Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald

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Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald
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Coat of arms of Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald
Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald (Austria)
Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Upper Austria
Political District : Vöcklabruck
License plate : VB
Surface: 20.56 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 6 '  N , 13 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '34 "  N , 13 ° 34' 0"  E
Height : 566  m above sea level A.
Residents : 3,382 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 164 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4843
Area code : 07675
Community code : 4 17 01
Address of the
municipal administration:
Hausruckstraße 12
4843 Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald
Website: www.ampflwang.at
politics
Mayoress : Monika Pachinger ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015)
(25 members)
13
7th
5
13 7th 
A total of 25 seats
Location of Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald in the Vöcklabruck district
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At the top left the Göblberg observation tower.  Including the Remise of the Lokpark.  In the right area the church, the fire brigade and the riding center.  In the background the Robinson Club.
At the top left the Göblberg observation tower . Including the Remise of the Lokpark. In the right area the church, the fire brigade and the riding center. In the background the Robinson Club.
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria
Turntable and roundhouse of the Ampflwang locomotive park (2006)
Information on a time table of the state exhibition "Coal and Steam" 2006 in Ampflwang.

Ampflwang im hausruckwald is in Hausruckviertel in Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria preferred market town with a population of 3382 (as of January 1, 2020). The responsible judicial district is Vöcklabruck .

geography

Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald lies at an altitude of 566 m in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is 5.9 km from north to south and 6 km from west to east. It borders in the north on the market town of Eberschwang , in the east on the town of Zell am Pettenfirst , in the south on Neukirchen an der Vöckla and in the west on Frankenburg . The total area is 20.6 km². 54.9% of the area is forested, 34% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 18 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

  • Aigen (175)
  • Ampflwang (1198)
  • Buchleiten (243)
  • Eitzing (8)
  • Reared (71)
  • Innerleiten (37)
  • Lukasberg (130)
  • Location (129)
  • Rabelsberg (125)
  • Rödleiten (112)
  • Schachen (168)
  • Scheiblwies (87)
  • Schmitzberg (89)
  • Settlement (585)
  • Front flares (61)
  • Waldpoint (85)
  • Wassenbach (76)
  • Woermansedt (3)

The municipality is congruent with the cadastral municipality of Ampfelwang.

coat of arms

Blazon : Divided by gold and black; at the top of the dividing line a green, upright acorn on a two-leaved stem; below a golden three-mountain topped with a black, diagonally crossed hammer and mallet. The community colors are black-gold-green.

The green color testifies to Ampflwang's location in a wooded area. The black field, the crossed hammer and mallet represent coal mining. The acorn with the oak leaves is taken from the coat of arms of the Khevenhüller family , the former landlords over part of Ampflwang.

history

The market town of Ampflwang in the Hausruckwald is located on the southern slope of the Hausruckwald , in a valley formed by low ridges and running from south to north. The place was first mentioned in 1169 and was a farming community until the discovery of brown coal around 1766. In 1809, Ampflwang, like the rest of the Hausruckviertel, fell to Bavaria in the course of the Napoleonic Wars , where it remained until 1814.

Since lignite and the associated Wolfsegg-Traunthaler-Kohlenwerke AG, which operated coal mining in the community, became more and more important, the number of residents rose to over 2000 after the First World War . The result was the conversion from a rural one on an industrial employment structure. Ampflwang was raised to the market in 1969 due to its economic importance in the Hausruck area. At the same time the right to use the municipal coat of arms was granted. In the 1970s the community reached a population of over 4,000 people. As early as 1961, the municipal council decided to declare Ampflwang a tourist municipality. Since then, the industrial town has been transformed into a tourist community and is best known today for its involvement in equestrian tourism.

Due to the extensive carbonization, the expiry of purchase agreements, but also the fact that the prime costs of Ampflwang coal were above world market prices, the mining operation was liquidated in 1995. Another small mining operation operated in an open pit has since been closed.

