Alcove (Upper Austria)
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| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Upper Austria | |
| Political District : | Eferding | |
| License plate : | EF | |
| Surface: | 42.49 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 17 ' N , 14 ° 6' E | |
| Height : | 268 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 6.004 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 141 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 4072 | |
| Area code : | 07274 | |
| Community code : | 4 05 01 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Alte Hauptstrasse 40 4072 Alcove |
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| Mayor : | Gabriel Schuhmann ( SPÖ ) | |
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Municipal Council : (2015) (31 members) |
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| Location of Alkoven in the Eferding district | ||
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Alkoven is an Austrian municipality in the Eferding district in the Hausruckviertel in Upper Austria with 6004 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).
The community is located in the judicial district of Eferding .
geography
Alcove is at an altitude of 268 m in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is 8.8 km from north to south and 8.1 km from west to east. The total area is 42.6 km². 16.9% of the area is forested, 65.% of the area is used for agriculture.
Neighboring municipalities:
| Pupping | Goldwörth | Ottensheim |
| Fraham |
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Wilhering |
| Nicks | Buchkirchen , Holzhausen | Kirchberg-Thening |
Community structure:
The municipality includes the following 20 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Aham (44)
- Alcove (1384)
- Annaberg (70)
- Bergham (171)
- Emling (65)
- Forest (72)
- Large Hard (40)
- Gstocket (262)
- Hartheim (1084)
- Small hard (24)
- Kranzing (5)
- Oberhartheim (53)
- Polsing (114)
- Puchham (46)
- Storage roof (50)
- Strass (157)
- Straßham (1960)
- Shore (133)
- Weidach (73)
- Angles (197)
The community consists of the cadastral communities Alkoven, Annaberg, Hartheim, Polsing, Puchham and Straß.
history
Alcove was mentioned in 883 asloonchova . -koven is on -inghofen recycled wherein -hofen a plural - Flexionsform from Hof , and -ing- a joint syllable. Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns . During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times. Since December 15, 1907, the first post bus route has passed through alcoves on what is now Austrian territory. In 1912 the Linz Local Railway (LILO) was opened. 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 belonged to the "Gau Oberdonau". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.
During the Second World War was in the cadastral Hartheim in Hartheim the Nazi killing center Hartheim .
coat of arms
Blazon : split from red and blue by a silver wave pole; covered by a silver morning star and a silver halberd with golden, diagonally crossed stems. The community colors are red-white-blue. The red-blue shield, divided by a wavy bar, is the family coat of arms of the Aspan von Lichtenhaag, who were in the possession of Hartheim Castle for over three centuries from 1323 to 1639.
Halberd and Morgenstern refer to the bitter battle in the Emlinger Holz, in which on November 9, 1626 the Obderennsischen farmers were defeated by the Bavarian and imperial troops under Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim and Löbl.
Culture and sights
- Hartheim Castle : Hartheim Castle wasa "euthanasia" institution of Aktion T4 during the Second World War as the Nazi killing facility Hartheim . The castle itself is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Austria.
- Catholic parish church Alcove : late Gothic church built around 1470; since the restoration in the years 1902–1904 the high altar of St. Margaritha, the parish patroness, consecrated.
- Annabergkirche : single-nave branch church from the 14th century, has a Gothic choir and a late baroque nave
- Heizinger-Stöckl : A one-storey gabled house with a late baroque stucco facade - built around 1773 as a moving house. The “Backstöckl at Heitzinger Hofe” is in the immediate vicinity of Hartheim Castle.
- Peasant war memorial in Emlinger Holz : General Pappenheim, imperial troops and mercenaries, a total of 8,000 men, met 8,500 farmers in Emlinger Holz on November 9, 1626 . According to tradition, 3,000 farmers and 3,000 soldiers were killed in this battle.
politics
Composition of the municipal council with the result of the election on September 27, 2015:
Eligible to vote: 4,687, valid votes: 3,580, invalid votes: 292, turnout: 82.61%
| Political party | percent | be right | Mandates | |||
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| ÖVP | 28.21% | -7.01% | 1.010 | −236 | 9 | -2 |
| SPÖ | 37.23% | -7.77% | 1,333 | −259 | 12 | -3 |
| FPÖ | 21.06% | + 9.61% | 754 | +349 | 6th | +3 |
| GREEN | 9.36% | + 9.36% | 335 | +335 | 3 | +3 |
| LIST | 4.13% | -2% | 148 | −69 | 1 | -1 |
- mayor
- 1955–1978 Leopold Kain (SPÖ)
- 1978–1988 Karl Malzner (SPÖ)
- 1988–1994 Josef Samhaber (SPÖ)
- 1994-2004 Gerhard Hintermayr (SPÖ)
- 2004–2005 Heinz Wögerer, Vice Mayor (SPÖ)
- since 2005 Gabriel Schuhmann (SPÖ)
Population development
In 1991 the community had 4,776 inhabitants according to the census, then 5,202 in 2001, 5,247 on January 1, 2005, 5,296 inhabitants on October 1, 2006.
According to information from the municipality of Alkoven, 5,814 main residences were registered as of January 1, 2016 (2906 male, 2908 female). By January 1, 2019, the population had increased to 6,087. This results in a population growth of 27.45 percent between 1991 and 2019.
traffic
Street: The main town of Alkoven is on Eferdinger Straße (B 129) between Linz and Eferding .
Train:
- The center of the village and large parts of the municipality of Alkoven can be easily reached by the Linz Local Railway (LILO) ("Linz - Eferding - Neumarkt-Kallham / Peuerbach").
- Railway stops in the municipality are: Straß-Emling, Alkoven Schule, Alkoven, Wehrgasse, Straßham-Schönering
Bus:
- Bad Mühllacken - Eferding - Kirchberg - Pasching - Leonding Meixnerkreuzung (line no.8177)
- Linz - Eferding - Passau / Haibach / St.Agatha / St.Ägidi (2002/06)
- Linz - Eferding - Peuerbach - Enzenkirchen (2014)
Bicycle:
Cycle paths that run through the municipality of Alkoven:
- International Danube Cycle Path (R1)
- Eferdinger Landlradweg (R18)
- Trattnachtal cycle path (R17)
Personalities
Sons and daughters:
- Michael Dannereder (1879–1929), Austrian politician
People related to the place:
- Friedrich von Ledebur (1900–1986), film actor (including Infamous (1945), Moby Dick (1956) , The Karamazov Brothers (1958) ) and Horse Master (including Misfits - Not Sociable (1961), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) ), The Empress's Courier (1970–1971)), lived in alcoves
- Birgit Gerstorfer (* 1963 in Wels), Austrian politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ VO Name Research. (No longer available online.) In: univie.ac.at. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016 ; accessed on February 13, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Full text of "Förstemann Altdeutsches Namenbuch Vol. 2, H 1, 3rd A 1913". In: archive.org. Retrieved February 13, 2018 .
- ^ Ernst Förstemann: Old German name book. Second volume. Peter Hanstein Verlagsbuchhandlung, Bonn 1918, column 103, limited preview in the Google book search.
- ↑ a b The Upper Austrian Peasant War in 1626 in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
- ↑ SPÖ has provided mayors for 60 years. In: mein district.at from November 19, 2015.
- ↑ Friedrich von Ledebur in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Web links
- Learning and memorial site Schloss Hartheim on schloss-hartheim.at.
- Learning and memorial site Schloss Hartheim at www.erinnern.at.
- Nature - movement - life. Alcove. Alcove brochure (PDF) at www.alkoven.at
- 40501 - Alcove (Upper Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Further information about the municipality of Alkoven (Upper Austria) can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
