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| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Upper Austria | |
| Political District : | Linz Land | |
| License plate : | LL | |
| Surface: | 8.48 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 13 ' N , 14 ° 25' E | |
| Height : | 255 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 6,718 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 792 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 4481 | |
| Area code : | 07224 | |
| Community code : | 4 10 03 | |
| NUTS region | AT312 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Marktplatz 2 4481 Asten |
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| Mayor : | Karl Rudolf Edgar Kollingbaum ( SPÖ ) | |
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Municipal Council : (2015) (31 members) |
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Asten is an Austrian market town in the Linz-Land district in the state of Upper Austria with 6718 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community was originally part of the Enns judicial district , since January 1, 2014, the community has been part of the Steyr judicial district .
geography
Asten lies at a height of 255 m in the central area. The extension is 3.8 km from north to south and 4.1 km from west to east. The total area is 8.48 km², making Asten the smallest municipality in the Linz-Land district in terms of area. 14.1% of the area is forested, 54.1% of the area is used for agriculture.
Community structure
The market town of Asten consists of the cadastral communities Asten (400.91 hectares) and Raffelstetten 447.70 hectares). The cadastral municipality of Raffelstetten occupies the north and east of the municipality, the cadastral municipality of Asten the southeast. Around 85 percent of the community's population live in the cadastral community, with the residents of Markt Asten ( 255 m above sea level ) with the Norikum group of houses ( 260 m above sea level ) and the Fisching settlement ( 255 m above sea level ). split up. In 2001, Asten had 393 buildings and 3,048 residents, Fisching 326 buildings and 2,055 residents. The two districts have already partially grown together. The districts Raffelstetten and Ipfdorf are located in the cadastral community Raffelstetten. The village of Raffelstetten ( 246 m above sea level ) with the single courtyard Hochhauser is located north and south of Wiener Straße (B 1) and in 2001 housed 202 buildings and 694 residents. Rotte Ipfdorf to the south ( 253 m above sea level ), on the other hand, was the smallest district with 64 buildings and 228 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the towns of Asten and Raffelstetten in particular increased their population. In 2011, Asten had 3,158 inhabitants, Fisching had 1,996, Raffelstetten 850 and Ipfdorf 216 inhabitants.
The municipality includes the following localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
- Asten (3278)
- Fisching (2038)
- Ipfdorf (439)
- Raffelstetten (963)
history
La Tène settlement
During a rescue excavation on a Danube terrace near Asten in 1992, some objects from the Latène period and a grave were uncovered. Five Celtic settlement buildings, three of them square, deepened with clay walls and screed floors, were apparently burned, of the two remaining one was round and one triangular. Animal bones were found (sheep, goats, cattle, dogs, very few pigs), an iron knife and an iron needle, some ceramic vessels , both coarse and fine, but no pottery wheel products , namely bowls and bowls, as well as pots of various shapes. 15 loom weights of different sizes indicate a workshop, and the other buildings are also assessed as such. A woman's grave nearby contained an iron fibula and the remains of a dog and a pig that had been laid at the feet of the body. It can no longer be determined whether it is a ritual or a personally motivated burial gift.
Asten from 1000 AD
The current district of Raffelstetten was mentioned in a document as early as 906; Asten is documented in writing for the first time (as Astina ) by the St. Nikola Abbey near Passau in a document in 1073. 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 the end of the Second World War in 1945, Asten belonged to the American zone of occupation in occupied post-war Austria and to the restored state of Upper Austria. A DP camp was set up by the American military administration to accommodate so-called displaced persons .
coat of arms
Official description of the municipal coat of arms : In blue a golden, lowered anchor, accompanied by two silver coins. The municipality colors are yellow-blue.
The anchor shows that people used to sail here by ship. The two coins are proof that there was once a toll station for ships here. In the year 905 the Raffelstetten Customs Regulations were introduced , which stipulate which cities and towns along the Danube are allowed to collect customs duties. Essentially, it was about regulating the transport of salt from Passau or the Salzkammergut. In addition to Linz, Ebelsberg and Mauthausen were also raised to be toll stations with the associated rights to toll stations.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council, as the highest body of the municipality, has 31 seats and is elected every six years in the course of Upper Austria-wide municipal council elections. The municipal board consists of seven members, with four members being elected from the ranks of the municipal councils in addition to the mayor and the two vice mayors. Of the seven members, the SPÖ currently has five, the FPÖ and ÖVP one member each. The strongest force in community politics has long been the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), which between 1973 and 1991 always had an absolute majority of votes and mandates. The SPÖ had its strongest result in 2003 with 67.7 percent of the vote. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) achieved 25 to 28 percent between 1973 and 1985 and was the second largest force in community politics. In 1991, however, it was replaced by the citizens' initiative BFA (Citizens For Asten), which reached 18 percent in this election. After the BFA list no longer entered in 1997, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) became the second strongest party in Asten, with the FPÖ achieving between 16 and 22 percent in the years 1991 to 1997. In 2003 the ÖVP replaced the FPÖ as the second largest party. In 2009 the SPÖ achieved 59.0 percent and 19 seats, the ÖVP 19.6 percent and six seats, the FPÖ 18.3 percent and five seats. The BZÖ also moved into the municipal council for the first time in 2009 with 3.1 percent and one mandate. In the last municipal council election in 2015, the SPÖ had 53.8 percent and 17 seats, the FPÖ 24.4 percent and 8 seats and the ÖVP 13.6 percent and 4 seats. In 2015, the Greens and NEOS entered the municipal council for the first time, each with one mandate.
