Aigen-Schlägl

market community Aigen-Schlägl
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Rohrbach
License plate :	RO
Surface:	45.87 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 38 '  N , 13 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '19 "  N , 13 ° 58' 7"  E
Height :	596  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,241 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4160
Area code :	07281
Community code :	4 13 43
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 17 4160 Aigen-Schlägl
Website:	www.aigen-schlaegl.at
politics
Mayoress :	Elisabeth Höfler ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (Election year: 2015) (25 members)	14th 5 3 3 14th 5 3 3  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 14 FPÖ : 5 GREEN : 3 SPÖ : 3
Location of Aigen-Schlägl in the Rohrbach district
Panorama from Aigen-Schlägl
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Aigen-Schlägl is a market town in the north-western Mühlviertel in Upper Austria with an area of ​​45.87 square kilometers and 3241 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community was created on May 1, 2015 through the merger of the formerly independent communities Aigen im Mühlkreis and Schlägl .

geography

Aigen-Schlägl lies at 596  m above sea level. A. Höhe in the upper Mühlviertel . In terms of the nature conservation spatial structure, the northern municipal area belongs to the Bohemian Forest spatial unit and the southern area to the southern Bohemian Forest foothills . The border between the two units runs along the closed tree line of the so-called "High Bohemian Forest".

Geology and soils

The landscape of the municipality is a part of the Bohemian Massif, which goes back to a very old mountain range, which was created by the Variscan mountain formation in the Paleozoic ( Carboniferous ). This resulted in various granites and gneisses. Furthermore, between the Bohemian Forest and the valley of the Große Mühl, the so-called pile fault from northwest to southeast consists of easily erodible mylonites . To the northwest of this fault there is predominantly cordierite paragneiss as well as Eisgarner granite and orthogneiss. To the south there is mainly Mauthausen granite as well as Schlieren granite and titanite stain granite. After the strong erosion of the former high mountains, during the Alpidic mountain formation in the Tertiary, the crystalline basement was abolished by several 100 meters, causing fractures and faults. Subsequently, sediments were deposited in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods . In the area of ​​the Große Mühl, a strip of river deposits has formed, with typical weathering phenomena such as wool sack weathering predominating, which led to the formation of block castles, block litter and boulders.

The soils in the municipal area are characterized by a lack of nutrients and a high proportion of potassium. They also have a poor phosphorus and calcium supply. The soil type is loamy sand or sandy loam. The soil quality depends on the depth and the water supply, with the grain size of the rock deciding whether the site is water-rich or dry. The rocky brown earth is the most important type of soil in the area, it is found below 1000 m above sea level as low-base to acidic, shallow to medium-sized soil that was formed on solid or debris. Furthermore, loose sediment brown earth has formed on gravelly or fine-grained starting material. However, due to litter use and spruce forests, real brown soils without signs of podsolic dynamics have become rare. Above 1000 meters above sea level, podzols and semi-podsols in particular formed during high precipitation, whereby the coniferous forest coniferous litter also has an acidic effect. Gley exists mainly in the area of ​​springs, streams, ditches, hollows and at the foot of slopes, with wet, acidic meadows dominating here. Other types of soil that occur are pseudogley , bog soils and moor soils in the area of ​​cold-air lakes in small depressions on streams or on locations without drainage as well as tendril-like soils over block debris.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 16 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Aigen in the Mühlkreis (1819)
• Baureith (212)
• Breitenstein (70)
• Diendorf (157)
• Geiselreith (63)
• Gruenwald (54)
• Kerschbaum (38)
• Natschlag (75)
• Rudolfing (117)
• Saint Wolfgang (30)
• Schlägl (435)
• Sun Forest (2)
• Untereudorf (24)
• Weichsberg (72)
• Winkl (44)
• Wormburn (29)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Aigen, Schlägl and Untersteudorf.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Ulrichsberg in the north-west or west, Peilstein in the Mühlviertel in the extreme south-west, Oepping in the south-west, Rohrbach-Berg in the south and St. Oswald near Haslach in the south-east. In the north and east, Schlägl borders the Czech Republic and Okres Český Krumlov .

