Maple (Upper Austria)

Ahorn (Rotte) locality cadastral municipality Ahorn
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Rohrbach  (RO), Upper Austria
Judicial district	Rohrbach
Pole. local community	Helfenberg
Coordinates	48 ° 31 '26 "  N , 14 ° 10' 30"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '26 "  N , 14 ° 10' 30"  E
height	828  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	130 (January 1, 2020)
Area  d. KG	13 km²
Post Code	4184
prefix	+ 43/07216
Statistical identification
Locality code	10814
Cadastral parish number	47302
Counting district / district	Maple (41345 001)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; DORIS

Ahorn is a place in the southern Bohemian Forest foothills in the Mühlviertel , as well as a locality and cadastral municipality of the municipality of Helfenberg , Rohrbach district . Ahorn was the seat of the municipality of the same name with 506 inhabitants until 2018 (as of October 31, 2017). However, this community is updated as the Ahorn census district of the community of Helfenberg. The former Mayor of Ahorn, Josef Hintenberger, achieved 66.6 percent yes-votes in the 2019 mayoral election in the municipality of Helfenberg.

history

Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the local area has belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 13th century and has been part of the Principality of Austria ob der Enns since 1490 . The place is first mentioned in a document in 1430 ( In den Ahornen ) and is closely linked to the history of Piberstein Castle .

Since 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria. After Austria was annexed to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place was integrated into the community of Helfenberg, but gained independence again from 1950 onwards in an administrative partnership with Helfenberg. In 2019 the area was finally connected to Helfenberg.

Former parish

Community structure

The municipality, which corresponds to the Ahorn cadastral municipality, comprised the following 9 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Maple (132)
• Kleintraberg (11)
• Light measuring mount (2)
• Oberbrunnwald (2)
• Obertraberg (56)
• Penning (9)
• Piberstein (158)
• Schallenberg (6)
• Thurnerschlag (114)

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the former municipality

Blazon : Split at an angle; above in red a silver, striding beaver after the division; below in silver a green maple leaf. The church colors were white - green - white.

The coat of arms lost its validity with the dissolution of the municipality.

Population structure

In 2013, 483 people lived in the Ahorn community, making Ahorn the fourth smallest community in the Rohrbach district. At the end of 2001, 98.4 percent of the population were Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, Rohrbach district 96.9 percent), by the beginning of 2013 the value fell slightly to 97.3 percent (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Rohrbach district 96, 9 percent). In 2013, only 13 foreigners were counted in the municipality, 85 percent of whom came from EU countries. 17 people were born abroad. In 2001, 92.7 percent of the population committed to the Roman Catholic Church (Upper Austria: 88.6 percent), 4.9 percent were without confession and 2.2 percent were Protestant.

The average age of the community population in 2001 was largely the national average. 18.1 percent of the inhabitants of Ahorn were younger than 15 years (Upper Austria: 18.8 percent), 60.8 percent between 15 and 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 21.1 percent, just above the national average of 20.2 percent. The average age of the population of Maple changed as a result in all segments. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell massively to 14.9 percent on January 1, 2013, while the proportion of people between 15 and 59 years of age increased significantly to 67.3 percent. The proportion of people over 59 years of age fell slightly to 17.8 percent. According to marital status in 2001, 45.7 percent of the population of Ahorn were single, 46.1 percent married, 6.5 percent widowed and 1.6 percent divorced.

Population development

The population of the municipality of Ahorn shrank by 40 percent between 1869 and 2013, making Ahorn one of the municipalities with the highest population losses in the district. While 805 people lived in Maple in 1869, there were only 483 in 2013. The number of inhabitants fell almost continuously over the course of these 150 years, with the first major population losses occurring in the late 19th century. By 1951 the community had already lost 35 percent of its population, after which the population largely stagnated or only slowly declined. Maple shows a negative migration balance, whereby the birth surplus since the 1980s has largely offset the population losses caused by emigration.

politics

The mayor has been determined by direct election since 1997 , with no absolute majority for a candidate in a runoff election . The ÖVP candidate won the first direct mayor election with 88.6 percent against the candidate on the citizens' list; in 2003 it came to 78.6 percent. In 2008 Josef Hintenberger (ÖVP) took over the office of mayor of Ahorn. He was subsequently confirmed in office by the population with 87.8 percent against the FPÖ candidate.

