results:
- CSU: 53.3 % and 9 seats
- SPD: 24.0 % and 4 seats
- CDU: 22.7 % and 3 seats
Coat of arms
The coat of arms description reads: Split of gold and blue; front two diagonally crossed black Stock hammers, behind a silver heraldic lily.
Twinning
Since 1999, the market town Rossatz - Arnsdorf in Austria partner community of Metten.
Pictures
Panoramic image
Monuments
→ List of monuments in Metten
Economy and infrastructure
There were 1998 in the field of agriculture and forestry five, 374 in manufacturing and in trade and transport 154 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 288 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 1,315. In the manufacturing sector and in construction, there were four farms. In addition, in 1999, there were 35 farms with an agricultural area of 599 ha, of which 410 were hectares of arable land and 179 ha of permanent grassland. The municipal tax revenue amounted to € 1.678 million equivalent in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 137,000.
Education
In 1999 the following institutions existed:
- Kindergartens: 100 kindergarten places with 115 children
- Elementary Schools: 2 with 28 teachers and 528 students
- Secondary schools: St. Michael's High School Benedictine with 52 teachers and 455 pupils and boarding facilities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Sepp Maier ( born 1944 ), football player
- Thomas E. Bauer (born 1970 ), singer
Others
Metten is the starting point of the European Pilgrimage Via Nova, which leads to Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut ( Austria ), and is part of the European network of long-distance trails.