Ulrichsberg	Horní Planá	Černá v Pošumaví
Peilstein in the Mühlviertel		Frymburk nad Vltavou , Přední Výtoň
Oepping	Rohrbach mountain	St. Oswald near Haslach

history

The Upper Mühlviertel originally belonged to the Duchy of Bavaria and since 1180 to the Duchy of Austria .

Aigen emerged in the course of colonization in this area by the Premonstratensian Schlägl Monastery . With the approval of the Austrian duke Frederick II. Led Propst I. Heinrich in 1242 the establishment of a settlement on the belonging to the monastery basic "intrinsic", where the settlers for twelve years an exemption has been granted. At the request of the Schlägler provost Johannes, Duke Rudolf IV granted the village of Aigen market rights with a certificate issued on July 28, 1362 in Passau . 1459 confirmed Duke Albrecht VI. the privilege of having a fair on the Sunday after All Saints' Day. Aigen has been part of the Principality of Austria ob der Enns since 1490 . In 1529, the judges and council of the Aigen market recognized a contract concluded in 1497 between the Schlägler provost and his subjects, regulating death and the besthaupt , which had previously been practiced according to Bohemian custom for some time. In the 16th century the Reformation spread and in 1585 a fire destroyed the Aigen market. To support the reconstruction, Emperor Rudolf II confirmed the previous privileges on June 17, 1598 and at the same time approved another fair, which was to be held on February 6, the feast of St. Dorothea . In 1599, Aigen was given a new market regime, which enabled a flourishing trade with Bohemia. In 1708 the citizens of Aigen were given the right to propose their own judge. During the coalition wars, Aigen was occupied several times and destroyed by fire in 1808. In 1852 the market houses burned down as a result of lightning. With the connection to the Mühlkreisbahn in 1888, an economic boom followed.

Aigen has been part of the federal state of Upper Austria since 1918 . After Austria was annexed to the German Reich on March 12, 1938, the place belonged to the "Gau Oberdonau". In 1941 the communities of Aigen and Schlägl were merged into an administrative community, which was dissolved again in 1945. In the 20th century, Aigen developed into a summer resort. In the last few decades it has become a tourist center of the Upper Mühlviertel.

Aigen was part of the judicial district of Aigen from 1850 , whereby the court seat was moved from Schlägl to Aigen in 1873. In 2003 the judicial district of Aigen was dissolved and the municipality was assigned to the Rohrbach judicial district.

On September 7, 2014, a referendum was carried out in the two municipalities about the merger of the municipality of Schlägl with the municipality of Aigen im Mühlkreis to form a new municipality of Aigen-Schlägl . With a turnout of around 69% or 77% and 84.22% (Schlägl) and 90.88% (Aigen im Mühlkreis) yes votes, the majority of the citizens entitled to vote supported the amalgamation of the communities.

Due to the spatial proximity, many municipal facilities, such as the elementary school, secondary school and senior citizens' home, were operated and used together before the merger. The terminus of the Mühlkreisbahn has been called Aigen-Schlägl since the railway opened .

population

Population structure

In 2013, 1,906 people lived in the municipality of Aigen in the Mühlkreis, making Aigen the eighth largest of the 42 municipalities in the district. In terms of population density, Aigen had the fifth highest population density in the district with 108 inhabitants per km². At the end of 2001 94.1 percent of the population were Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, Rohrbach district 96.9 percent), by the beginning of 2013 the value rose to 95.5 percent (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Rohrbach district 96.9 percent) Percent). In 2013, only 87 foreigners were counted in the municipality, 56 percent of whom came from an EU country and 24 percent from ex-Yugoslavia (excluding Slovenia). In 2013, 148 residents of Aigen also had a foreign country of birth, whereby the EU countries followed by ex-Yugoslavia also predominated here. In 2001, 89.9 percent of the population committed to the Roman Catholic Church (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent), 4.3 percent were without confession, 3.0 percent were of Islamic faith and 0.7 percent were Protestant.

