Feldkirchen on the Danube

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Feldkirchen on the Danube
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Coat of arms of Feldkirchen an der Donau
Feldkirchen an der Donau (Austria)
Feldkirchen on the Danube
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Upper Austria
Political District : Urfahr environment
License plate : UU
Surface: 39.4 km²
Coordinates : 48 ° 21 '  N , 14 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '44 "  N , 14 ° 3' 1"  E
Height : 268  m above sea level A.
Residents : 5,395 (January 1, 2020)
Population density : 137 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4101
Area code : 07233
Community code : 4 16 06
NUTS region AT312
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptstrasse 1
4101 Feldkirchen an der Donau
Website: www.feldkirchen-donau.at
politics
Mayor : Franz Allerstorfer ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015)
(31 members)
16
9
6th
16 9 6th 
A total of 31 seats
Location of Feldkirchen an der Donau in the Urfahr-Umgebung district
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Feldkirchen an der Donau is a market town in Upper Austria in the Urfahr-Umgebung district in the upper Mühlviertel with 5395 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Urfahr .

geography

Feldkirchen an der Donau lies at an altitude of 268  m above sea level. A. in the upper Mühlviertel . The extension is 8.5 km from north to south and 7.4 km from west to east. The total area is 39.4 km².

Community structure

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

  • Oh (51)
  • Au (70)
  • Audorf (189)
  • Bad Mühllacken (327)
  • Bergheim (548)
  • Feldkirchen an der Donau (932)
  • Freudenstein (520)
  • Gerling (12)
  • Hofham (37)
  • Lacquers (649)
  • Muhldorf (239)
  • Millwood (0)
  • Oberhart (161)
  • Oberlandshaag (417)
  • Oberndorf (128)
  • Oberstrasse (22)
  • Oberwallsee (161)
  • Pesenbach (312)
  • Rosenleiten (324)
  • Under hard (52)
  • Unterlandshaag (116)
  • Vogging (17)
  • Grazes (111)

Neighboring communities

Sankt Martin im Mühlkreis Herzogsdorf Sankt Gotthard in the Mühlkreis
Aschach on the Danube
Hartkirchen 		Neighboring communities Walding
Pupping alcove Goldwörth

Area distribution

history

Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times and has since returned to Upper Austria.

On March 1, 1875, the six neighboring communities Bergheim, Freudenstein, Lacken, Landshaag, Mühldorf and Bad Mühllacken were incorporated.

Population development

In 2013 there were 5,203 people in the community, making Feldkirchen the third most populous community in the district. At the end of 2001, 96.1 percent of the population were Austrian citizens (Upper Austria 92.8 percent, Urfahr-Umgebung district 97.9 percent), by the beginning of 2013 the value had fallen slightly to 95.7 percent (Upper Austria 91.1 percent, Rohrbach district 96.9 percent). A total of 140 foreigners were counted in the community in 2013, 96 percent of whom came from Europe. 47 percent of the foreigners were EU citizens, 43 percent citizens of the former Yugoslavia (excluding Slovenia). A total of 253 people with a foreign country of birth lived in Feldkirchen in 2013. In 2001, 90.8 percent of the population committed to the Roman Catholic Church (Upper Austria: 88.6 percent), 4.6 percent were without confession, 1.7 percent were of the Islamic faith and 1.4 percent were Protestant.

The average age of the community population in 2001 deviated only slightly from the national average. 19.4 percent of the residents of Feldkirchen were younger than 15 years (Upper Austria: 18.8 percent), 60.9 percent between 15 and 59 years old (Upper Austria: 61.6 percent). The proportion of residents over 59 years of age was 19.7 percent, below the national average of 20.2 percent. The average age of the population of Feldkirchen changed as a result, especially in the first two segments. The proportion of people under the age of 15 fell sharply to 14.5 percent as of January 1, 2013, while the proportion of people between 15 and 59 years of age increased significantly to 67.7 percent. The proportion of people over 59 years of age fell slightly to 17.9 percent. According to marital status, in 2001 44.4 percent of the residents of Feldkirchen were single, 46.1 percent married, 6.7 percent widowed and 2.8 percent divorced.

