Lasberg

This article deals with the community in the Mühlviertel. For the location in the Braunau district, see Lasberg (municipality of Lochen) .

market community Lasberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Free City
License plate :	FR
Surface:	43.8 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 28 '  N , 14 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 28 '20 "  N , 14 ° 32' 30"  E
Height :	574  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,836 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4291
Area code :	07947
Community code :	4 06 09
Address of the municipal administration:	Market 7 4291 Lasberg
Website:	www.lasberg.ooe.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Josef Brandstätter ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	13 5 4th 3 13 5 4th 3  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 13 SPÖ : 5 GREEN : 4 FPÖ : 3
Location of Lasberg in the Freistadt district
Place view
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Lasberg is a market town in Upper Austria in the Freistadt district in the Mühlviertel with 2836 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The responsible judicial district is Freistadt .

geography

Lasberg is 574 m above sea level in the Mühlviertel. The extension is 8.1 km from north to south and 10.3 km from west to east. The total area is 43.7 km². 16.8% of the area is forested, 24.9% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 25 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• On the mountain (15) including Steinecker
• Edelhof (18)
• Edlau (139)
• Elz (173)
• Etzelsdorf (43) including the pit
• Grensberg (56) including Harau and Vorholz
• Grating (17)
• Grub (176) including the fire place
• Gunnersdorf (87)
• Harterleiten (4)
• Kronau (40)
• Lasberg (1058)
• Manzenreith (120)
• Paben (117)
• Pilgrim Village (14)
• Punkenhof (58)
• Reickersdorf (57)
• Siegelsdorf (194)
• Stadtberg (26)
• Steinböckhof (82) including Steinböckhof-scattered houses
• No smoking (16)
• Walchshof (261)
• Vineyard (20)
• Witzelsberg (39)
• Cell rope (6)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Lasberg, Steinböckhof and Wartberg.

Except for Am Berg , Edelhof , Stadtberg and Zelletau , the parts of the community are counted as localities . Two of the municipal parts also have shares in St. Oswald near Freistadt , two in Kefermarkt , one in Grünbach .
The municipality's cadastral communities are Lasberg , Steinböckhof and Wartberg , the main town of the latter also being in St. Oswald. Counting areas are Lasberg-Wartberg and Steinböckhof .

Addresses in the main town are Am Eichenhügel, Am Kopenberg, Am Sportplatz, Am Steinhügel, Bachweg, Berg, Berggasse, Brunnenweg, Dornachweg, Feistritztal, Freistädterstraße, Hagelgasse, Lindenfeld, Markt, Mittelweg, Oswalderstraße, Panholz, Ringgasse, Sonnfeld, Teichweg.

Neighboring communities

	Grünbach
Free City		St. Oswald
Kefermarkt		Gutau

history

The place Lasberg was mentioned for the first time in a deed of donation in 1125, in which Adalbero von Griesbach donated "his church in Lozperch " and other properties to the St. Florian monastery. From the 12th century on, the Lasberger (Lozpercher) knight dynasty resided here, important Obderenns nobility, who then formed side lines to Bavaria, and in the 15th century migrated to Lower Austria under the Habsburgs. From this time, since 1490, the area is also assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

On November 21, 1510, at the instigation of the Lords of Zelking , Emperor Maximilian I raised Lasberg to the market. Thus Lasberg could hold a weekly market and had great economic advantages. The nearby town of Freistadt wanted to dispute these rights and Lasberg had to fight for these rights. Therefore, Emperor Joseph II reaffirmed the market rights in 1785.

The majority of Lasberg was Protestant until 1626, but quickly became Catholic again after the Counter Reformation . One reason for this was that the rule of Weinberg had passed from the Protestant Zelkings to the Catholic Thürheimers . Until 1848, the Thürheimers remained the landlords in what is now the municipality, and the municipality's coat of arms testifies to this long rule.

Between the years 1776 and 1784, the parish boundaries were redrawn and the formerly large parish Lasberg lost many areas to the neighboring parishes. During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times. After 1848 three independent administrations were founded in the area of ​​today's municipality - Lasberg, Steinböckhof and Wartberg . In 1874 the three mentioned communities were united, whereby the place Wartberg itself came to St. Oswald , the former borders can be recognized by the today's cadastral communities.

Since 1918 the place has belonged to the federal state of Upper Austria and this also ended the phase of prosperity in Lasberg. The First World War caused a lot of hardship and suffering in the community, 58 men were killed, missing or died in hospitals. In the post-war period there was great need, which was exacerbated by two market fires in 1935 and 1936 and by a heavy thunderstorm on May 26, 1935, which destroyed the harvest.

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 Lasberg was in the Soviet zone of occupation . In the 10 years to 1955 there was looting, rape and cruel shootings. The Lasberger Johann Blöchl became chairman of the civil administration Mühlviertel and was able to preserve the unity of Upper Austria. After 1955 the infrastructure was expanded and rebuilt and in 1973 Lasberg was even voted the most beautiful village in Austria.

population

Population development
year	Residents		year	Residents
1869	1,891		1951	2,100
1880	1,882		1961	2,190
1890	1,922		1971	2,270
1900	1,962		1981	2,499
1910	1,988		1991	2,717
1923	2,027		2001	2,743
1934	2,039		2011	2,795
1939	1,968		2018	2,748

Development and structure

In 1869, 1891 people lived in the municipality. The highest growth was recorded between 1971 and 1991. In 1991 the community had 2,717 inhabitants, at the 2001 census it had already 2,743, which corresponds to an increase of 1%. On January 1st, 2008 the community had 2853 inhabitants, the highest level in history. Since both the birth balance and the migration balance were positive, the community grew rapidly at the end of the 20th century. From 1991 to 2001 there was an emigration, but this was offset by the birth surplus. From 2001 to 2011 the birth balance was negative, but was offset by immigration.