The average age of the community population in 2001 was above the national average, which is also the result of the Aigen-Schlägl district elderly and care home located here. 16.9 percent of the residents of Aigen were younger than 15 years (Upper Austria: 18.8 percent), 58.9 percent between 15 and 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 24.2 percent, well above the national average of 20.2 percent. As a result, the average age of the population of Aigen changed in all segments. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell to 14.2 percent as of January 1, 2013, while the proportion of people between the ages of 15 and 59 increased significantly to 65.3 percent. In contrast, the proportion of people over 59 years of age fell to 20.5 percent. According to marital status, in 2001 44.9 percent of the residents of Aigen were single, 42.0 percent married, 8.9 percent widowed and 4.3 percent divorced.

Population development

The population of the municipality of Aigen shrank by 21 percent between 1869 and 1923. In 1869 there were still 2065 people living in Aigen and in 1880 even 2201 people; in 1923, after a continual shrinking process, there were only 1623 people. As a result, the population of Aigen increased again by 20 percent by 1951, after which the population fell again by around nine percent by 1991. Most recently, the population leveled off at just over 1900 inhabitants. In the 1970s and 1980s, Aigen exhibited a slight emigration and a marginally positive birth balance. The population growth in the 1990s resulted from a more positive birth balance and immigration. Since the turn of the millennium, the community has had a negative birth balance, but this is offset by immigration. The district elderly and care home Aigen-Schlägl is an essential factor for the negative birth balance and immigration.

In 2015, 1,213 people lived in the Schlägl community. The population structure and development roughly corresponds to that of Aigen.

As of January 1, 2017, 3,190 people live in Aigen-Schlägl.

politics

mayor

From 2014 to 2015 mayor of Schlägl, Elisabeth Höfler has been mayor of Aigen-Schlägl since 2015.

coat of arms

The municipality of Aigen-Schlägl was awarded the municipal coat of arms on February 22, 2016 by the Upper Austrian provincial government. The blazon of the coat of arms reads: “ Humiliated divided; above, split in gold on a green hill, a green, black-stemmed conifer; left in green two golden ears of rye curved inwards; at the bottom split by silver and black with two crossed mallets in alternating colors. “The church colors are black-yellow-green.

The municipal coat of arms, newly awarded after the merger, combines elements from the coats of arms of the two previous municipalities. The tree and the crossed mallets come from the coat of arms of Aigen, the ears of wheat from the coat of arms of Schlägl, which also contains crossed mallets in a different color.

It is not known that Aigen was given a coat of arms. The first evidence of the market coat of arms is on a purchase letter from 1446, at that time it only showed the two crossed mallets. The form that was valid until the merger with Schlägl was created under Abbot Siad Worath I (1702–1721). The Holzhauerschlegel remind of the development of the settlement by clearing the monastery forest, the three trees refer to the old place name Aigen in the forest and the forest wealth.

Schlägl was awarded a municipal coat of arms in 1978. The Schlegel are taken from the coat of arms of Schlägl Abbey, they refer to the importance of the monastery for the place and at the same time symbolize  the place name as a talking coat of arms . The ears of corn refer to the breeding of an extremely winter-resistant type of grain by the pen, the pointed iron in between stands for the important stone industry with numerous granite quarries.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture and Forestry

In 2010 the statistics showed 46 agricultural and forestry holdings in the municipality of Aigen. These included only nine full-time businesses, 34 part-time businesses, two associations and one business with a legal personality. The total number of establishments had fallen by 16 establishments or 25 percent in comparison with the district or the province of Upper Austria compared to 1999, with the sharp decline in part-time businesses being responsible for the minus. The farms jointly cultivated a total of 738 hectares in 2010, with 35 percent of the area being farmed by full-time farmers and 34 percent by part-time farmers. The average area of ​​full-time farmers was 29 hectares below the Upper Austrian average.