mayor
The mayor has been determined by direct election since 1997 , with no absolute majority for a candidate in a runoff election . Analogous to the results of municipal council elections, the SPÖ has provided the mayor for decades. The current mayor has been Karl Kollingbaum since 2008. He received 70.5 percent of the vote in the mayor's direct election in 2015. One of the two vice mayors is also provided by the SPÖ, while the FPÖ has a vice mayor position.
population
Population structure
In 2013, 6,240 people lived in the municipality of Asten, making Asten the sixth largest municipality of the 22 municipalities in the district in terms of population. At the end of 2001, 93.6 percent of the population were Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, Linz-Land district 91.4 percent); by the beginning of 2013, the value fell slightly to 90.0 percent (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Linz district -Land 89.0 percent). A total of 624 foreigners were counted in the municipality in 2013, 90 percent of whom came from Europe. In addition to the strongly represented EU citizens, people with a citizenship from the former Yugoslavia (31 percent of all foreigners) and from Turkey (14 percent) lived in Asten. A total of 1,130 people were born abroad. In 2001, 72.3 percent of the population (Upper Austria: 79.4 percent) professed their support for the Roman Catholic Church , 4.4 percent were Protestant, 14.3 percent without confession, 4.2 percent Islamic faith and 2.1 percent Orthodox Christians .
The average age of the community population in 2001 was below the national average. 19.8 percent of the residents of Asten were younger than 15 years (Upper Austria: 18.8 percent), 69.1 percent between 15 and 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 11.1 percent, well below the national average of 20.2 percent. As a result, the average age of the population of Asten changed significantly in all age segments. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell to 15.8 percent as of January 1, 2013, while the proportion of people between 15 and 59 years of age rose to 72.0 percent. The proportion of people over the age of 59 rose slightly to 12.2 percent. According to marital status, in 2001 43.0 percent of the residents of Asten were single, 46.6 percent married, 3.3 percent widowed and 7.2 percent divorced.
Population development
Between 1869 and 1939, the community of Asten recorded below-average population growth compared to the province of Upper Austria and the district of Linz-Land. The number of inhabitants fell by around 10 percent by 1910 and in 1939 was back at the original value of 1869. After a large resettlement camp for forced resettlers and refugees from eastern and south-eastern Europe was set up in Asten in the summer of 1941, the population of Asten rose dramatically. At times the camp was populated by 3,000 people from 26 nations. After the last camp inmates had withdrawn in 1963, Asten benefited from its proximity to Linz. More and more workers in the industrial city, especially VOEST and the nitrogen works, built one- and two-family houses for themselves and their families, later also apartment blocks and high-rise buildings were added. Due to the historical development, the population had already more than tripled between 1939 and 1961. As a result, the number of inhabitants tripled again between 1961 and 2013, with particularly great growth in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In addition to a high, positive birth balance, immigration was the reason for the steep rise in the number of residents, especially during the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1970s, immigration was four times as high as the birth surplus. The birth surplus increased over the decades, however, so that the birth surplus was higher than the migration surplus for the first time in the 1990s. Since 2004, however, Asten has had a negative migration balance. However, this can currently still be compensated for by the birth surplus.
Economy and Infrastructure
Workplaces and employees
In 2001 Asten housed a company with more than 200 employees and also two companies with 100 to 199 employees. In total, the workplaces census carried out as part of the population census showed 191 workplaces with 1,690 employees (excluding agriculture), 92 percent of which were employees. The number of workplaces had risen by 69 (plus 57 percent) compared to 1991, the number of employees by 652 people (plus 63 percent). The most important branch of the economy in 2001 was trade with 69 workplaces and 633 employees (37 percent of all employees) followed by real estate affairs and business services with 21 workplaces and 267 employees (16 percent) and manufacturing with 15 workplaces and 211 employees (12 percent). Other important industries were the provision of other public and personal services, construction and transportation or communication. 48 percent of the employees in Asten were salaried employees or civil servants, 41 percent manual workers and 8 percent company owners. Asten is, among other things, the headquarters of Sopro Bauchemie GmbH Austria and Backaldrin .
