Behamberg

Behamberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	Amstetten
License plate :	AT THE
Main town :	Penz
Surface:	20.26 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 2 '  N , 14 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '6 "  N , 14 ° 29' 50"  E
Height :	524  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,426 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	4441
Area code :	07252
Community code :	3 05 06
Address of the municipal administration:	Behamberg 30 4441 Behamberg
Website:	www.behamberg.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Karl Josef Stegh ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (23 members)	17th 4th 2 17th 4th 2  A total of 23 seats ÖVP : 17 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 2
Location of Behamberg in the Amstetten district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Behamberg is a municipality with 3426 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Amstetten district in Lower Austria .

geography

Behamberg covers 20.26 km² and is located in the Mostviertel .

Community structure

Behamberg consists of four cadastral communities and villages of the same name (area 2016), (population on January 1st, 2020):

• Badhof (432.93 ha, 349 Ew.) Including Daxberg, Laach, Ritz and Steinbach
• Penz (including Behamberg Ort, Post and other districts; 709.86 km², 1936 Ew.) Including Anger, Behamberg, Brettbach, Eglschachen, Kindlehen, Post, Raming and Schaumberg
• Ramingdorf (156.04 km², 402 Ew.) Including Weixlgarten
• Wanzenöd (726.71 km², 739 Ew.) Including Anetzberg, Blindhof, Heuberg, Holz , Knarzhub, Oedt , Pühring and Wachtberg

Neighboring communities

		Haidershofen
Steyr (statutory city), Upper Austria
	St. Ulrich bei Steyr ( District Steyr-Land , Upper Austria )	St. Peter in the Au

history

In ancient times the area was part of the Noricum province . At Hardeggerfeld , after aerial photographs from the 1970s and after prospecting by magnetic field measurement and ground radar in 2018, on the occasion of the plan to build a new football field, there are indications of a Roman settlement in the ground.

The name Behamberg first appears in a document around 1082. Around 1254 King Ottokar divided Upper Austria and Lower Austria; Behamberg is divided into Upper Austria. Since the Hungarian King Corvinus occupied the area in 1490, Behamberg has belonged to Lower Austria, as it was incorporated into the occupied area of ​​Corvinus. In 1577 a schoolmaster in Behamberg is documented by naming his name.

The former Steinbach Castle fell into disrepair around 1800.

A local council was elected for the first time in 1850. In 1868, with the opening of the Rudolfsbahn, a train station in Rammingdorf went into operation. In 1880 the music association Behamberg was founded, in 1902 a Raiffeisenkasse was opened. In 1923 and 1924 the volunteer fire brigades were founded in Behamberg and Wachtberg, respectively. In 1927 Behamberg was connected to the telephone network. In 1938, after the annexation to Nazi Germany, the cadastral communities Hinterberg and Münichholz were incorporated into Steyr.

After the end of the Second World War, Behamberg was used as a base by the Soviet Army. From 1949 to 1950 the place was connected to the power grid. From 1973 to 1975 a 25 km long water pipeline network was built. A sewer network was built in 1988 and a senior citizens' home in 1994. From 2005 to 2007 the local square in Behamberg was rebuilt.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows the double-tailed lion of the former crown land of Bohemia on a green three-mountain. As a talking coat of arms, it is supposed to make a reference to the place name. The place name Behamberg (= mountain of Bohemia) indicates a Slavic settlement of the 9th or 10th century ( Beham / Böhme = synonym for Slav), which is to be regarded as the forerunner of today's settlement. The green Dreiberg is also intended to symbolize the hilly landscape of the Alpine foothills in which the municipality is located. Blazon: In the red coat of arms with a green three-mountain in the base of the shield grows a black armored, silver, double-tailed, gold-crowned lion .

politics

The municipal council has 23 members.

• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1990, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP and 6 SPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 1995, the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2000, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ. (21 members)
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2005 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP and 7 SPÖ.
• With the municipal elections in Lower Austria in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria in 2015 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 14 ÖVP, 6 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ.
• With the municipal council elections in Lower Austria 2020 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 17 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ and 2 FPÖ.

mayor

• until 2008 Josef Gaßner (ÖVP)
• since 2008 Karl Josef Stegh (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Ramingdorf Castle

Behamberg parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Behamberg

• Ramingdorf Castle
• Catholic parish church Behamberg hl. Martin

economy

• Steyr biomass cogeneration plant on the border with the city of Steyr

societies

There are numerous clubs in Behamberg, including:

• FF Behamberg
• FF Wachtberg
• ASV Behamberg-Haidershofen
• Farmers' union
• FC Behamberg
• Perchtenverein Höhnpass
• Hunters
• Rural youth
• Motocross club
• Wachtberg Music Association
• Behamberg Music Association
• Theater group

Personalities

Honorary citizen of the community

• Anton Fuchshuber (1929–2019), former mayor of Behamberg

literature

• Josef Fuchshuber: From the history and the new time of Behamberg. In: Local history supplements to the official gazette of the district administration Amstetten 13, 142, 1984, pp. 1-4. ( Article online , on heimatforschung-noe.blogspot.co.at, 2012).
• Josef Fuchshuber: Behamberg and its history 1082-1982. Behamberg municipality, Behamberg 1982.

Web links

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

• 30506 - Behamberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• www.behamberg.gv.at , homepage of the community
• Entry about Ramingdorf Castle in Lower Austria Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
• Entry via Ramingdorf Castle to Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying, Regional Information, reference date December 31, 2016, accessed on February 19, 2017
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ Roman villa under the new soccer field orf.at, April 22, 2018, accessed April 22, 2018.
4. ^ Result of the local council election 1995 in Behamberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 30, 2000, accessed October 17, 2019 . 
5. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2000 in Behamberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, February 4, 2005, accessed on October 17, 2019 . 
6. ^ Election result of the local council election 2005 in Behamberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, March 4, 2005, accessed on October 17, 2019 . 
7. ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Behamberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, October 8, 2010, accessed on October 17, 2019 . 
8. ^ Election result of the 2015 municipal council election in Behamberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, December 1, 2015, accessed on October 17, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Results of the municipal council election 2020 in Behamberg. Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, January 26, 2020, accessed on February 17, 2020 . 
10. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/steyr-steyr-land/c-lokales/ehrenbuerger-anton-fuchshuber-verstorben_a3745134 , accessed on November 30, 2019.