Gunskirchen
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market community Gunskirchen
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| Basic data | ||
| Country: | Austria | |
| State : | Upper Austria | |
| Political District : | Catfish Land | |
| License plate : | WL | |
| Surface: | 36.24 km² | |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 8 ' N , 13 ° 57' E | |
| Height : | 352 m above sea level A. | |
| Residents : | 6,280 (January 1, 2020) | |
| Population density : | 173 inhabitants per km² | |
| Postal code : | 4623 | |
| Area code : | 07246 | |
| Community code : | 4 18 08 | |
| NUTS region | AT312 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Market community Gunskirchen Marktplatz 1 4623 Gunskirchen |
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| Mayor : | Christian Schöffmann ( ÖVP ) | |
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Municipal Council : (2015) (31 members) |
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| Location of Gunskirchen in the Wels-Land district | ||
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 Town sign of Gunskirchen |
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| Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria | ||
Gunskirchen is a market town in Upper Austria in the Wels-Land district in the Hausruckviertel with 6280 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The responsible judicial district is Wels.
geography
Gunskirchen lies at an altitude of 352 m above sea level. A. in the Hausruckviertel. The extension is from north to south 7.3 km, from west to east 7.7 km. The total area is 36.2 km². 11.3% of the area is forested, 77.6% of the area is used for agriculture. The mathematical center of gravity of Upper Austria is in Gunskirchen .
Community structure
The municipality includes the following 51 localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):
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The community consists of the cadastral communities Fallsbach , Grünbach , Irnharting and Straß .
history
Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria (mentioned as Kundechirichun in 819), the place has belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century and has been part of the Principality of Austria ob der Enns since 1490 . The parish had been owned by the Diocese of Passau since the 12th century.
During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times.
Since 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria.
After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . The Gunskirchen concentration camp was established in 1944 on the municipality border between Gunskirchen and Edt bei Lambach , a satellite camp of the Mauthausen concentration camp , in which mainly Hungarian Jews were interned and killed.
Population development
In 1991 the community had 4961 inhabitants according to the census, then 5296 inhabitants in 2001, 5375 inhabitants in 2005, and finally 5544 inhabitants in 2008.
coat of arms
Official description of the municipal coat of arms : In gold, a black inclined beam covered with a gold plow, accompanied by two red cogwheels. The community colors are red-yellow-black.
The plow in the black sloping bar is the Pflügl family coat of arms, but can also be used as a general symbol for agriculture. The ring gears indicate the industrial character of the community today.
politics
The municipal council has a total of 31 members. With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 16 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ and 7 FPÖ.
- mayor
- 2009–2020 Josef Sturmair (ÖVP)
- since 2020 Christian Schöffmann (ÖVP)
Economy and Infrastructure
A biomass heating plant with a district heating network was built by B3 Energie at Offenhausener Strasse 12 to supply the market town of Gunskirchen and the Oberndorfer concrete plant in 2011. The use of 17,000 cubic meters of wood chips from the Gunskirchen region avoids around 3900 tons of CO 2 per year.
Established businesses
education
Gunskirchen primary school:
It is not exactly known when there was a school in Gunskirchen, but it was certainly from 1624. The first schoolhouse was in Kirchengasse 2 next to the pharmacy, was also the sacristan's house and had only one classroom. It was a parish school with only one class. It burned down in 1869.
The second schoolhouse was built in 1875 at Kirchengasse 14. First there were four and later six classrooms, each of which had space for 50-100 students. After the Second World War this became too small, the current schoolhouse has been in existence since 1954. There were two extensions for the secondary school, in 1965 and 1974.
The gym and swimming pool were added in 1972. In 2006 the school was renovated.
Culture and sights
- Irnharting Castle : former moated castle, first mentioned in 1349
- Gunskirchen parish church
- Pilgrimage Church of Maria Fallsbach: The current church dates from 1516, with a ribbed vault in the choir and nave as well as a richly profiled south portal made of fine sandstone; In front of the church there is a pilgrim's fountain with a wrought iron grille and roof from 1700.
The founding legend of the pilgrimage church tells of a hunter who, with an unbridled passion for hunting, also hunted on Sundays. In the Schacherholz next to the Wimmerkapelle he shot a stag that had the image of the Queen of Heaven in its antlers. The stag eventually perished near the falls stream. To atone for his iniquity, the hunter had a church built in honor of Mary and the deer antlers with the image of Mary attached to the church for eternal memory.
- Filial church St. Peter in Liedering: today's church building is a small domed oval building that was started in 1729 and consecrated in 1731. The helmet roof carries a lantern.
Web links
- 41808 - Gunskirchen. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Further information about the municipality of Gunskirchen can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Individual evidence
- ^ Office of Upper Austria. State government: The center of Upper Austria. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ↑ a b Kurt Holter in: Handbook of Historic Places Austria . 1: Danube countries and Burgenland. Stuttgart 1970, p. 46 .
- ↑ A new cogeneration plant will be available for the market town of Gunskirchen ... ( 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. (PDF; 842 kB) BezirksRundschau No. 16, April 21, 2011; Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ↑ B3 Energy Biomass District Heating ( 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. in the market town of Gunskirchen, p. 17; Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ^ The heat supply company B3 is building a biomass heating plant on Offenhausner Straße ; Upper Austria. Online GmbH & Co.KG; Retrieved May 5, 2011.
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