Rattelsdorf

Rattelsdorf
Coat of arms
Rattelsdorf
Location of Rattelsdorf within Bamberg district
Coordinates: 50°0′56″N 10°53′13″E / 50.01556°N 10.88694°E / 50.01556; 10.88694Coordinates: 50°0′56″N 10°53′13″E / 50.01556°N 10.88694°E / 50.01556; 10.88694
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Bamberg
Government
• Mayor	Bruno Kellner
Area
• Total	39.58 km2 (15.28 sq mi)
Elevation	259 m (850 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	4,592
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	96179
Dialling codes	09547
Vehicle registration	BA
Website	www.markt-rattelsdorf.de

Rattelsdorf is a community with market rights in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg.

Rattelsdorf lies in the Upper Franconia-West region. It consists of 13 smaller population centres which are all found within the same area. Among them, Ebing is the second-biggest. What follows is a list of all centres with population figures:

as of May 2005

The community also has 7 traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen, named Busendorf, Ebing, Höfen b.Rattelsdorf, Medlitz, Mürsbach, Rattelsdorf and Daschendorfer Forst, six of which have the same names as six of the constituent communities (it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby).

Until Secularization in 1803, The Benedictine Monastery at Michelsberg held sway over Rattelsdorf. Michelsberg was one of the monasteries incorporated into the High Monastery at Bamberg. Since the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the community has belonged to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, today’s community came into being under the Gemeindeedikt (“Community Edict”) of 1818. Until 1972, Rattelsdorf belonged to Staffelstein district. The constituent community of Höfen, with Höfenneusig and Freudeneck, as well as Mürsbach, with Zaugendorf and Helfenroth, belonged to Ebern district until 1972, and thereby to Lower Franconia.

Within municipal limits, 3,413 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 3,987 in 1987 and 4,566 in 2000. In May 2005, 4,681 inhabitants were counted.

All together, Rattelsdorf has four breweries: the Schwanenbräu in Ebing, the Brauerei Endres in Höfen, the Sonnenbräu in Mürsbach and the Brauerei Fischer in Freudeneck (the smallest place in Bamberg district that has a brewery). In all three brewery inns, one can enjoy Franconian beer and bread specialities.

Also, in Medlitz there was the Brauerei Schwarzer Adler until 1986 and until 2002, Mürsbach also had the Brauerei Feiler.

The mayor is Bruno Kellner (Vereinigtes Umland). The community council is made up of 16 members, shown here according to party affiliation:

In 1999, municipal tax revenue, converted to euros, amounted to €1,642,000 of which business taxes (net) amounted to €195,000.