Geiersberg (Upper Austria)

Geiersberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Ried im Innkreis
License plate :	RI
Surface:	5.45 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 12 '  N , 13 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '16 "  N , 13 ° 35' 18"  E
Height :	554  m above sea level A.
Residents :	509 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	4922
Area code :	07732
Community code :	4 12 06
Address of the municipal administration:	Geiersberg 23 4922 Geiersberg, Germany
Website:	www.geiersberg.at
politics
Mayor :	Friedrich Hosner ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	5 5 3 5 5 3  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 5 SPÖ : 5 FPÖ : 3
Location of Geiersberg in the Ried im Innkreis district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Geiersberg is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel with 509 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Geiersberg is located 554 m above sea level in the Innviertel. The extension is 4.9 km from north to south and 3.7 km from west to east. The total area is 5.45 km², 16.4% of the area is forested, 74.5% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The community consists of the only cadastral community Geiersberg.

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

• Geierberg (176)
• Gstöcket (3)
• Hinteregg (31)
• Pitcher (26)
• Guide (34)
• Oberleiten (43)
• Oberrühring (16)
• Pramerdorf (66)
• Rodham (58)
• Roedt (19)
• Schernham (37)

Neighboring communities

Hohenzell		Pram ( Grieskirchen district )
St. Marienkirchen am Hausruck		Haag am Hausruck ( Grieskirchen district )

history

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen with the Innviertel (then Innbaiern ). During the Napoleonic Wars briefly Bavarian again, it has been part of Upper Austria since 1816.

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . In 1945 Upper Austria was restored.

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms:

"In gold on a green three-mountain, inside a silver disc, a red, ready-to-fly vulture with a black beak and black legs."

The community colors are green-white-red.

politics

The municipal council has a total of 13 members. With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 5 ÖVP, 5 SPÖ and 3 FPÖ.

mayor

• since 2015 Friedrich Hosner (SPÖ)

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish church

Plague Chapel Pramerdorf

See also:  List of listed objects in Geiersberg

• Geiersberg parish church
• Geiersberg is the start and end point of the 40 km Granatz themed hiking trail, which runs along the former Austrian-Bavarian border and leads to Sankt Willibald .

Web links

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

More information about the community of Geiersberg (Upper Austria) on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

• 41206 - Geiersberg (Upper Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Geographical data of the municipality of Geiersberg
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ Granatzweg at the Furthmühle cultural association