Aurolzmünster

market community Aurolzmünster
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Ried im Innkreis
License plate :	RI
Surface:	15.97 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 15 '  N , 13 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '54 "  N , 13 ° 27' 24"  E
Height :	407  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,097 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	4971
Area code :	07752
Community code :	4 12 03
Address of the municipal administration:	Schlossstrasse 1 4971 Aurolzmünster
Website:	www.aurolzmuenster.at
politics
Mayor :	Walter Schneiderbauer ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	10 9 6th 10 9 6th  A total of 25 seats FPÖ : 10 SPÖ : 9 ÖVP : 6
Location of Aurolzmünster in the Ried im Innkreis district
Parish church and rectory
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Aurolzmünster is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel with 3,097 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Aurolzmünster is 407 m above sea level in the Innviertel. The extension is 7.1 km from north to south and 4.8 km from west to east. The total area is 15.97 km², 18.8% of the area is forested, 68.1% of the area is used for agriculture. Coming from Hausruck , the Antiesen flows through the local area on the eastern side. Over time, the river brought with it large amounts of gravel , which subsequently deposited on the lowlands.

Districts

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

• Altenried (26)
• Aurolzmünster (1177)
• Danner (98)
• Edenbach (59) including Thal
• Forchtenau (790)
• Haging (40)
• Hofing (27)
• Kochreith (30)
• Lauterbrunn (51)
• Maierhof (577) including the Maierhof settlement
• Maria Aich (28)
• Schondorf (16)
• Seyring (21)
• Weierfing (157) including Maria Aich and Oberweierfing

Neighboring communities

Senftenbach	St. Martin	Utzenaich
Eitzing		Andrichsfurt
Mehrnbach	reed	Tumeltsham

geology

Aurolzmünster is located west of the Austrian Molasse zone . From a geological point of view, the municipality of Aurolzmünster belongs to the Schlierhügelland of the Alpine foothills . The origin of this area was in the Young and Middle Tertiary.

history

Markt Aurolzmünster after a copper engraving by Michael Wening from (1721)

In the 8th century, a hermit named Cotto lived in the Antesna cell , which stood on the floor of today's Aurolzmünster market. He donated this cell with 10  Huben in the time of Duke Tassilo III. (748–788) the Benedictine monastery Niederaltaich. Around 790 this cell is listed in Breviarius Urolfi as the original property of the Niederaltaich monastery . Abbot Urolf settled the monastery with a few monks and built a church in honor of St. Build Mauritius . The original monastery was destroyed by the Hungarian invasions (954).

This branch was first called Münster . In order to distinguish it from other monastic settlements, the name Urolf was added. The current name Aurolzmünster was formed from this combination of words. In fact, only Minsta is spoken locally in the local dialect , which shows how long the original name has been preserved.

After the Hungarian storms , the Diocese of Passau enfeoffed the county of Hals with the seat of Aurolzmünster. The oldest written mention of Aurolzmünster is from 1130, when the place was still called Urolfismunstiure . During the rule of the Tannberger , Aurolzmünster was raised to the market. The place appears as a market for the first time in 1406.

During the Thirty Years War , the plague raged in Aurolzmünster, as a result of which the population was severely decimated. During this period from 1618 to 1648 the construction of the Sebastianikirche and the plague cemetery including the plague chapel also fell. The restored plague chapel on the Hunnenschlachtfeld still reminds of this time.

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria , the place was Bavarian until 1779. The population of Aurolzmünster originally belonged to the Diocese of Passau. Only after the Peace of Teschen did the community with the Innviertel (then Innbaiern ) become part of Austria . During the Napoleonic Wars , Aurolzmünster briefly became Bavarian again .

From 1816 the place came to Upper Austria.

After connecting Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the place to belong Upper Danube . In 1945 Upper Austria was restored.

population

In the Middle Ages and early modern times , Aurolzmünster was only a small place with a few hundred inhabitants. The population grew only slowly and fell again and again due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. Only with the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century did population growth accelerate. While around 1,000 people lived in the village in 1805, there were already 1,628 in 1869. Even after that, the population continued to grow. In 1951 Aurolzmünster had 2,304 inhabitants.

Population development

The population increased sharply from 1991 to 2001, as both the birth balance and the migration balance were positive. From 2001 to 2011, emigration increased, but the population grew due to the high birth rate.

age structure

Aurolzmünster had 2,958 inhabitants according to the trial count of October 31, 2006, 17.4% of them under 15 years of age. The age group from 15 to 64 years was with 68.2% significantly higher than the national average (61.6%), the over 65-year-olds were represented with 14.5%. 152 people with non-Austrian citizenship lived in the entire market, which corresponds to a proportion of foreigners of around 5.1%. Of these, 4.0% had the largest share of Turkish citizens.

religion

The foothills of the Alps have been historically Catholic for centuries since Christianization , which is why the Roman Catholic Church is also strongly represented in Aurolzmünster. According to the census of May 15, 2001, 84.9% of the population professed to be Roman Catholic and only 1.9% to Protestant faith. The second largest religious community is Islam with 5.6%. 4.7% consider themselves non-denominational.

