Rettenbach am Auerberg

Rettenbach am Auersberg ( officially: Rettenbachferner a.Auerberg ) is a municipality in the Swabian district Ostallgaeu and a member of the administrative community Stötten am Auersberg.

For state-approved leisure includes the districts Birkenberg, Frankau and Oberlöchlers and Unterlöchlers and the soft mountain wilderness farms, Höllbauer and Rupprecht. There is only the district Rettenbach a.Auerberg. The Auersberg itself is not part of the municipality of Rettenbachferner but to Bernbeuren and Stötten a.Auerberg. The highest elevation in Rettenbach Kappel is the height ( 967 meters) in soft mountain. At the height Kappel is located next to a chapel, a telecommunications tower.

History

On May 1, 1978 Rettenbachferner was incorporated into Stötten am Auersberg. After tough clashes Rettenbachferner is independent again since 6 October 1993. Since then, there is an administrative community with Stötten.

Policy

Mayor

Mayor 's Wilhelm Fischer ( village community ).

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms description is: divided diagonally by a wavy line; forward a golden rosette on black; behind a red wave beams on silver.

Monuments

Economy

The economy of Rettenbachferner one hand dominated by agriculture; On the other hand here also have several medium-sized firms (mechanical engineering) based, such as the forestry machine manufacturers Pfanzelt mechanical engineering or landscape equipment manufacturer ball man. Rettenbachferner has Germany's first self-service gas station for pure vegetable oil. In order to promote regional economic cycles, a new village shop, the " soft mountain market," built and on 14 June 2007 was officially opened. Also Rettenbachferner finished respectively in season 2003/ 04, 2004 /05 and 2006/ 07 and 2007/ 08 the first place in the Solarbundesliga in which communities compete in the installed photovoltaic and solar thermal power.

Personalities

• Anton Geiss (1858-1944), President of the State of Baden 1918-1920