Aschach an der Steyr

Aschach an der Steyr
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Steyr-Land
License plate :	SE
Surface:	21.92 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 1 '  N , 14 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '49 "  N , 14 ° 20' 1"  E
Height :	435  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,312 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	105 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4421
Area code :	07259
Community code :	4 15 02
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 27 4421 Aschach an der Steyr
Website:	www.aschach-steyr.at
politics
Mayor :	Hubert Kern ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	13 5 4th 3 13 5 4th 3  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 13 SPÖ : 5 FPÖ : 4 GREEN : 3
Location of Aschach an der Steyr in the Steyr-Land district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Aschach an der Steyr is a municipality with 2312 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Upper Austria in the Steyr-Land district in the Traunviertel . The responsible judicial district is Steyr .

geography

Aschach an der Steyr is located in the Traunviertel . The extension is 5.6 kilometers from north to south and 7.3 kilometers from west to east. 16.3% of the area is forested, 73.3% is used for agriculture. The highest point is the high lift, which is 640 m.

Community structure

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

• Aschach an der Steyr (1725)
• Haagen (136)
• Mitteregg (110)
• Saass (341)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Aschach an der Steyr and Mitteregg.

Neighboring communities

Sierning
Waldneukirchen		Cooked
Steinbach an der Steyr	Ternberg

history

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 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

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 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ, 4 FPÖ and 3 GRÜNE.

mayor

• 2000–2013 Karl Bogengruber (ÖVP)
• since 2013 Hubert Kern (ÖVP)

Citizen Service

For citizens with their main residence in Aschach an der Steyr, the municipality offers e-government services with which administrative procedures can be simplified. Residents can fill out and submit online forms directly from home . The Vienna-based company aforms2web produced the form solutions used.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,817 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 2,129 inhabitants. As both the birth balance and the migration balance remained positive, the population continued to grow, to 2,213 in 2011 and 2,266 in 2018.

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue over a golden three-mountain, two upright, turned, silver hip horns with the mouthpieces pointing downwards, golden fittings and silver cords. The municipality colors are blue-white-green. The three hills symbolize Aschach's largest mountain, the Hochhub. The two horns in the municipal coat of arms and the restaurant "Kaiser in der Saaß" commemorate September 25, 1732, when Emperor Karl VI took part in a hunt in the Saaß forest and 80 deer were shot.

Culture and sights

Aschach an der Steyr Hauptstrasse parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Aschach an der Steyr

• Parish church of Aschach an der Steyr
• Bankerl in the Saaß, a natural monument with a view of the farmhouses in Aschach

Sports

• Football club FC Aschach
• Stock shooting club
• Table tennis club
• Volleyball club
• Fun court
• Tennis club

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 2016: Karl Bogengruber, Mayor of Aschach an der Steyr 2000–2013

Sons and daughters of the church

• August Bachmayr (* 1918; † 1977) was a member of the Upper Austrian state parliament
• Karl Wohlhart (* 1928) is a retired Austrian university professor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ General information. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 7, 2016 ; Retrieved October 19, 2015 . 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.  
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ Forms. Retrieved October 20, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Aschach an der Steyr, population development. Retrieved March 23, 2019 . 
5. ^ Province of Upper Austria, coat of arms of the municipality of Aschach an der Steyr. Retrieved March 23, 2019 . 
6. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/steyr-steyr-land/fahrten/aschach-hat-neuen-ehrenbuerger-d2007029.html (accessed on February 11, 2018)

Web links

Commons : Aschach an der Steyr  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• Further information about the municipality of Aschach an der Steyr can be found on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Aschach an der Steyr municipality