The municipality formed with Arnfels, Leutschach an der Weinstraße, Oberhaag and Straß in Steiermark, the tourism agency "Die südsteirische Weinstraße" based in Leutschach an der Weinstraße.[5]
Geography
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following eight sections (populations as of 2015[6]):
Martin Wratschko (ÖVP) was elected in the constituent session of the town council on 16 April 2015 as Bürgermeister.[8]
Wratschko was until the end of 2014, the mayor of the former municipality Ehrenhausen.
The municipality also includes: vice-mayor Johannes Zweytick (ÖVP) and town treasurer Detlef Gruber (SPÖ).[8]
Zweytick was, before 1 January 2015, the commissioner at the start of the newly merged municipality.
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of 15 members. After the results of the 2015 election, the council convened with the following:[8]
^Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 3 Oktober 2013 über die Vereinigung der Marktgemeinde Ehrenhausen und der Gemeinden Berghausen, Ratsch an der Weinstraße und Retznei, alle politischer Bezirk Leibnitz. Steiermärkisches Landesgesetzblatt 14 October 2013. Nr. 102, 28. Stück. ZDB-ID705127-x. S. 556.
^Grazer Zeitung. Amtsblatt für die Steiermark. 30 December 2014, 210. Jahrgang, 52. Stück. Nr. 302. ZDB-ID1291268-2 S. 624–625.