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 km^2 (43.47 sq mi)
Elevation	674 m (2,211 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
• Total	5,041
• Density	45/km^2 (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
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	3,080	—
1880	3,114	+1.1%
1890	3,069	−1.4%
1900	3,790	+23.5%
1910	4,630	+22.2%
1923	4,749	+2.6%
1934	4,971	+4.7%
1939	4,678	−5.9%
1951	4,858	+3.8%
1961	4,896	+0.8%
1971	5,588	+14.1%
1981	5,420	−3.0%
1991	5,431	+0.2%
2001	5,489	+1.1%
2011	5,154	−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.

External links

• Rottenmann