Rottal-Inn is one of the sparsely populated districts in Bavaria.
All information from history and economy to politics and sights of the holiday region in Lower Bavaria.
Rottal-Inn
is a popular holiday area in Lower Bavaria, in the southeast of the Free State.
Due to the rural structures, agriculture is a strong driving force behind the
economy
in the
district
.
Thanks to the good transport connections, Rottal-Inn has a diverse manufacturing industry, mainly small and medium-sized businesses.
Pfarrkirchen - The city's trotting track, built in 1894 and opened in 1895, is the oldest in Bavaria.
Trotting races are still held here every year at Whitsun.
In addition, the racing area in the Rottal-Inn district is the venue for international dirt track races in motorsport.
Rottal-Inn: location and climate of the district
Rottal-Inn is located in the southeast of Bavaria.
The district owes its name to the rivers Rott and Inn.
The Rott crosses the region from east to west, while the Inn in the south forms the natural border with the neighboring district of Braunau am Inn (Austria).
In addition to this state and district border, Rottal-Inn has the other neighboring districts following clockwise:
Altoetting
Mühldorf am Inn
Landshut
Dingolfing-Landau
Deggendorf
Passau
Due to its location in the Isar-Inn hill country, the Rottal-Inn district is part of the Alpine foothills.
Here there is a sub-Atlantic climate with balanced temperatures and rainfall.
The amount of precipitation in the north is relatively low at a good 750 millimeters per year.
Towards the south, there is greater rainfall of around 1,000 millimeters per year due to the cloud accumulation in the Alps.
Rottal-Inn district - interesting facts about history
The area of today's Rottal-Inn district had belonged to the Duchy of Lower Bavaria since the 13th century and was therefore the property of the Wittelsbach family.
At that time, Rottal-Inn was a vice office with its seat in Markt Pfarrkirchen.
In medieval Bavaria, the victum was a clerk or bailiff with jurisdiction.
As a representative of his sovereign, he spoke the law in capital crimes such as murder, manslaughter or fornication.
From the 19th century onwards, there were the following changes in the history of Rottal-Inn in terms of administration and territorial division:
In 1803 the district courts of Pfarrkirchen, Eggenfelden and Simbach am Inn were established.
In 1862 the regional courts were merged into district offices.
In 1939 the National Socialists introduced the designation
district
, so that the district offices of parish churches and Eggenfelden became the districts of the same name.
In 1972 there was a regional reform in Bavaria, and the Rottal district was created.
In 1973 the district of Rottal got its current name Rottal-Inn.
In 1974 the district was assigned the PAN license plate, which goes back to the sign approved in 1956 for the then Pfarrkirchen district.
Since 2013, the license plates EG (Eggenfelden), GRI (Bad Griesbach im Rottal) and VIB (Vilsbiburg) have been issued as part of the license plate liberalization.
Rottal-Inn: data on the inhabitants
In December 2019, around 121,500 people lived in the Rottal-Inn district.
With an area of 1,280 square kilometers, this corresponds to a population density of around 95 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Rottal-Inn district - these towns and communities are part of it
The district of Rottal-Inn has three cities with the district town of Pfarrkirchen as well as Eggenfelden and Simbach am Inn.
There are also seven markets:
Arnstorf
Bad Birnbach
Gangkofen
Massing
Fir
Drifts
Wurmannsquick
In addition, Rottal-Inn comprises five administrative communities and 21 other municipalities.
The largest village in the district is Eggenfelden with around 13,840 inhabitants, the municipality with the fewest inhabitants is Geratskirchen with 850 inhabitants (as of 2019).
Rottal-Inn district: Significant areas of the economy
The Rottal-Inn district is one of the rural regions of Bavaria.
The economy consists mainly of the following sectors:
Agriculture
medium-sized companies
Craft businesses
Services
Tourism and hospitality
Agriculture consists mainly of cattle, pigs and chickens.
At the same time, horse breeding plays an important role in this Lower Bavarian district.
75 percent of the agricultural land in Rottal-Inn is used for arable farming and around 25 percent is used as grassland.
