Gilgenberg am Weilhart

Gilgenberg am Weilhart
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Braunau am Inn
License plate :	BR
Surface:	26.61 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 8 '  N , 12 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '54 "  N , 12 ° 56' 21"  E
Height :	466  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,353 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5133
Area code :	07728
Community code :	4 04 10
Address of the municipal administration:	Gilgenberg 15 5133 Gilgenberg am Weilhart
Website:	www.gilgenberg.at
politics
Mayor :	Franz Pemwieser (FWP)
Municipal Council : (2015) (19 members)	8th 6th 3 1 1 8th 6th 3 1 1  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 8 FPÖ : 6 FWP : 3 SPÖ : 1 BL : 1
Location of Gilgenberg am Weilhart in the Braunau am Inn district
Aerial view in south direction
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Gilgenberg am Weilhart is a municipality in Upper Austria in the Braunau am Inn district in the Innviertel with 1,353 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). Colloquially, the place is usually called Dilliberg . The responsible judicial district is the judicial district Braunau am Inn .

geography

Gilgenberg am Weilhart is located at an altitude of 466 m southeast of the Bavarian border town of Burghausen in the Upper Austrian Innviertel. The extension is 7.9 km from north to south and 5.9 km from west to east. The total area is 26.6 km². 18% of the area is forested, 77.4% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The municipality includes the following 20 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

Baumgarten (35) Bierberg (34) Bitzlthal (41) Thick (49) Gilgenberg am Weilhart (375) Gilgenberg District (151) Hinterklam (29) Courtyard (12) Hoissgassen (58) Hopfersbach (18)

Hub (26) Lohnsberg (61) Mairhof (63) Reith (53) Tubular (32) Rowing stable alleys (140) Schnellberg (57) Sterz (37) Weidenthal (36) Zeisberg (46)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Gilgenberg, Mairhof and Ruderstallgassen.

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms : diagonally divided; above in silver a blue helmet, below in blue a golden peasant hat with a feather. The community colors are white and blue.

The municipal coat of arms , awarded in 1975, refers with the peasant and knightly headgear to the verse novella Meier Helmbrecht written by Wernher the Gartenaere between 1250 and 1280 . This describes the development of the farmer's son Helmbrecht to a robber baron and his terrible end. According to a tradition, the scene of the action is the area of ​​the Weilharts forest , in Gilgenberg the “Helmbrechtshof” has been traceable since the 14th century.

history

Settlement of the Gilgenberg area goes back at least 2500 years. The earliest finds are attributed to the Hallstatt culture. Barrows and a jug found in 1995 date from this time. A manor from Roman times is likely to have been located near the Hallstatt sites. The settlement may have been interrupted during the migration period.

The beginnings of today's Gilgenberg go back to the 12th century. The church of Gilgenberg, consecrated to St. Aegidius, is mentioned for the first time in 1195. The proper names of the first documents reveal a Bavarian population. After the fall of the Counts of Burghausen, the feudal lord was the Bavarian duke. His local deputy was the rent manager von Burghausen.

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'). Briefly Bavarian again during the Napoleonic Wars , since 1814 it has finally belonged to Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

politics

Gilgenberg am Weilhart municipal office

Mayor is Franz Pemwieser from the FWP.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 1149 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1223 inhabitants. According to a new census on March 31, 2008, Gilgenberg has 1244 inhabitants.

Social facilities

• kindergarten
• Elementary school
• doctor
• Rectory
• Volunteer firefighter
• Integration project pro mente

Clubs and communities

• Gilgenberg Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Union Raiba Gilgenberg
• Union Stocksportverein Gilgenberg
• TC Gilgenberg
• Country youth Gilgenberg
• MSC Gilgenberg
• Fishing circuit Gilgenberg
• Gilgenberg Hunting Association
• Gilgenberg Comradeship Association
• Geisberger music band
• Weilhart Singers Gilgenberg
• Union muzzleloader Gilgenberg
• Women's movement Gilgenberg
• Goldhaubengruppe Gilgenberg
• Oldtimer agricultural machinery veterans club Gilgenberg

Culture and sights

Gilgenberg am Weilhart parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Gilgenberg am Weilhart

• Late Gothic parish church of Gilgenberg
• Helmbrechtsdenkmal
• Helmbrechtspfad
• Helmbrechtsbründl
• Helmbrechtshof
• White bargain
• Roman hiking trail

Established businesses

• HE-Technik Eisenführer
• Cabinet maker Alfred Sax
• Furniture store and joinery Pemwieser
• Mondial electronic
• RenoVit

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Franz Geisberger (* 1929), church choir director, organist and composer

Sons and daughters of the church

• Michael Huber (1866–1949), priest and politician

Personalities associated with the community

• Ferdinand Tiefnig (* 1965), politician, member of the local council of Gilgenberg am Weilhart
• Yahia Hillermayer (* 1992), athlete Union Raiba Gilgenberg, top scorer 1st class southwest 2018/2019

literature

• Meier Helmbrecht and Gilgenberg. A literary tradition in the upper Innviertel and its landscape. Published by the community of Gilgenberg and the state of Upper Austria.

Web links

Commons : Gilgenberg am Weilhart  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gilgenberg am Weilhart website
• 40410 - Gilgenberg am Weilhart. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the community of Gilgenberg am Weilhart can be found on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Geographical data of the community Gilgenberg am Weilhart .
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ^ Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria (4th supplement 1973–1976) . In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Issue 1/2, 1977, pp. 13-14 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at)