In the 2001 census, the proportion of residents who were 60 years of age and older was 18.4%; 20.8% were under 15 years old. The proportion of the female population was 49.6%.

Of the 1630 residents of Lasberg, who were over 15 years old in 2001, 3.7% had graduated from a university , technical college or academy . Another 8.4% had completed a high school diploma, 48.2% had completed an apprenticeship or a vocational middle school and 39.6% of all Lasbergers had compulsory school as the highest qualification.

Origin and language

The German dialect that is generally spoken in the Lasberg area and in Upper Austria is Middle Bavarian . In 2001, 98.3% of Lasbergers stated German as their colloquial language. Another 0.7% spoke mainly Turkish , 0.3% Bosnian , the rest spoke other languages.

The proportion of Lasberger with foreign citizenship was 1.5% in 2001, well below the average in Upper Austria. 0.2% of the Lasberger population were citizens of Turkey , 0.5% were citizens of Germany and 0.5% were citizens of Bosnia . In 2001, around 3% of Lasbergers were born in a country other than Austria.

politics

The municipal council has a total of 25 members. With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 13 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, 4 GRÜNE and 3 FPÖ.

mayor

• since ? Josef Brandstätter (ÖVP)

The next municipal council election will be held regularly in 2021.

coat of arms

Official blazon :

Emptied ; 1. In red a silver, five-petalled, heraldic rose ; 2. a red paw cross in silver ; 3. The golden Latin numerals MDX in black, the first two placed above the third; 4. quartered by red and silver.

Nothing is known about the meaning of the rose - which is also found in the Kefermarkt coat of arms . The paw cross shows that the Lasberg parish belongs to St. Florian monastery . 1510 (MDX) is the year of the market survey. Nothing is known about the meaning of the 4th field either.

Permission to use the municipal coat of arms was granted on November 27, 1909. The coat of arms itself has been in use for a long time, probably since the market survey.

Economy and Infrastructure

Public institutions and education

A kindergarten , a primary school and a regional music school are available in the village . There is also a library and an outdoor swimming pool . There is also a general practitioner in the community.

The Lasberg volunteer fire brigade exists in the municipality .

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Lasberg

Parish church

Buildings

• Bürgerspital: Foundation house for the sick and poor citizens of the market.
• Dornach castle ruins : First mentioned in documents around 1416 as the fortress of Hans Lasberger and renovated in 1963.
• Dornachhof: A meierhof closely connected to Dornach Castle, now called Hartmayergut . Owned by the Blöchl family (Johann Blöchl) since 1848.
• Lasberg Parish Church : A church that was expanded in the 14th century. A Romanesque building that was extended in the Gothic style.
• Hoh-Haus am Buchberg : An observation tower on the Buchberg (813 m) with a view of the Mühlviertel

Museums

• Alte Marktschmiede: An insight into the working world of a farrier and wagon blacksmith.
• “Fürstenhammer” open-air museum: An old hammer forge, built in 1570 near Dornach.
• Spiral forge: A collection of blacksmithing and agricultural tools and implements is on display.

Personalities

• Stephan Edler , born in Dornach, abbot of Baumgartenberg Monastery from 1419 to 1451
• Adam Roßtäuscher (1629–1689), important bell founder in Styria
• Sebastian Schwarz (priest) (1809–1870), priest and founder of the Vöcklabruck Franciscan Sisters
• Kaspar Schwarz (1811–1879), businessman and mayor of Freistadt
• Franz Sales Schwarz (1849–1912), priest and religious teacher
• Johann Blöchl (1895–1987), politician, farmer and head of the civil administration in Mühlviertel , from 1922 local councilor in Lasberg
• Wilhelm Bock (1895–1966), Mayor of Linz, chaplain of Lasberg, parish priest of Vöcklabruck, lived in Lasberg for some time
• Eckart Sonnleitner (* 1963), painter born in Lasberg

literature

• Rudolf Ardelt : Contribution to the history of the counts and barons of Lasberg. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. 107th Volume, Linz 1962, pp. 290-321 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Hertha Schober-Awecker : Contributions to the school history of Lasberg. In: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter . Linz 1964, pp. 161–164 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
• Edith Frimmel: The key to the history of Lasberg. In: EuroJournal Linz - Mühlviertel - Bohemian Forest. 2007, pp. 4–7 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
• Benedikt Pillwein (Ed.): History, geography and statistics of the Archduchy of Austria above the Enns and the Duchy of Salzburg . With a register, which is also the topographical and genealogical lexicon and the district map. Geographical-historical-statistical detail according to district commissariats. 1st edition. First part: the mill circle . Joh. Christ. Quandt, Linz 1827, section 14) District Commissariat Weinberg, Lasberg , p. 433 f ( Google eBook ). 2nd edition 1843 ( Google Book )

Web links

Commons : Lasberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 500 year anniversary of the market survey 2010
• Lasberg Parish
• Further information about the municipality of Lasberg on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Historical bibliography in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ Ardelt 1962, p. 291.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Austria: Population and components of population development (download as pdf; 35 kB)
4. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Lasberg, population development. Retrieved May 28, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} 2001 census: demographic data (download as pdf; 10 kB)
6. ^ Province of Upper Austria, regional history: coat of arms of the municipality of Lasberg , municipality of lasberg, accessed on October 28, 2008
7. ^ Franz Leitner: The bell founder from Lasberg. For the 350th birthday of Adam Roßtäuscher. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. 1980, pp. 173–175 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).