Blumau (municipality of Altenfelden)

Blumau ( Rotte ) locality
Basic data
Pole. District , state	Rohrbach  (RO), Upper Austria
Pole. local community	Altenfelden   ( KG  Altenfelden )
Coordinates	48 ° 28 ′ 37 "  N , 13 ° 58 ′ 25"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 28 ′ 37 "  N , 13 ° 58 ′ 25"  E
Residents of the village	117 (January 1, 2020)
surface	12.52 km²
Post Code	4121
Statistical identification
Locality code	10830
Counting district / district	Altenfelden area (41304 001)
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; DORIS

Blumau is a group of the Altenfelden community in Upper Austria ( Rohrbach district ). The village has 117 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Blumau is a street village in the municipality of Altenfelden and is located about one kilometer south-southeast of the market square of Altenfelden. Blumau can be reached from the center of Altenfelden via the Blumauerstraße leading to the south, and Blumau can also be reached from the eastern edge of the village via the Walchshoferweg and the Alm district. Another road connection runs south from Blumau to the Neundling district . Blumau is surrounded by forest to the west and south-east, with the Große Mühl flowing through the south-eastern forest area . To the north of Blumau is the Altenfelden market, to the east is the Höferhof and the community of Neufelden, to the south is the town of Neundling, to the south-east is the town of Atzesberg and to the north-west is the town of Panholz. In 2001, a total of 13 buildings were counted for Blumau, with 11 buildings having a main residence and 16 apartments or 14 households. There were also eight agricultural and forestry operations. The village essentially consists of the original street village and a single-family housing estate to the west.

History and population

Blumau was first mentioned in documents in 1344, the place name being mentioned for the first time in connection with the Blumau moated castle . At that time the owner was Heinrich Stadler von Stadlkirchen , whereby the Stadler remained in the possession of Blumau in 1404. The founding of the village of Blumau is not documented, although it is assumed that the row settlement Blumau was created around 1200. The rulership of Blumau, to which the village and goods in Altenfelden also belonged, changed hands several times after 1404, until the castle came into the possession of the Jörger in 1611 , who also owned the castle Pürnstein . Since the Jörger were of Protestant faith, the property came into the possession of the Hochstift Passau in the course of the Counter Reformation . After the secularization of the possessions in 1803, Blumau fell to the imperial court chamber, which sold the already half-ruined castle to a farmer. There are no more remains of the former moated castle.

In 1869, 69 people lived in ten houses in Blumau. By 1910 the population fell slightly to 54 people, with the village still comprising ten buildings. By 1923 the population sank again, with 40 inhabitants in 10 buildings this year. For the first time, a distinction was made between the actual hamlet with eight houses and two scattered houses. In 1951, a total of 44 people lived in Blumau, spread over the hamlet with 33 residents and six buildings and the scattered settlement with two houses and 11 residents. In 1971, too, little had changed in the size of the village. At that time it comprised 46 residents and 11 houses, with the hamlet consisting of eight houses and 35 residents and three more houses with 11 residents in the scattered area. In 1981, 50 residents lived in 13 buildings in Blumau, the hamlet of 34 residents in sienem and the scattered settlement 16 residents in six buildings. The population has recently increased significantly. While only 46 people lived in Blumau in 2001, the number of inhabitants rose to 72 by 2011. The reason for the strong growth is the development of a larger settlement area west of the hamlet.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Austria (Ed.): Ortverzeichnis 2001. Oberösterreich. Vienna 2005
3. ^ Willibald Katzinger: Altenfelden. Review - panoramic view. Altenfelden municipal office 1978, p. 7
4. ^ Kk statistical Central Commission (ed.): Orts-Repertorium des Erzherzogthumes Oesterreich ob der Enns. Based on the census of December 31, 1869 Linz 1871, p. 86
5. ↑ kk Central Statistical Commission (Ed.): Spezialortsrepertorium von Oberösterreich. Edited on the basis of the results of December 31, 1910. Vienna 1916, p. 100
6. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Directory of Austria. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of March 7, 1923. Vienna 1930, p. 19 Upper Austria
7. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office (ed.): Local directory of Austria. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of June 1, 1951. Vienna 1953, p. 92 Upper Austria.
8. ↑ Austrian Central Statistical Office (ed.): Ortverzeichnis 1971. Upper Austria. Edited on the basis of the results of the census of May 12, 1971. Vienna 1976, p. 105
9. ^ Austrian Central Statistical Office (ed.): Local directory 1981. Upper Austria. Vienna 1985, p. 105

literature

• Peter Adam, Beate Auer, u. a: Dehio Handbook Upper Austria. Volume 1, Mühlviertel. Verlag Berger, Horn, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85028-362-3
• Willibald Katzinger : Altenfelden. Review - panoramic view. Altenfelden municipal office 1978