Gschwandt (near Gmunden)

Gschwandt
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Gmunden
License plate :	GM
Surface:	16.74 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 56 '  N , 13 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '6 "  N , 13 ° 50' 44"  E
Height :	523  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,828 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	169 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4816
Area code :	07612
Community code :	4 07 08
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 2 4816 Gschwandt
Website:	http://www.gschwandt.at
politics
Mayor :	Friedrich Steindl ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (25 members)	14th 6th 5 14th 6th 5  A total of 25 seats ÖVP : 14 SPÖ : 6 FPÖ : 5
Location of Gschwandt in the Gmunden district
Center of Gschwandt
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Gschwandt is a municipality with 2828 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and is located 4 km northeast of Gmunden in the Traunviertel in the judicial district of Gmunden .

geography

Geographical location

The place is located at 523 m altitude in a hilly landscape with a view of the Traunstein and the Höllengebirge . The extension is 6.1 km from north to south and 6 km from west to east. The total area is 16.7 km². 18.0% of the area is forested, 70.7% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

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

• Gschwandt (1836)
• Kranabeth (17)
• Moosham (446)
• Oberndorf (507)
• Oberweis (22)

The community consists of the cadastral communities Gschwandt, Moosham and Oberndorf.

Neighboring communities

Ohlsdorf	Laakirchen	Kirchham
Gmunden		St. Conrad

history

The name of the community of Gschwandt comes from the high Middle Ages from the word swenten , which means to shrink - a type of clearing to gain settlement area.

Population development

The population of the community of Gschwandt rose steadily from the 1939 census to 1991. Between 1991 and 2001 the population remained constant at 2,400 inhabitants, only to grow strongly again afterwards, to 2,750 in 2018. This growth is based on a positive balance of migration and a strongly positive birth balance .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 25 members and has been composed of mandates from the following parties since the 2015 municipal council election:

• 14 ÖVP - represents the mayor
• 6 SPÖ
• 5 FPÖ

mayor

Friedrich Steindl (ÖVP) has been the mayor of Gschwandt since March 26, 2015. Matthias Buchinger (ÖVP) has held the post of Vice Mayor since that date.

coat of arms

Blazon : In gold, a black, eight-spoke, broken wheel with knobs on the outside between the spokes, of which a piece of rim is missing in the upper left quarter; covered by a green, chopped oblique left bar.

The coat of arms, awarded in 1985, consists of a broken, eight-spoke wheel on a gold background with iron spikes on the outside. The wheel is partially covered by a green, chopped sloping beam. The broken straightening wheel with the iron prongs is the hallmark of Saint Catherine , the church patroness of Gschwandt. The chopped sloping beam refers to the emergence of the place through clearing.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Gschwandt (near Gmunden)

• Parish church Gschwandt near Gmunden
• Höselberg Castle

Sports

• Airfield Gschwandt near Gmunden (municipality of Laakirchen)
  ICAO code : LOLU, approved for powered aircraft , powered gliders and gliders . Slope length: 550 meters.

Web links

Commons : Gschwandt bei Gmunden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the community
• More information about the community of Gschwandt (near Gmunden) on the geo-information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the community of Gschwandt, population development. Retrieved March 14, 2019 .