Reutte (;
Swabian: ) is a
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
in the
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n state of
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
. It is the administrative center of the
Reutte
Reutte (; Swabian: ) is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district (''Districts of Austria''). Reutte is located on the Lech, and has a population of 6704 (as of 2018).
Neighbouring muni ...
district (''
Districts of Austria
A district (german: Bezirk) is a second-level division of the executive arm of the Austrian government. District offices are the primary point of contact between resident and state for most acts of government that exceed municipal purview: marri ...
''). Reutte is located on the
Lech
Lech may refer to:
People
* Lech (name), a name of Polish origin
* Lech, the legendary founder of Poland
* Lech (Bohemian prince)
Products and organizations
* Lech (beer), Polish beer produced by Kompania Piwowarska, in Poznań
* Lech Poznań, ...
, and has a population of 6704 (as of 2018).
Neighbouring municipalities
Adjacent municipalities and villages are:
Breitenwang
Breitenwang is a municipality and village in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Geographical location
Breitenwang is located in the Reutte basin adjacent to the city on the Plansee and is closely interwoven with ...
,
Ehenbichl
Ehenbichl is a municipality with 825 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2019) in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
The municipality is located in the district of Reutte and in the valley of Reutte, where Ehenbichl is separ ...
,
Lechaschau
Lechaschau is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Lechaschau lies in the Reutte basin on the left bank of the Lech
Lech may refer to:
People
* Lech (name), a name of Polish origin
* Lech, the lege ...
and
Pflach
Pflach is a municipality in the district of Reutte (district), Reutte in the Austrian state of state of Tyrol, Tyrol. It is 3 km north of the centre of Reutte town, and 2.5 km south of the German border.
References
Cities and t ...
.
History
Reutte is located on the
Via Claudia Augusta
The Via Claudia Augusta is an ancient Roman road, which linked the valley of the Po River with Rhaetia (encompassing parts of modern Eastern Switzerland, Northern Italy, Western Austria, Southern Germany and all of Liechtenstein) across the A ...
, a Roman road leading from Italy to Germany. The Tyrolean
Salt Road
A salt road (also known as a salt route, salt way, saltway, or salt trading route) refers to any of the prehistoric and historical trade routes by which essential salt was transported to regions that lacked it.
From the Bronze Age (in the 2nd m ...
from
Hall in Tirol to
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...
crossed the entire district of
Außerfern.
Reutte (then Reuti) was declared a market town by
Sigmund
In Norse mythology, Sigmund ( non, Sigmundr , ang, Sigemund) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister, Signý, are the children of Völsung and his wife Hljod. Sigmund is best known as the father of Sigurð the d ...
on June 5 1489. This was confirmed later by
Maximilian I who also added some further rights. The people of Reutte commemorate this with an annual festival on the first Saturday in August.
From 1692 the painter
Paul Zeiller
Paul Zeiller (21 August 1658, in Reutte – 19 August 1738, in Reutte) was an Austrian painter in the Baroque style. From 1692, he had a workshop in Reutte that later became an art school. His son, Johann Jakob Zeiller and adopted son, Franz An ...
had a workshop in Reutte that later became an art school. His son,
Johann Jakob Zeiller
Johann Jakob Zeiller (8 July 1708 – 8 July 1783) was an Austrian painter.
Zeiller was born in Reutte, trained by his father Paul who was also a painter. In 1723 he began his apprenticeship with Sebastiano Conca in Rome, and then from 1729 ...
and adopted son,
Franz Anton Zeiller
Franz Anton Zeiller (3 May 1716, Reutte - 4 March 1794, Reutte) was an Austrian painter, in the Rococo style.
Biography
He lost his parents at a very early age. The painter, Paul Zeiller, who already had ten children of his own, adopted him i ...
, both received their first lessons there.
Shortly after the proclamation of the Republic in Austria, on November 24, 1924, the lawyer Dr.
Hermann Stern
Hermann Stern (24 May 1878 – 24 August 1952) was an Austrian lawyer, local politician, and economic pioneer.
Early life
Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Hermann Stern was the seventh of the ten children of Johann Joachim Stern, a Jew who conver ...
held a public meeting in Reutte. The aim was to set up a district committee that would independently rule over the
Reutte District
The is an administrative district () in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the districts Imst and Landeck in the south, and Bregenz and Bludenz (both in Vorarlberg) in the west. The district is also referred to as .
The di ...
. At the same time,
Hermann Stern
Hermann Stern (24 May 1878 – 24 August 1952) was an Austrian lawyer, local politician, and economic pioneer.