4.1 percent of the 3,443 economically active persons living in Asten in 2010 were unemployed. Of the 3,302 employed, 745 were employed in trade (23 percent), 702 in manufacturing (21 percent) and 262 in health and social services (8 percent). Other important industries were “other economic services”, professional / technical services, and construction. Of the 3,328 people in employment in Asten (excluding residents who are temporarily absent from work), only 487 people were employed in Asten in 2010. 2,750 or 85 percent had to commute to work. Of the out-commuters, 32 percent had their place of work in the Linz-Land district and 50 percent in Linz. In addition to Linz, Enns, Traun, Ansfelden, Leonding and Wels were the most important commuter communities. In return, 1,572 people commuted to Asten, especially from Linz, Enns and St. Florian.
Agriculture and Forestry
In 2010, the statistics showed only 18 agricultural and forestry holdings for the municipality of Asten. These included 6 full-time businesses and 11 part-time businesses. The total number of establishments had fallen by three establishments or 14 percent compared with 1999, with the number of full-time businesses falling by almost half and the number of part-time businesses increasing. In 2010, the farms cultivated a total of 439 hectares, with 62 percent of the area being farmed by full-time farmers. At 45.5 hectares, the average area of full-time farmers was significantly higher than the Upper Austrian average.
Transport and infrastructure
Some of the most important roads in Austria run through Asten. The Westautobahn (A1) and the federal highway B1 ( Wiener Straße ), which connects Asten with Linz, St. Pölten, Vienna and Salzburg. Furthermore, a road runs from Asten to St. Florian. Several Postbus routes go through Asten, connecting Asten with Linz, Enns and Steyr. There are also two Postbus-Citybus lines (407, 408) that connect Lake Pichling with Asten. The ÖBB -Haltestelle Asten-Fisching is located on the Western Railway and built in the same style as the stops Linz Ebelsberg and Linz Pichling. There is a P&R facility at the stop . There is also a central platform (track 1 and 2), separated from the western line with a glazed waiting room. Only R regional trains stop here (towards Linz Hbf, Garsten, Kleinreifling and Amstetten).
education
A school in Asten was already occupied in 1784, when Probst Leopold von St. Florian had the first school built. The first school building stood between the old parish church and today's Caritas kindergarten. The school building, which was owned by the St. Florian Monastery, burned down in 1850. Then the new school building was built in 1856. During the construction, lessons were held in the room of the Andorfer Inn (now Reisinger). With the outbreak of the Second World War, there were also major changes in the school sector. A school of its own opened in the Asten camp, and from 1944 the senior teacher von Asten also ran the camp school. In the post-war years, in addition to the regular school in Markt Asten, there was also a branch in the former warehouse (housing estate 117). In the 2004/05 school year, the Asten elementary school still accommodated 349 students, but by the 2012/13 school year the number of students fell to 280 students in 14 classes. In the 2011/12 school year there were still 16 classes. In addition to the elementary school, there are two kindergartens in Asten. One kindergarten is run by Caritas, one by the community.
Culture and sights
- Asten parish church
- Paneum - Wunderkammer des Bread , a museum about the millennia-old bread-making culture
Public facilities
- Asten volunteer fire department
- Raffelstetten Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Asten Parish Public Library
In the Asten industrial park between B1 and the western railway line, the Austrian judiciary operates a prison with the Asten prison, which is set up as a forensic psychiatry .
Sons and daughters of the market town
- Robert Mittringer (1943–2018), painter, sculptor and graphic artist
Web links
- Official website
- 41003 - Asten. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Further information about the municipality of Asten can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Upper Austria Directory 2005
- ↑ a b c d e f Statistics Austria municipality data from Asten
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Susanne Sievers , Otto Helmut Urban , Peter C. Ramsl: Lexicon for Celtic Archeology. A-K and L-Z; Communications from the Prehistoric Commission . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-7001-6765-5 , p. 87 f .
- ↑ community Atsen Gemeindevorstand
- ↑ Province of Upper Austria (PDF; 210 kB) Local council elections in Asten
- ↑ a b State of Upper Austria ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Population levels in Upper Austria in comparison by citizenship
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population by religion and federal states 1951 to 2001 (accessed on October 2, 2013)
- ↑ a b Province of Upper Austria ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Resident population in Upper Austria compared by age group
- ^ Asten parish website
- ^ Community Asten school chronicle
- ^ Asten primary school ( Memento from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
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