The strongest parliamentary group in the Ahorn municipal council has always been the ÖVP, which from 1973 was always the absolute majority and, with one exception, the parliamentary group with the largest number of votes. The ÖVP achieved between 48.8 and 87.1 percent in this period, with its best result since 1973 in the 1973 election and its worst result in 2003. The second strongest party in the Ahorn municipal council has always been the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), with one exception , which has achieved election results between 12.9 percent (1973) and 27.2 (2003) percent since 1973. The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) did not take part in municipal council elections until 1991 and has since achieved between 10.3 percent and 20.8 percent, being the second strongest party in 1991 and 2015. The Ahorner Citizen List has also been represented in the local council since 1997, with a share of votes between 5.07 and 12.4 percent. In the last municipal council election in 2015, the ÖVP won 56 percent or eight seats, the SPÖ achieved 18.1 percent or two seats. The FPÖ got 20.8 percent or three mandates, the citizens' list 5 percent and no mandate.

As in municipal council elections, the ÖVP also dominated state elections in the municipality, although the dominance of the People's Party has declined somewhat. Nevertheless, in the period from 1973 onwards, the ÖVP was always able to become the party with the highest number of votes, and before 1991 it even had a two-thirds majority. The ÖVP achieved its best result between 1973 and 2009 in 1973 and 1979 with 83.0 percent each, since then it has almost gradually lost its share of the votes, whereby in 2003 it achieved its lowest result to date with 52.8 percent. The second strongest party in state elections was always the SPÖ, with election results between 14.4 and 31.4 percent. The SPÖ had its best result in 2003, its worst in 2009. The third strongest party was always the FPÖ, which achieved between 0.4 and 13.9 percent in the period from 1973 onwards. The FPÖ had its best result in 1991. In the state elections in 2009, the ÖVP came first with 59.8 percent, although this was the second worst result. The SPÖ only got 14.4 percent and had to give up 17 percent of its share of the vote. The FPÖ achieved 13.9 percent, the Greens achieved their best result to date with 6.5 percent.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001, Ahorn only had eight workplaces with 64 employees (excluding agriculture), two of which had 20 or more employees. 89 percent of the employees were dependent. The number of workplaces had increased by three compared to 1991 (plus 60 percent), the number of employees rose by six people (plus 10 percent). The most important branch of industry in 2001 was the field of material goods production with four companies and 56 employees (88 percent of all employees). In addition, there were also two commercial establishments, a hotel and restaurant establishment and an establishment providing other public and personal services.

Of the 263 economically active people living in Ahorn in 2010, only 1.5 percent were unemployed. Of the 259 employed, 59 were employed in manufacturing (23 percent), 37 in trade (14 percent) and 28 in agriculture and forestry (11 percent). Other important sectors were health and social services, construction and the area of ​​accommodation and gastronomy. Of the 251 employed people in Ahorn (excluding residents who were temporarily absent from work), only 56 people were employed in Ahorn in 2010. 195 or 78 percent had to commute to work. Of the out-commuters, 46 percent had their place of work in the state capital Linz, 26 in the Rohrbach district and 13 percent in the Urfahr-Umgebung district. The most important out-commuter community next to Linz was Helfenberg. In return, 37 people commuted to Ahorn.

literature

• Dehio-Handbuch Oberösterreich, Vol. 1 - Mühlviertel, Horn / Vienna 2003, p. 2
• Mühlviertel - Between the Danube and the Bohemian Forest - The Rohrbach District, Rohrbach 2001, pp. 463-465.

Web links

Commons : Ahorn, Upper Austria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• More information about the municipality of Ahorn (Upper Austria) on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final population for the 2019 financial year per municipality (area status 2018) . S. 18 ( statistik.at [PDF; 263 kB ; accessed on July 6, 2019]).
2. ↑ Hintenberger wins clearly in Helfenberg, SPÖ surprisingly strong , tips total. regional. on April 7, 2019.
3. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
4. ↑ ^{a b} State of Upper Austria ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Population levels in Upper Austria in comparison by citizenship
5. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population by religion and federal states 1951 to 2001 (accessed on October 2, 2013)
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Statistics Austria municipality data from Ahorn
7. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Upper Austria ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Resident population in Upper Austria compared by age group
8. ^ Province of Upper Austria election results in mayoral elections in Ahorn
9. ^ Province of Upper Austria municipal council elections in Ahorn from 1973
10. ^ State of Upper Austria State election results in Ahorn from 1973