Early life
Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Hermann Stern was the seventh of the ten children of Johann Joachim Stern, a Jew who conver ...
criticized the current District Governor Dr. Karl Peer and pointed out his mistakes, especially when it came to feeding people. In addition, the demands for a connection to
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
were loud and thus also the turning away from
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
, which was not well-disposed due to injustices in food rationing and a lack of transport links. Stern's comments during the gathering created discrepancies between Reutte and the surrounding communities. The reason for this was the different views of the current political picture of the upper circles in Reutte and the clergy in the communities belonging to the district. So instead of a district nutrition committee, Stern called for a district committee that would be elected and take charge of the entire administration of the district.
This demand was polarizing and was received with enthusiasm on one hand and hate speech on the other. The resolutions of the meeting were that they wanted to join
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
and that of
Hermann Stern
Hermann Stern (24 May 1878 – 24 August 1952) was an Austrian lawyer, local politician, and economic pioneer.
Early life
Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Hermann Stern was the seventh of the ten children of Johann Joachim Stern, a Jew who conver ...
required district committee should be elected from 35 members. Until the election is carried out, an initially provisional district committee elected on the same day should be in charge of the administration. Hermann Stern became chairman of this provisional district committee. The motto of this district committee was: “It will be the task of the district committee to ensure that the right of self-determination and free self-government that the people have been granted after hard fighting and deprivation is actually exercised, not only in the state, but also in the district and in the church, is bestowed”.
As the process progressed, the final district committee was elected on December 16, 1918, in which three members of the Reutte community were represented. With a turnout of 75%, Dr.
Hermann Stern
Hermann Stern (24 May 1878 – 24 August 1952) was an Austrian lawyer, local politician, and economic pioneer.
Early life
Born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Hermann Stern was the seventh of the ten children of Johann Joachim Stern, a Jew who conver ...
was elected as one of the three community representatives.
During the period when Austria belonged to Germany (1938 – 1945) there was an outpost of
Dachau concentration camp
,
, commandant = List of commandants
, known for =
, location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany
, built by = Germany
, operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS)
, original use = Political prison
, construction ...
near Reutte, called “Plansee Breitenwald”. In April 1945, American troops of the
44th Infantry Division reached Reutte. The American soldiers had been told to expect
heavy attacks but in fact there was no special resistance by Axis forces at all. Reutte was the place where German engineers from
Peenemünde
Peenemünde (, en, "Peene iverMouth") is a municipality on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is part of the ''Amt'' (collective municipality) of Usedom-Nord. The communi ...
surrendered to the
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...
on 3 May 1945, among them
Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun ( , ; 23 March 191216 June 1977) was a German and American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, as well as the leading figure in the develop ...
; all of them were later sent to
Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. Named in honor of William Wallace Smith Bliss, LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President ...
in the United States in order to work on the manufacturing of ballistic missiles and rockets, the most famous of which was the
Saturn V
Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. The rocket was human-rated, with multistage rocket, three stages, and powered with liquid-propellant r ...
in the sixties.
As Reutte is connected with other major parts of the Tyrol only by the
Fern Pass
Fern Pass (elevation 1212 m) is a mountain pass in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria. It is located between the Lechtal Alps on the west and the Mieming Mountains on the east. The highest peak in Germany, the Zugspitze is only 13.5 km away to th ...
, international transport and economic connections to the
EU, especially to Germany, are becoming increasingly important.
In 2003, a fragment of the
Neuschwanstein meteorite was found near Reutte.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Reutte shows three fir trees on three hills, representing the abundance of available timber in the region. (The name "Reutte" has its origin in "roden" or "reuten" meaning
glade
Glade may refer to:
Computing
* Glade Interface Designer, a GUI designer for GTK+ and GNOME
Geography
*Glade (geography), open area in woodland, synonym for "clearing"
**Glade skiing, skiing amongst trees
;Places in the United States
* Glade, Kan ...
). The background of red and white stripes stands for the
state
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
and the
republic
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
.
Climate
Population
Tourism
Reutte is linked to
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...
and
Kempten
Kempten (, (Swabian German: )) is the largest Town#Germany, town of Allgäu, in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by th ...
,
Allgäu
The Allgäu (Standard German: , also Allgovia) is a region in Swabia in southern Germany. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia, southeastern Baden-Württemberg, and parts of Austria. The region stretches from the pre-alpine lands up to the A ...
by train services operated by
Deutsche Bahn. Reutte is a popular holiday resort and its proximity to the famous
Bavarian Castles and the
Ehrenberg ruins make Reutte a cultural destination as well as a skiing destination.
Twin city
*
Esashi in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
has been Reutte's
twin town
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inter ...
since 1991.
References
External links
*
official website
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Cities and towns in Reutte District
Reutte District