Auerbach (Upper Austria)

Auerbach
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Braunau am Inn
License plate :	BR
Surface:	10.78 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 4 '  N , 13 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '54 "  N , 13 ° 6' 33"  E
Height :	488  m above sea level A.
Residents :	661 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5224
Area code :	07747
Community code :	4 04 03
Address of the municipal administration:	Auerbach 2 5224 Auerbach
Website:	www.auerbach.ooe.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Friedrich Pommer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	7th 5 1 7th 5 1  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 7 FPÖ : 5 SPÖ : 1
Location of Auerbach in the Braunau am Inn district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Auerbach is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Braunau am Inn district in the Innviertel with 661 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The competent judicial district is the judicial district Mattighofen .

geography

Auerbach lies at an altitude of 488 m in the Innviertel. The extension is from north to south 4.3 km, from west to east 5 km. The total area is 10.9 km². 33.0% of the area is forested, 60.6% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 11 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Au (24)
• Auerbach (197)
• Wooden (101)
• Höring (74)
• Oberirnprechting (106)
• Oberkling (24)
• Riensberg (11)
• Rietzing (5)
• Unterirnprechting (103)
• Lower blade (6)
• Wimpassing (10)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Auerbach and Irnprechting.

Neighboring communities

	Pischelsdorf am Engelbach
Feldkirchen near Mattighofen		Pfaffstätt
	Kirchberg near Mattighofen

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue above a silver twin wavy bar, a silver, swimming duck with a golden leg and golden beak, holding a silver host with the letters IHS. Community colors: green-yellow-black.

history

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen with the Innviertel (then 'Innbaiern'). Briefly Bavarian again during the Napoleonic Wars , since 1814 it has finally belonged to 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.

politics

Friedrich Pommer of the ÖVP has been mayor since 2002.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 498 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 504 inhabitants. Despite a slightly negative balance of migration , the population increased to 525 in 2011 and to a high of 583 in 2018 due to a positive birth balance .

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Auerbach (Upper Austria)

• Parish church Auerbach
• Filial church Höring

Sons and daughters of the church

• Gustav Streicher (1873–1915), Austrian playwright and writer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 6, 2019 . 
3. ^ Province of Upper Austria, History, Mayor. Retrieved April 6, 2019 . 
4. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Auerbach, population development. Retrieved April 6, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Auerbach, Upper Austria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 40403 - Auerbach (Upper Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of Auerbach (Upper Austria) can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .