At the same time, Hermann Stern criticized the current District Governor Dr. Karl Peer and pointed out his mistakes, especially when it came to feeding people.

[4] In addition, the demands for a connection to Bavaria were loud and thus also the turning away from Tyrol, which was not well-disposed due to injustices in food rationing and a lack of transport links.

The reason for this was the different views of the current political picture of the upper circles in Reutte and the clergy in the communities belonging to the district.

The resolutions of the meeting were that they wanted to join Bavaria and that of Hermann Stern required district committee should be elected from 35 members.

[7] During the period when Austria belonged to Germany (1938 – 1945) there was an outpost of Dachau concentration camp near Reutte, called “Plansee Breitenwald”.

The American soldiers had been told to expect heavy attacks but in fact there was no special resistance by Axis forces at all.

The coat of arms of Reutte shows three fir trees on three hills, representing the abundance of available timber in the region.