The population of the municipality of Feldkirchen rose by 168 percent between 1869 and 2013, which means that the population development was slightly below the development in the federal state of Upper Austria and in the Urfahr-Umgebung district. Up to the beginning of the 1970s, the population development was almost the same as that in the Urfahr-Umgebung district and was only just below this, after which the district recorded far higher increases than the municipality. The population of Feldkirchen fluctuated between 1869 and 1961 between around 2,900 and 3,150 inhabitants, only then did the population grow continuously, with the strongest increase being recorded in the 1960s. In the 1970s, Feldkirchen grew at roughly the same rate due to the birth surplus and immigration; in the 1980s, the influx tripled while the birth surplus remained the same. In the 1990s, on the other hand, the birth surplus fell, while immigration continued to increase. Feldkirchen has had a negative birth balance since 2002 , while immigration has fallen sharply. As a result, population growth also slowed significantly. In 2015, 78 refugees moved into the former agricultural vocational and technical college in Bergheim. The refugees were received positively by local associations such as FF Feldkirchen and there are first contacts between locals and people from Syria, Iraq and other countries.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Feldkirchen an der Donau

freetime and sports

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2001 Feldkirchen housed eight companies with 20 or more employees. In total, the census of workplaces carried out as part of the census showed 151 workplaces with 760 employees (excluding agriculture), 81 percent of which were employees. The number of workplaces had risen by 46 (plus 44 percent) compared to 1991, and the number of employees by as much as 180 people (plus 31 percent). In 2001, the most important branch of the economy was manufacturing with 17 companies and 170 employees (22 percent of all employees), followed by trading with 43 workplaces with 116 employees (15 percent) and education with eight workplaces and 100 employees (13 percent). Other important branches of the economy were health, veterinary and social services, as well as accommodation and catering. 46 percent of the employees in Feldkirchen were salaried employees or civil servants, 31 percent blue-collar workers and 16 percent business owners.

Of the 2,762 economically active persons living in Feldkirchen in 2011, only 1.0 percent were unemployed. Of the 2,713 people in employment, 548 were employed in manufacturing (20 percent), 402 in trade (15 percent) and 216 in health and social services (8 percent). Other important industries were education, public administration, construction, and professional / technical services. Of the 2,656 employed people in Feldkirchen (excluding residents who were temporarily absent from work), only 647 people were employed in Feldkirchen in 2011. 2,009 or 76 percent had to commute to work. Of the out-commuters, 40 percent had their place of work in the Rohrbach district and 37 percent in Linz . The most important commuter communities besides Linz were Rohrbach in Upper Austria , Neufelden as well as St. Martin im Mühlkreis and Sarleinsbach . In return, 536 people commuted to Altenfelden, 92 percent of whom came from the Rohrbach district.

In 2010 the statistics showed 178 agricultural and forestry holdings for the municipality of Feldkirchen. These included 51 full-time businesses, 117 part-time businesses, 6 communities of persons and 4 businesses run by legal entities. The total number of businesses had fallen by 52 businesses or 23 percent compared to 1999, with the number of part-time businesses (- 29 percent) in particular falling sharply. In 2010, the farms cultivated a total of 2,707 hectares, 51 percent of which was farmed by full-time farmers and 45 percent by part-time farmers. The average area of ​​full-time farmers was 27.3 hectares, well below the Upper Austrian average of 33.8 hectares.

traffic

The Mühlkreisbahn connects Lacken with Linz and Aigen in the Mühlkreis . The post bus route 2146 connects Feldkirchen with the train stations Linz Hbf , Ottensheim and Aschach an der Donau . In the village of Lacken ( 440  m above sea level ) there is a stop for the Mühlkreisbahn.

education

There are two public elementary schools in the municipality: the elementary school Feldkirchen and the elementary school Lacken. The new secondary school Feldkirchen is also located in the main town of Feldkirchen. In the castle Bergheim 1921/22, a domestic science school for peasant girls was established, which was later converted into the still existing three-year vocational and technical school Bergheim with specialization in rural home economics.