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 SPÖ, 7 ÖVP and 5 FPÖ.

mayor
  • 1997 to 2015 Rosemarie Schönpass (SPÖ)
  • since 2015 Monika Pachinger (SPÖ)

population

During the time when lignite mining was still in power in the Hausruckviertel, many people moved to Ampflwang because they could not find easy, but well-paid, mining jobs there. In the 1961 census, Ampflwang reached its peak with 3,965 inhabitants. After the WTK decided to close the plant in Ampflwang for economic reasons on May 25, 1995, the community now has around 14 percent fewer inhabitants due to the associated emigration. The efforts to preserve the place are now bearing fruit.

Culture and sights

  • Ampflwang parish church
  • Railway and mining museum: Ampflwang is home to the Lokpark Ampflwang , the Upper Austrian railway and mining museum of the Austrian Society for Railway History , with an extensive collection of locomotives. The museum is located in the former central sorting facility . of the mine. The Railway and Mining Museum was the main venue for the Upper Austrian State Exhibition 2006 "Coal and Steam". The former Ampflwanger Bahn is operated as a museum railway and feeder to the museum in the summer months .
  • Ampflwang cultural park: The Buchleiten coal breaker is located in the center of the facility. This was completely rebuilt and transformed from a historically significant industrial facility into a modern event center. Vernissages and exhibitions by well-known regional artists take place here. Since 2010, the crusher has also housed the Upper Austrian Provincial Mining Archives (branch of the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives ). The archive preserves documents of Upper Austria that are relevant to industrial, economic and social history. Lignite mining.

economy

The market town of Ampflwang was mainly characterized by agriculture, but since the middle of the 18th century also by mining. From the end of the 20th century and the decline of lignite production, the place created another mainstay with tourism. The founder of riding tourism in Ampflwang was Josef Mayr with the Hausruckhof riding center. Ampflwang, which also presents itself as the “village of 607 horses”, is known far beyond the borders of Austria as the “equestrian village” and enjoys a high degree of popularity among riding enthusiasts because of its numerous bridle paths of a large Icelandic horse stud .

The establishment of a Robinson holiday club ( Aldiana since 2018 ) made it possible to multiply the number of overnight stays. The 3600-inhabitant community now has well over 100,000 overnight stays annually and is therefore one of the largest tourism communities in the state, which has also been confirmed by its classification in tourism class A since 1999. Excursion and day tourism has also developed strongly in recent years due to the establishment of the Koaser Minerl horse farm, the Hausruckpark and the ÖGEG.

In addition to tourism, the rest of the industry was also able to report positive developments.

traffic

Ampflwang is on the B143 ( Hausruck Straße ) between Vöcklabruck and Ried im Innkreis. The ÖBB-Postbus -Linie 706 connects Ampflwang with the western railway line in Vöcklabruck from Monday to Saturday . The additional bus line 708 only runs on weekdays, as does the line 852 to Ried im Innkreis.

The Ampflwanger Bahn from Timelkam leads into the local area . This former industrial line has been operated as a museum railway by the Austrian Society for Railway History since 1996 and is therefore not part of public rail transport.

education

  • Ampflwang primary school
  • New middle school Ampflwang with a focus on computer science
  • Branch of the State Music School Ottnang am Hausruck
  • Branch of the Volkshochschule Vöcklabruck
  • Community and school library
  • Catholic educational organization

safety

There is a police station in Ampflwang. The volunteer fire brigades Ampflwang, Aigen and Schlagen provide defensive fire protection and general help, especially in the community area. Since the Fire Brigade Olympics in Vöcklabruck in July 1985, the Aigen fire brigade has maintained partnership relationships with the German volunteer fire brigade Beselich-Obertiefenbach .

Sports

  • ASKÖ Raika Ampflwang
  • Ampflwang ski club

Sons and daughters of the church

People connected to Ampflwang

  • Rosemarie Schönpass (* 1952), former mayor (1997–2015) and former member of the SPÖ National Council

Web links

Commons : Ampflwang im Hausruckwald  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria (2nd supplement) , in Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Issue 1/2, 1970, p. 52, online (PDF; 1.6 MB) in the OoeGeschichte.at forum
  3. In Ampflwang, the women in the mayor's office , Austrian Association of Municipalities, are convincing on April 13, 2015
  4. ÖBB-Postbus timetable download 2014 ( memento from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), requested on February 1, 2015