Altenberg near Linz

Altenberg near Linz lies at an altitude of 592 m above sea level. A. in the upper Mühlviertel. The extension is 7.8 km from north to south and 7.6 km from west to east. The total area is 36 km².

Altenberg lies on a southern branch of the Mühlviertel highlands and is known as the " balcony of Linz " due to its high balustrade-like location and its far-reaching view . From Altenberg there is a panoramic view that extends into the Mühlviertel as well as over the provincial capital Linz into the Upper Austrian Central Country to the foothills of the Northern Limestone Alps.

Area distribution

Districts

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

Altenberg near Linz (1045)
Donach (228)
Edt (168)
Haslach (748) including the Alpenblicksiedlung, Oberklammersiedlung and Seitlingersiedlung
Katzgraben (192) including the Wagenleitnersiedlung
Kitzelsbach (157)
Kulm (106)
Niederbairing (236)
Niederkulm (9)
Niederwinkl (212) including Eichenweg
Oberbairing (485) including the Stadlersiedlung
Oberkulm (33)
Oberweitrag (112) including official
Oberwinkl (104)
Pargfried (74)
Pricing (65)
Ramersdorf (43)
Schwarzendorf (47)
Stratreith (191)
Sub-wide (129)
Weignersedt (39)
Wildberg (2)
Willersdorf (114)
Windpassing (91)
Würschendorf (42)

Neighboring communities

Kirchschlag near Linz	Hellmonsödt
		Alberndorf in the Riedmark
Linz		Engerwitzdorf

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold over a green three-mountain, five semicircular arranged, red, five-petalled, heraldic roses with golden lugs and green sepals. The coat of arms represents the 3 mountains of Altenberg and the 5 roses of St. Elisabeth (patroness Altenberg). The community colors are green-yellow .

The three mountains of Altenberg:

Geiselsberg: 752 m above sea level A.
Wetterberg: 712 m above sea level A.
Kulmerberg (Hagerberg): 645 m above sea level. A.

history

Neolithic finds testify that hunting and gathering nomadic indigenous people stayed in the area at least for a time. The Celtic tribes of the Bojer and Narister settled there in pre-Christian times . After the turmoil of the Great Migration and the Avar invasions, the Slavs are likely to have settled from the Gallneukirchen basin in the 8th century . The Slavic roots of the place names Weitrag and Kulm (" hill ") are a reminder of this. In the 9th century , the Bavarian farmers came with the first wave of settlement . From this time the name Bayring indicates the ethnicity of the villagers. During this first period of settlement and Christianization, which was carried out very intensively by the Passau bishopric , most of the community area was reclaimed.

If you consider the area's ties to Passau, it is not surprising that the municipality is mentioned for the first time in a Passau document from probably 1245. A gentleman "Karolus de Maltenperg" appears to be the penultimate witness of the confirmation document of the Passau bishop Rüdiger von Bergheim from October 31, 1245 about the enfeoffment of Gundacker III. von Steyr with the rulership of Wildberg . Only three years later, however, the place name "Altenperge" can also be found in a Passau document, when a certain "Perhtoldus de Altenperge" is mentioned.

Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place has belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century and to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns since 1490 . During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times and has since returned to Upper Austria .

Population development

year	Residents	change	percentage change
2019	4601	+134	+ 3%
2015	4467	+60	+1.4%
2011	4407	+196	+ 4.6%
2001	4211	+472	+ 12.6%
1991	3739

politics

Result of the 2015 election: Eligible to vote: 3,662, Valid votes: 3,097, Invalid votes: 125, Turnout: 87.98%

Political party	percent		be right		Mandates
ÖVP	50.50%	-5.69%	1,564	−112	13	-1
SPÖ	14.59%	-4.15%	452	−107	3	-2
FPÖ	15.08%	+ 7.13%	467	+230	4th	+2
GREEN	19.83%	+ 4.71%	614	+163	5	+1

Result of the 2009 election: Eligible to vote: 3,516 +377 , valid votes: 2,983 +120 , turnout: 86.9% +5.3%

Political party	percent		be right	Mandates
ÖVP	56.2%	−5.8%	1,676	14th	−2
SPÖ	18.7%	−13.6%	559	5	−3
GREEN	15.1%	+ 15.1%	451	4th	+4
FPÖ	7.9%	+ 2.3%	237	2	+1

mayor

Data from the homepage of the Province of Upper Austria

Culture and sights

Altenberg parish church near Linz : Way of the Cross: Herbert Friedl has depicted Jesus' Way of the Cross on 15 picture panels in a way that is open to finding traces of suffering from all times. The text “Legacy” reads as a prologue to the Way of the Cross, reminding of the social commitment of St. Elisabeth . As an epilogue, Mother Teresa is exemplary for many who have followed the call to “follow”. The fragile material glass was used as the image carrier , as a symbol of human vulnerability. The blanks for the woodcut come from the barracks of the Mauthausen concentration camp . Wooden beams are also the basic motif on the panel paintings, the number, color and shape of which vary. In some cases, real materials such as shoulder straps, fabric and nails were incorporated into the design. Each station indicates the Passion of Jesus with the Roman numeral and a verb.

Zöch castle ruins

societies

The Altenberg Volunteer Fire Brigade was founded on November 20, 1898.
Musikverein Altenberg near Linz
Theater group Altenberg near Linz
Austrian Alpine Club, Altenberg Section
DSG Sportunion Altenberg

Educational institutions

Crawl space
kindergarten
Elementary school
secondary schools
music school

Personalities

Helmut Schuster (1939–2013), economist and university professor
Christina Stürmer (* 1982), rock-pop singer
In 1996 Sonja Horner from Altenberg near Linz was elected Miss Austria .

Web links

Commons : Altenberg bei Linz - Collection of images, videos and audio files

41602 - Altenberg near Linz. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Further information about the municipality of Altenberg near Linz on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
Homepage of the Altenberg community
Literature on Altenberg in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

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 )
^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
↑ Karl Hohensinner , Peter Wiesinger : Place Name Book of the Province of Upper Austria 10. The place names of the political district Urfahr-Umgebung (Middle Mühlviertel). Vienna 2006, p. 37 (Section 10.1.9.1).

↑ Rudiger, Bishop of Passau, gives Meinhart Tröstel four farms in Ofteringen, Leidrating and Meisching as fiefs . In: Upper Austrian document book . Volume 3, No. CLI, Passau, October 8, 1248, p. 151 (“perhtoldus de Altenperge” as a witness).