Security and Healthcare

Five volunteer fire brigades are active in the municipality: the FF Bad Mühllacken, the FF Feldkirchen, the FF Lacken, the FF Landshaag and the FF Mühldorf. Due to the location of the municipality, the volunteer fire brigades in the municipality also have fire brigade lifeboats and active barge operators. Furthermore, there is a station of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund in the main town of Feldkirchen.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 31 members.

  • With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2003, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 12 ÖVP, and 4 FPÖ / BZÖ.
  • With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2009, the municipal council had the following distribution: 15 SPÖ, 11 ÖVP, 3 FPÖ, and 2 BZÖ.
  • With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 SPÖ, 9 ÖVP, and 6 FPÖ.
mayor
Term of office Surname Term of office Surname
1850-1858 Mathias Volger 1893-1911 Karl Mayer
1858-1861 Johann Mittermayr 1911-1915 Karl Pieslinger
1861-1864 Johann Thalhamer 1915-1942 Josef Rechberger
1864-1873 Franz Thaller 1942-1972 Fritz Huemer
1873-1875 Josef Allerstorfer 1972-1993 Ernst Rechberger
1875-1881 Franz Thaller 1993-2003 Josef Allerstorfer (ÖVP)
1881-1884 Mathias Altreiter since 2003 Franz Allerstorfer (SPÖ)
1884-1893 Anton Aichinger
1893-1911 Mathias Altreiter

coat of arms

Coat of arms at Feldkirchen an der donau.png

The municipal coat of arms was set by the municipal council on March 21, 1975, as were the municipal colors (red-yellow-blue). The award of the municipal coat of arms and the approval of the municipal colors determined by the municipal council finally took place by resolution of the Upper Austrian provincial government on July 14, 1975. The blazon of the coat of arms reads: Between blue, wavy flanks in gold, a red, two-storey tower with a black saddle roof, crowned with two black balls and flags; a black, rectangular door opening on the lower floor, a black, square window opening on the upper floor, underneath a black clock disk and a black, rectangular window opening. The coat of arms goes back to a design by Herbert Erich Baumert from Linz, whereby the tower in the coat of arms refers to the distinctive, free-standing, Gothic west tower of the parish church as well as to the place name "Church on the field". The wave flanks represent the Danube and the Pesenbach .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Josef Pesendorfer (* 1939), pastor of Feldkirchen an der Donau since 1966

Sons and daughters of the church

Personalities associated with the community

  • Karl Rehberger (1934–2018), priest, historian, archivist, librarian and university professor

Web links

Commons : Feldkirchen an der Donau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

Further information about the municipality of Feldkirchen an der Donau can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

  1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ↑ a b Province of Upper Austria ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 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. Population levels in Upper Austria in comparison by citizenship.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at
  3. ^ Statistics Austria: Population according to religious belief and federal states 1951 to 2001 (accessed on October 2, 2013).
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Statistics Austria community data from Feldkirchen an der Donau.
  5. ↑ a b Province of Upper Austria ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Resident population in Upper Austria compared by age group.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at
  6. ^ A b Municipality of Feldkirchen-Donau, Service, Public Institutions. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  7. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Retrieved on May 4, 2019 .
  8. ^ Province of Upper Austria Mayor of Feldkirchen since 1850.
  9. ^ State of Upper Austria coat of arms of Feldkirchen an der Donau.
  10. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/urfahr- Umgebung / c- ßen / pfarrer-pesendorfer-feierte-80- geburtstag_a3446478 , accessed on June 13, 2019.