In addition to these religious communities, there is an assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses with their Kingdom Hall in Aurolzmünster and an evangelical Free Bible Congregation in Weierfing, which is one of the free churches in Austria .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Aurolzmünster is on the Salzkammergutbahn . Regional trains in the direction of Schärding or Attnang-Puchheim regularly stop at Aurolzmünster station .

Social facilities

The Sisters of Mary founded a kindergarten in Aurolzmünster in 1902, which existed until 1939. 1945 was Caritas - Kindergarten opened. On August 5, 1972, the kindergarten got a new building and was enlarged to four groups in 1999 after an expansion and renovation . There have been no Sisters of Mary in Aurolzmünster since 1985.

education

A school in Aurolzmünster was first mentioned in 1447; it was set up in different buildings from 1617 to 1694 and later again and again. It was not until 1898 that a separate teaching building including a teacher's apartment was built in Froschwiese and inaugurated a year later as the Kaiser Franz Josef Jubilee Elementary School. In 1967, a new school building including a gym was moved into on the former site of the stately Maierhof. This building was given over to the secondary school in 1972 and a new school building for the elementary school was built near the train station and opened in 1977.

Public facilities

• Library
• heated outdoor pool
• Children's playground

Established businesses

In addition to medium-sized companies such as Druckerei Estermann, Höfer Maschinen GmbH and Magma GmbH, the Scheuch Group's ventilation systems industry is an important part of the economic structure.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Aurolzmünster

Market fountain

The market fountain, which was built around 1700, sits enthroned on the market square. After the figures did not survive a fall in 1966, they were restored in 1981 based on the old model.

Aurolzmünster Castle

Moated castle

In the middle of the market town is the Aurolzmünster moated castle , also known as the “Innviertel Versailles”. Count Ferdinand Franz Albrecht von der Wahl had the castle built between 1691 and 1711. It was completed by the architect Johann Kaspar Zucalli and Antonio Riva . Count Ferdinand von der Wahl did not see the completion of the magnificent building. He died in 1702.

After several changes of ownership, it was robbed of many treasures in the 1920s by Count Anton von Arco auf Valley . In 1925 it was bought by the retired postmaster and private scholar Carl Schapeller, who built laboratories surrounded by deep moats on both sides . Due to the constant change of ownership, the castle gradually fell into ruin . Extensive renovation work (from 1997 to 2005) brought the castle back to its former glory.

A foreclosure auction of 1.34 million euros at the end of September 2019 broke because no bidder appeared.

Parish church Aurolzmünster

Parish church of Aurolzmünster

The parish church, a single-nave, four-bay nave, was built in the Gothic style, as indicated by the presbytery , the Gothic vault, the stone portal and the door fittings. It was built by Abbot Urolf von Niederaltaich around 799 and, like the sacred building of the mother monastery, consecrated to St. Mauritius .

The tower on the south side had a pointed roof before the fire in 1672, later an octagonal tower and a simple dome above it . In 1718 the onion helmet was applied. The baroque style and the associated redesign of the church took place from 1729 to 1735.

The church is equipped with an altarpiece by Michelangelo Unterberger (1695–1753) from South Tyrol . It shows St. Mauritius, a Roman soldier who died for his belief. The high altar and the figural and ornamental stuccos come from the plasterer Josef Ignaz Holzinger . The crucifixion group on the tabernacle made by the famous baroque sculptor Johann Franz Schwanthaler is remarkable . There are frescos by Georg Helminger and Leander Danegger on the ceiling of the hall . The choir shows St. Mauritius with a view of Aurolzmünster and the coronation of Mary , the birth of Christ and the handing over of the keys to Peter . Scenes from the life of Jesus can be seen in the vaulted areas.

275 years after the renovation in the baroque style, a three-year comprehensive, professional interior renovation began . In 2011 the roof structure and the vault were provided with iron girders. In 2012 the floor and the lighting were renovated. Furthermore, the columns and frescoes were restored and the valuable stained glass windows were reinforced. The renovation costs amounted to more than 1.3 million euros.

