Grünbach (Upper Austria)

Grünbach
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Free City
License plate :	FR
Surface:	36.08 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 32 '  N , 14 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '19 "  N , 14 ° 32' 1"  E
Height :	721  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,937 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	54 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4264
Area code :	07942
Community code :	4 06 02
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 1 4264 Grünbach
Website:	www.gruenbach.at
politics
Mayor :	Stefan Weißenböck ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (19 members)	10 5 4th 10 5 4th  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 10 FPÖ : 5 SPÖ : 4
Location of Grünbach in the Freistadt district
Grünbach from the southwest
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Grünbach is a municipality in the Upper Austrian Mühlviertel in the Freistadt district with 1937 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The responsible judicial district is Freistadt .

geography

Grünbach lies at 720  m above sea level. A. , the highest point in the municipality is the Heinrichschläger Berg with 928  m .

The extension is 8.4 km from north to south and 9.4 km from west to east. The total area is 36.1 km². 36.6% of the area is forested and 60.4% of the area is used for agriculture.

The Feldaist rises on the plateau northeast of St. Michael's Church .

Community structure

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

• Grünbach (605) including Moser and Obergrünbach
• Heinrichschlag (103)
• Helbetschlag (175)
• Lichtenau (319)
• Mitterbach (56)
• Oberrauchenödt (237)
• Blow (386)
• Unterpassberg (45)
• No smoking (11)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Grünbach, Lichtenau and Rauchödt .

Neighboring communities

Leopoldschlag		Windhaag
Rainbach		Sandl
Free City	Lasberg	St. Oswald

geology

The subsoil of the community consists mainly of Freistadt granodiorite , into which a wedge of pearl or slate gneiss pushes from the southeast. Weinsberger granite occurs in small sprinkles.

history

From 1270 to 1286 Grinpach, Lichtenowe, Plage and Rauchödt were first mentioned. Since Grünbach was within a mile ( mile right ) around Freistadt, no town houses and thus no market town could develop. The Grünbach parish was first mentioned in 1309 and was one of the largest parishes in Upper Austria at that time. Between 1376 and 1380 farmsteads in the Grünbach area were first mentioned . Heinrichschlag is mentioned for the first time in 1387, followed by Paßberg in 1392 and Helbetschlag in 1413. The Hussites destroyed the church in St. Michael ob Rauchödt in 1422. In 1483, Bernhard Graf von Tyernstein sold his possessions in and around Grünbach to Ulrich von Starhemberg . With the donation from the will of the Freistadt citizen Georg Fuchsöder , money is available for the expansion of the parish church and the church of St. Michael. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

In 1526 the place consisted of 6 houses, 16 houses are in Helbetschlag, 18 in Paßberg, 4 in Lichtenau and 2 in Schlag. In 1578 the Starhemberg possessions in Grünbach are sold to Joachim Stängl, the keeper of the Freistadt rulership. In the years 1610/11, the Hagersche war people with 1,500 foot servants moved through the municipality and caused a famine. In the Upper Austrian Peasants' War in 1626, Grünbach farmers fought in the ranks of the rebels. With the sale of the rule Weinberg from the Zelkinger to the Thürheimer , the ownership rights changed again, before the offices came back to the Starhemberger until 1850 in 1636. In 1656 the parish came under the jurisdiction of the St. Florian Monastery . In 1705 the parish of Windhaag was separated, and in 1738 the parish of Sandl was separated. In 1787 the first school building was built. In 1827 Grünbach comprised 48 houses.

After the basic relief in 1850, three communities emerged in what is now the municipality - Grünbach, Rauchödt and Lichtenau . In 1874 these 3 communities were merged. Between 1894 and 1904 the volunteer fire brigades Lichtenau, Grünbach and Rauchödt were founded. As the old school building became too small, the new school was built in 1912. In 1929 the first person from Grünbach owned a car. In 1936 the Helbetschlag volunteer fire brigade was founded.

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . In 1940 electricity was introduced in Grünbach. After 1945 Grünbach belonged to the Soviet occupation zone and was occupied for four months. In 1954 the parish hall was rebuilt, which was too small by 1968 and was therefore rebuilt.

In 1988 the recreational pond was built by the Freiwaldteich Grünbach association after only three years of construction and planning . Since then, the pond has shaped the entire townscape.

population

Population development

year	Residents		year	Residents
1869	1,459		1951	1,465
1880	1,480		1961	1,440
1890	1,435		1971	1,569
1900	1,535		1981	1,570
1910	1,543		1991	1,641
1923	1,503		2001	1,816
1934	1,513		2011	1,881
1939	1,374		2018	1,946

Development and structure

In 1869 there were 1,459 people living in the municipality. By 2001 the population had increased to 1,816 people, the highest level ever in censuses. In 1991 the community had 1641 inhabitants, at the 2001 census it was 1816, which corresponds to an increase of 10.6%. On January 1st, 2008 the community had 1,853 inhabitants.

In the 2001 census, the proportion of residents who were 60 years of age or older was 16.2%; 22.6% were under 15 years old. The proportion of the female population was 48.7%.

Of the 1406 residents of Grünbach who were over 15 years old in 2001, 2.8% had graduated from a university , technical college or academy . Another 4.7% had completed a high school diploma, 47.5% had completed an apprenticeship or a vocational middle school and 45% of all Grünbachers had compulsory school as the highest qualification.

Origin and language

The German dialect, which is generally spoken in the Grünbach area and in Upper Austria, is Middle Bavarian . In 2001, 97.3% of Grünbach residents stated German as a colloquial language. Another 0.8% spoke mainly Turkish , 0.4% Czech , the rest spoke other languages.

