title: Rutesheim
text: # Rutesheim
  
  Rutesheim is a town located in the district of Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  
  ## Location
  
  Rutesheim is situated directly to the Highway 8 (Bundesautobahn 8), 5 kilometres (3 miles) from the town Leonberg, 18 km (11 mi) from the city Stuttgart and just 22 km (14 mi) from Stuttgart Airport and from the new exhibition center, 7 km (4 mi) way west from the town Heimsheim.
  
  ## History
  
  Rutesheim was first mentioned in the year 767 in a deed from the convent of Lorsch.
  
  The council of ministers decided on 22 January 2008, to award Rutesheim the designation town on 1 July 2008. Prime Minister Oettinger assigned the deed to the town in a ceremonial act on 26 June 2008.
  
  ## Population development
  
  The sources are census results (¹) or the data of the statistical office Baden-Württemberg.
  
  | Year | Inhabitants |
  | - | - |
  | 1 December 1871 ¹ | 1,654 |
  | 1 December 1880 ¹ | 1,754 |
  | 1 December 1890 ¹ | 1,787 |
  | 1 December 1900 ¹ | 1,799 |
  | 1 December 1910 ¹ | 1,990 |
  | 16 June 1925 ¹ | 2,220 |
  | 16 June 1933 ¹ | 2,375 |
  | 17 May 1939 ¹ | 2,515 |
  | 13 September 1950 ¹ | 3,368 |
  | Year | Inhabitants |
  | 6 June 1961 ¹ | 5,273 |
  | 27 May 1970 ¹ | 7,719 |
  | 31 December 1980 | 8,291 |
  | 27 May 1987 ¹ | 8,511 |
  | 31 December 1990 | 9,025 |
  | 31 December 1995 | 9,515 |
  | 31 December 2000 | 9,970 |
  | 31 December 2005 | 10,145 |
  | 31 December 2010 | 10,249 |
  | 31 December 2015 | 10,624 |
  
  ## Politics
  
  ### Mayor
  
  Since 2018 Susanne Dornes (née Widmaier) has been the mayor of the city.
  
  ### City council
  
  The current legislative period lasts until 2014. Distribution of seats after the election of June 2009:
  
  | Unabhängige Bürger Rutesheim (UBR) | 5 seats |
  | - | - |
  | Bürgerliche Wählervereinigung Rutesheim (BWV) | 5 seats |
  | Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (CDU) | 4 seats |
  | Grün-Alternative Bürgerliste (GABL) | 3 seats |
  | Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) | 2 seats |
  
  ### Partnerships
  
  * Scheibbs (Niederösterreich), since 1972
  * Saalburg-Ebersdorf (Thüringen), since 1989
  * Perosa Argentina (Italien), friendship treaty since October 2008
  
  ### Religions
  
  There are three Evangelical churches, two New-Apostolic churches, one Evangelical Methodist church and one Roman Catholic church in Rutesheim.
  
  The town has a history with the Waldensians (Perouse).
  
  ### Sport
  
  The most well-known sports club from Rutesheim is SKV Rutesheim. Its first football team is playing in the seven-rated Landesliga Württemberg.
  
  