Rust (German: [ʁuːst] ⓘ; Low Alemannic: Ruäscht) is a municipality in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

The Elz enters the city from the south and runs in a northwesterly direction first through the village and borders the Europa-Park, Germany's largest amusement park.

The memorial plaque attached to the Raiffeisenbank falsely claims the building was destroyed "due to the effects of war".

[8] Source: Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg[9] Rust's population is 48% Roman Catholic, while 12% belong to the Protestant Church.

From 1442 until 1806 Rust was owned by the family Böcklin von Böcklinsau, who was enrolled in the Ortenau Imperial Knighthood.

Fishermen in Rust were organised in a guild whose seal shows and anchor surrounded by two fish swimming downward.

It is therefore not surprising that, since the oldest typographical document dated 1703, the community's seals have included a split shield with the coat of arms motifs that are still common today.

Until the end of the 19th century, the plowshare was depicted fallen and the shield provided with an upper coat of arms (spangenhelm, mantling, and crown) – a peculiarity that can also be observed in other knightly places.

The current version and tinging of the community's coat of arms goes back to a proposal from the General State Archives in 1898.

They bear the inscription: „Hüte deinen Fuß wenn du in das Haus Gottes gehst.

In addition to Europa-Park, which attracts several million visitors every year, there is the Taubergießen nature reserve, one of the few remaining river floodplain landscapes in Germany.

In addition to Europa-Park, which attracts several million visitors every year, there is the Taubergiessen nature reserve, one of the few remaining river floodplain landscapes in Germany.

In 2014, Germany's first climate change garden was opened at the Rheinauen Nature Center northwest of Rust, the most striking feature of which is an 18 m high observation tower.

The municipality is connected to Lahr, Ettenheim, Ringsheim, Orschweier and Herbolzheim and is part of the Ortenau tariff association.

The next train stop is Ringsheim, about 2 km away, and since the introduction of the EuroCity Express there is even long-distance transport to connect to Europa-Park.

The long-distance bus line MeinFernbusFlixbus maintains a connection to Rust via the Freiburg – Strasbourg – Karlsruhe route.