The proportion of Grünbach residents with foreign citizenship was 3% in 2001, well below the average in Upper Austria. 1.4% of the Grünbach population had a citizenship of Turkey , 0.1% one from Germany and 1% was other citizens. In 2001, around 3% of Grünbach residents were born in a country other than Austria.

politics

Community representation

The municipal council and mayoral elections take place every six years, at the same time as the state elections. From 1945 the ÖVP always achieved an absolute majority. The second strongest party was the SPÖ . The FPÖ was always the third strongest party until 1997, and in 2003 the Pro Grünbach citizen list reached third place. In 2003 the ÖVP became the party with the strongest vote with 48.2% and governs with an absolute majority. In 2009 the ÖVP again achieved an absolute majority; the Pro Grünbach citizens' list did not run for this election. The FPÖ was able to double its mandates from two to four, the BZÖ received one mandate when it first appeared.

Mayor of the community is Stefan Weißenböck from the ÖVP. He was re-elected in 2015 with 78.8% of the vote. The municipal council consists of 19 members.

The 2015 municipal council election, with a turnout of 82.2%, produced the following results:

Party / political grouping	voting share	Verän- alteration	Seats on the local council	Verän- alteration
ÖVP	49.1%	-3.3%	10	0
SPÖ	23.0%	+1.1%	4th	0
FPÖ	24.0%	+ 3.5%	5	+1
BZÖ	3.9%	-1.3%	0	-1

Partnerships

A partnership with the community of Grünbach in Vogtland ( Saxony ) has existed since 1998 , after the volunteer fire brigades entered into a partnership in 1994. Since 2004 there has been a second partnership with the Czech community Svatý Jan nad Malší in the Maltschtal.

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms shows

In silver over a lowered green wavy bar a gold- reinforced black black grouse in courtship position.

The municipality colors are green-white-green.

“The green wavy bar stands for a stream and symbolizes the place name.” So it is a talking part of the coat of arms. "The black grouse represents the harsh living conditions in the northern Mühlviertel." (Official additional interpretation, literal)

The municipal coat of arms and colors were awarded on May 29, 1972.

Economy and Infrastructure

In 1999 there were still 83 full-time and 65 part-time farms, which had an average size of 28.4 and 13.3 hectares, respectively. Most of the farms are located in difficult zones  1 to 3, so they are mountain farms . 22% of the total population is still active in agriculture .

The trend is towards the tertiary sector (services). 35% of the population work in 59 commercial enterprises and 43% in the service sector. Of the approximately 800 people in employment, only 330 are employed in the village, the rest mainly commute to Freistadt or Linz.

traffic

The Böhmerwald Straße  (B 38) leads south through the municipality.

Public institutions and education

A kindergarten , a primary school and a new middle school are available in the village . There is also a doctor in the community.

There are five volunteer fire brigades in the municipality : Grünbach, Helbetschlag, Lichtenau, Mitterbach and Rauchödt.

Culture and sights

Grünbach parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Grünbach (Upper Austria)

• Transmitter Grünbach: A 200 watt transmitter to supply the surrounding area with television and radio.

• Grünbach parish church : The parish church was expanded into a late Gothic hall church in 1511 . The richly decorated south gate dates from around 1512. The early Gothic chancel of the church with the ribbed vault is much older. The tower has a Gothic wedge roof.

• St. Michael ob Rauchödt: The St. Michael branch church is one of the most famous cultural monuments in the Mühlviertel. The Gothic interior has a graceful star vault and a Gothic winged altar , which was created around 1517.

Regular events

The village festival takes place every 2 years, the Christmas market every year.

Personalities

Gravestone Franz Blöchl

• Franz Blöchl , 1892 member of the Upper Austrian state parliament, June 17, 1907 member of the Reichsrat in Vienna until his death on February 5, 1909
• Job Hartmann von Enenkel , born September 14, 1576 in Heinrichschlag, Upper Austria; † February 9, 1627, Austrian genealogist and historian.
• Ernest Schimmel , architect, painter and graphic artist, born March 13, 1911 in Vienna, lived from 1945 until his death in 1977 in the village of Schlag in Grünbach

literature

• Historical bibliography in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Web links

Commons : Grünbach, Upper Austria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website
• 40602 - Grünbach (Upper Austria). Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Entry on Grünbach in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Further information about the municipality of Grünbach (Upper Austria) can be found on the geographic information system of the state of Upper Austria .
• gruenbach.freiwald.at –Private website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Austria: Population and components of population development (download as pdf; 35 kB)
3. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Grünbach, population development. Retrieved May 13, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} 2001 census: demographic data (download as pdf; 10 kB)
5. ↑ Municipal elections percentages: Municipal elections Grünbach  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , land-oberoesterreich.gv.at, accessed on October 28, 2008  
6. ↑ wahl.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 2, 2009  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Accessed on May 13, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Grünbach municipality, partner municipalities. Retrieved May 13, 2019 . 
9. ^ Province of Upper Austria, regional history: coat of arms of the community Grünbach , community Grünbach, accessed on October 28, 2008
10. ↑ according to Statistics Austria
11. ↑ Grünbach community, school and education. Retrieved May 13, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Dr. Benno Ulm, Peter A. Keplinger: Church leaders St. Michael ob Rauchödt . 3. Edition. Publishing house St. Peter, Salzburg 2012.
13. ^ Parliament - Franz Blöchl