Fallsbach
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Fallsbach ( Rotte ) locality cadastral municipality Fallsbach |
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Wels-Land (WL), Upper Austria | ||
| Pole. local community | Gunskirchen | ||
| Coordinates | 48 ° 9 '2 " N , 13 ° 56' 1" E | ||
| height | 362 m above sea level A. | ||
| Residents of the village | 54 (January 1, 2020) | ||
| Area d. KG | 10.25 km² | ||
| Post Code | 4623 Gunskirchen | ||
| prefix | + 43/07246 | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Locality code | 13298 | ||
| Cadastral parish number | 51204 | ||
| Counting district / district | Gunskirchen area (41808 002) | ||
| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; DORIS | |||
Fallsbach is a cadastral community and a town in the market town of Gunskirchen in the Upper Austrian district of Wels-Land . The place is known for the pilgrimage church Maria Fallsbach.
geography
Fallsbach lies between the Hausruck ridge and the foothills of the Alps in central Upper Austria. Fallsbach is located ten kilometers west of the city of Wels and three kilometers north of Gunskirchen at an altitude of 362 meters. The cadastral community consists of the north-western part of the community and covers an area of almost 10 km². The extension from north to south is 6 km and from east to west 4.1 km.
Districts
The districts of Aigen, Au bei Hischmannsberg, Auholz, Fallsbach, Holzgassen, Kalchau, Kottingreith, Liedering, Niederschacher, Oberriethal, Oberschacher, Pöschlberg, Pötzlberg, Roith, Salling, Schlambart, Ströblberg, Thal, Waldenberg and Wimberg and parts of the Localities Oberndorf, Waldling and Vornholz.
Population development and population
The village had 54 inhabitants in 1990, and 57 in 2001.
Pilgrimage Church of Maria Fallsbach
The current church from 1516 has a beautiful ribbed vault in the choir and nave and a richly profiled south portal made of fine sandstone. In front of the church there is a pilgrim's fountain with a wrought iron grille and roof (1700). The founding legend of the pilgrimage church tells of a hunter who, with an unbridled passion for hunting, also went hunting on a Sunday. In the Schacherholz next to the Wimmerkapelle he shot a stag that had the image of the Queen of Heaven in its antlers. The stag eventually perished near the falls stream. To atone for his iniquity, the hunter had a church built in honor of Mary and the deer antlers with the image of Mary attached to the church for eternal memory.