In addition, the district's economy is made up of these industry structures (as of 2019):
Industry with 2,592 locations
Retail with 2,083 locations
Services for people with 1,781 locations
Services for companies with 1,504 locations
Wholesale with 1,218 locations
Transport and logistics with 668 locations
Hospitality industry with 210 locations
Rottal-Inn - industrial focus in the district
The manufacturing industry in Rottal-Inn has an excellent infrastructure.
Thanks to the excellent transport connections, large cities in the surrounding area such as Passau, Munich, Linz (Austria) and Salzburg (Austria) can be reached quickly and easily.
The long-distance network is composed as follows:
Federal motorway A3 Emmerich - Cologne - Schärding
Federal motorway A92 Munich - Deggendorf
Federal motorway A94 Munich - Passau
Federal road B12 Lindau - Munich - Philippsreut
In addition, there is the Eggenfelden airfield with over 20,000 take-offs and landings per year and the two railway lines Mühldorf - Simbach and Simbach - Passau.
Although Rottal-Inn is one of the rural areas of Bavaria, the district is still the seat of some important companies, for example:
System developer for IT infrastructures Vertiv Integrated Systems GmbH
Insulation manufacturer Knauf Insolation GmbH
Food manufacturer Bio-Zentrale Naturprodukte GmbH
Manufacturer of insulation technology and building envelopes Lindner Group
Prefabricated house producer Haas Group
When it comes to handicrafts, the Rottal-Inn district is a leader in terms of training and production facilities.
The region has around 2,300 companies and a good 11,000 employees.
A branch of the Lower Bavaria / Upper Palatinate Chamber of Crafts is located in Pfarrkirchen.
It has its own training center for basic and advanced training.
Rottal-Inn district: Information on politics and voting behavior
According to the Basic Law, districts are allowed to regulate their matter independently.
They organize and manage supra-local matters in their district area.
The residents have a say in politics in the district by electing political representatives in the district council.
The chairman of the district assembly is the district administrator.
In Rottal-Inn there have been five district administrators since the regional reform and the foundation of the district in its current form:
Ludwig Mayer
(CSU) from July 1, 1972 - 1983
Oskar Seitz
(CSU) from 1983 - April 1984
Josef Poisl
(FWG) from May 1984 to November 30, 1987
Bruni Mayer
(UWG) from November 30, 1987 - November 29, 2011
the incumbent District Administrator
Michael Fahmüller
(CSU) since November 30, 2011
Ludwig Mayer was suspended in 1983 by the district government on charges of infidelity due to financial irregularities and thereupon resigned from his office.
He has been accused of wasting public money.
Since his re-election in 1987 was overturned by the district court, his wife Bruni Mayer ran for him and was elected as the fourth district administrator of the Rottal-Inn district.
In 2011 she received the Bavarian Order of Merit for her outstanding services to the Free State of Bavaria.
Rottal-Inn - sights and excursion destinations in the district
Rottal-Inn is a popular holiday area with its varied natural landscape and numerous sights.
The best way to explore the district is on foot.
A broad network of bike and hiking trails leads to many interesting places and highlights from nature.
These include, for example:
the Ameringgraben near Kirn
the crocodile rock near Bad Birnbach
the Kaser stone parlor near Triftern
the Bürgerwald in Eggenfelden
the Massing open-air museum
the Rottaltherme
the Lower Inn European reserve
In addition, guests will find attractive museums and exhibition venues in Rottal-Inn, such as:
the open-air museum in Massing
the Rottaler Museumsstrasse with ten stations
the old town hall and the Hans Reiffenstuel house in Pfarrkirchen
the local history museum and the Zollhaus museum in Simbach am Inn
Another curiosity in the Rottal-Inn district is the railway monument in Wittibreut.
A completed station building from 1876 stands here without any rails or a railway line.
A farmer from the area had heard of the planned Simbach am Inn - Vilshofen railway line and had already built a train station in advance.
However, the railway line was not realized for a long time and then the route ran at a completely different point.
What remained was the station building with an inscription from the defeated client.