Rottenmann

Rottenmann
Rottenmann

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°31′36″N 14°21′21″E / 47.52667°N 14.35583°ECoordinates: 47°31′36″N 14°21′21″E / 47.52667°N 14.35583°E
Country Austria
State Styria
District Liezen
Government
  Mayor Klaus Baumschlager (SPÖ)
Area
  Total 112.59 km2 (43.47 sq mi)
Elevation 674 m (2,211 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 5,041
  Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 8786
Area code 03614
Vehicle registration LI
Website www.rottenmann.at

Rottenmann is a town in Styria in Austria, near the Rottenmanner Tauern. Rottenmann was first referred to in an document in 927. It received its town charter in 1279 from King Rudolf von Habsburg.

Name

The name Rottenmann is a semi-translation of old Slavic *čьrmьn′ane, ultimately derived from the adjective *čьrmьnъ 'red' (cf. German rot 'red'). The place name was recorded in 1048 as Cirminah, derived from the hydronym *Čьrmьna 'red (river)'.[2][3][4]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18693,080    
18803,114+1.1%
18903,069−1.4%
19003,790+23.5%
19104,630+22.2%
19234,749+2.6%
19344,971+4.7%
19394,678−5.9%
19514,858+3.8%
19614,896+0.8%
19715,588+14.1%
19815,420−3.0%
19915,431+0.2%
20015,489+1.1%
20115,154−6.1%

References

  1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.
  2. Lapajne, Iva. 1884. Politična in kulturna zgodovina štajerskih Slovencev. Ljubljana: J. Rudolf Milic, p. 25.
  3. Altdeutsches Namenbuch: die Überlieferung der Ortsnamen in Österreich und Südtirol von den Anfängen bis 1200. 1989. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
  4. Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 101.

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