traffic

The Mühlkreisbahn terminus of the same name and the Schlägl train stop are located in Aigen- Schlägl. The B 127 Rohrbacher Straße also ends here. Both rail and road connect Aigen-Schlägl with Rohrbach-Berg and Linz .

education

In Aigen there was a parish school in front of the church as early as 1522, with the school moving into the Marktbrauhaus in 1856. In 1960 the primary school was renovated. In 1990, after an extension to the existing school, the Aigen elementary school moved into the common school building of the Aigen – Schlägl elementary school. There are also two after-school care groups in the elementary school. In addition to the Aigen-Schlägl elementary school, the municipality also has the Aigen-Schlägl New Middle School, which was founded in 1950/51 as a branch of the Rohrbach secondary school. Since the number of pupils at the secondary school in Rohrbach was so high that “foreign pupils” could only be accepted to a limited extent, a branch with a 1st class was created in Aigen, which was taught in the hall of the club house in Aigen. The main school building was built between 1951 and 1953, with the opening on October 31, 1953. In the 1973/74 school year, an extension for additional classrooms and a gymnasium was opened. In 1996 another renovation and extension takes place.

safety

The Aigen voluntary fire brigade was established on October 11, 1873. Initiator and founder Adalbert Swoboda was elected 1st in command by 35 men. The FF Aigen currently has a command vehicle, a small fire engine, a tank fire engine and a small rescue vehicle. The closest police station is the Peilstein police station in the Mühlviertel .

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Panorama of Schlägl

Culture and sights

Aigen parish church

Schlägl pen

See also:  List of listed objects in Aigen-Schlägl

• Parish Aigen im Mühlkreis : The the Schlägl incorporated parish church St. Apostle and Evangelist Johannes was built from 1897 to 1901 according to plans by the Linz architect Raimund Jeblinger .
• Bird museum in the Aigen cultural center
• Atelier Anders art gallery
• Kalvarienberg (Aigen im Mühlkreis)
• Schlägl Abbey : Monastery from 1204
• Schlägl Abbey Brewery : Austria's only abbey brewery, founded in 1580
• Pilgrimage Church of St. Wolfgang am Stein : built by Cipriano Novo in 1642–1644
• Museum culture. Well. Upper Mühlviertel : shows exhibits, mainly from the Rohrbach district, which illustrate the craft life of past centuries; the approximately 900 m² museum, opened in 1997, is located in the Stiftsmeierhof Aigen-Schlägl.
• Stumbling blocks for Elisabeth and Isidor Baumann and their sons Hans and Karl

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Panorama from the Hochbuchet viewpoint

Personalities

• Gerhard Gruber (* 1951), pianist and silent film companion
• Christian Hoffmann (* 1974), Olympic cross-country champion
• Klaus Huber (* 1949), editor, moderator, dialect poet and local history researcher

literature

• Isfried Hermann Pichler: Document book of the Schlägl Monastery: the legal and historical sources of the Cisterce Slage and the Premonstratensian Canons of Schlägl from the beginning up to the year 1600 . In: Schlägler writings . Volume 12, Stift Schlägl, Aigen im Mühlkreis 2003 (without ISBN).

Web links

Commons : Aigen-Schlägl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.aigen-schlaegl.at/ Marktgemeinde Aigen-Schlägl
• https://www.boehmerwald.at/ Böhmerwald holiday region
• 41343 - Aigen-Schlägl. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Bibliography on Aigen-Schlägl in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ ^{a b} State of Upper Austria ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Population levels in Upper Austria in comparison by citizenship
4. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population by religion and federal states 1951 to 2001 (accessed on October 2, 2013)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Austria municipality data from Aigen
6. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Upper Austria ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Resident population in Upper Austria compared by age group
7. ↑ Aigen-Schlägl municipal coat of arms
8. ^ Province of Upper Austria: coat of arms of the municipality of Aigen-Schlägl
9. ^ Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria (5th addendum 1977–1979) . In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Issue 3/4, Linz 1980, pp. 133-134, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
10. ↑ Aigen-Schlägl elementary school
11. ↑ NMS Aigen-Schlägl
12. ^ FF Aigen