Maria Aich Chapel

Maria Aich Chapel

There are a large number of wayside shrines and chapels in the municipality . Maria Aich is the oldest and probably the most interesting chapel in the Aurolzmünster parish, around which there are also some legends. The chapel was built in 1744 by the Austrian Count Paul Karl III. Engelbert Graf von Pálffy, kk general, built around an old hollow oak. Why the general built a chapel on the road from Ried to Schärding is probably due to the accident he had suffered at this point. According to one story, he was thrown from his shy horse and dragged. He had this chapel built in gratitude for his rescue.

sport and freetime

In and around Aurolzmünster there is an extensive network of cycle paths in predominantly flat to slightly hilly terrain. The Antiesenradweg leads directly past the market in the Maierhof district and offers attractive long bike tours to the Inn cycle path or the Roman cycle path .

Music band

The Aurolzmünster market band was founded in 1852. In 1930, a musicians' meeting was held in Aurolzmünster with a parade, complete game and individual game, it was the first music festival in town. The club's headquarters and rehearsal room are located in the castle.

horseclub

The Aurolzmünster riding club, founded in 1998, is a member of the Upper Austrian Equestrian Sports Association (OOEPS) and is domiciled in Weierfing. The club is also active as a riding school for show jumping and dressage training. The riding facility has a riding arena and spacious outdoor areas where show jumping and dressage tournaments as well as rider pass and license tests are held annually.

Pondera

In 2003 the Pondera association was founded in Aurolzmünster and offers two special forms of therapy for disabled people with curative vaulting and handicapped riding.

Gymnastics club

The ÖTB Aurolzmünster is opposite the castle in the secondary school. The gymnastics club has been active since 1910 and also regularly takes part in tournaments (e.g. ÖTB gymnastics league, ÖTB district / state / state championships).

Football club

The local football club is TSV Aurolzmünster and currently plays in 1st class north-west.

politics

The Aurolzmünster municipal council (2015) consists of 25 members, of which the FPÖ sends 10 mandataries, the SPÖ 9 and the ÖVP 6 mandataries. The FPÖ 3 send the SPÖ 2 and the ÖVP 2 board members to the community board.

mayor

• Walter Schneiderbauer (SPÖ) has been mayor since 1996.
• Deputy Mayor is Corina Gruber from the (FPÖ).

coat of arms

Blazon :

“ Split by silver and blue, on the right two red rafters one above the other, each rising from two pieces of red bar; left two silver diagonally crossed maces with two heads. "

The community colors are white-red-white-blue.

Combination of emblems of former owners of the Hofmark Aurolzmünster: in front the doubled rafter beam from a coat of arms of the Tannbergers, who held fiefdoms for 300 years and were able to acquire market rights for Aurolzmünster early on; In the back, the interlaced double pusicans from the coat of arms of the Bavarian Counts von der Wahl, who were Lords of Aurolzmünster from 1676 until their extinction in the male line (1797) and whose Ferdinand Franz Xaver had the current palace built between 1691 and 1711. - With the award of the coat of arms by the state government, the previously used letter coat of arms, which has only been handed down in seal use, was replaced by a heraldically flawless, historically based solution. - The municipality colors indicate contrary to the present as well as the former affiliation of the market to Upper Austria or before 1779 to Bavaria.

Personalities

• Sixtus von Tannberg († July 14, 1495 ), bishop from Aurolzmünster
• Johann Georg Schwanthaler (1740–1810), sculptor
• Carl Schappeller (1875–1947), alleged inventor
• Wilhelm Bortenschlager (* 1911), literary scholar
• Heinz Barta (* 1944), lawyer and university professor

literature

• Ferdinand Reindl (Red.): Aurolzmünster ... has history, ... lives culture . MDV – Moserbauer, Ried im Innkreis 2000, ISBN 3-900847-94-0 .
• Museum Innviertler Volkskundehaus , Ried im Innkreis (ed.): The Bundschuh. Series of publications by the Innviertler Volkskundehaus Museum. Local history from the Inn and Hausruck districts . (Date of publication: 1.1998–). Moserbauer, Ried im Innkreis, ZDB -ID 2001456-9 . - Table of contents 1.1998–13.2010 online .

Web links

Commons : Aurolzmünster  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Münster  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Community website
• Further information about the municipality of Aurolzmünster can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

• 41203 - Aurolzmünster. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Link catalog on Aurolzmünster at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Geographical data for the municipality of Aurolzmünster
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Aurolzmünster, population development. Retrieved April 10, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Population development (PDF file; 34 kB), trial census from October 31, 2006 (PDF file; 10 kB).
5. ↑ Statistics Austria: Statistics Austria, 2001 census (PDF file; 10 kB)
6. ↑ Evangelical Free Church-Free Bible Community Ried
7. ↑ Timetable information on the ÖBB website
8. ↑ The mysterious castle of Aurolzmünster (...). In:  Wiener Bilder , No. 16/1929 (XXXIV. Year), April 21, 1929, p. 5, bottom left, caption. (Online at ANNO ).
9. ↑ Reitverein Aurolzmünster ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
10. ^ Coat of arms of the Aurolzmünster market town , accessed on September 17, 2012