Freinberg

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Freinberg
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Schärding
License plate :	SD
Surface:	20.31 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 34 '  N , 13 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 34 '0 "  N , 13 ° 31' 0"  E
Height :	455  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,433 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4785
Area code :	07713
Community code :	4 14 10
Address of the municipal administration:	Freinberg 4 4785 Freinberg
Website:	www.freinberg.at
politics
Mayor :	Anton Pretzl ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (19 members)	8th 4th 4th 3 8th 4th 4th 3  A total of 19 seats ÖVP : 8 FWF : 4 SPÖ : 4 FPÖ : 3
Location of Freinberg in the Schärding district
View of Freinberg in northeast direction
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Freinberg is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Schärding in the Innviertel with 1433 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Freinberg lies at around 450 m on a hill directly above the three-river city of Passau .

The extension of the municipality is from north to south 5.7 km, from west to east 5.8 km. The total area is 20 km². 44% of the area is forested, 45.5% of the area is used for agriculture.

Community structure

The community consists of the cadastral communities Haibach (west) and Hinding (east and north).

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

• Haibach cadastral community:
  • Haibach (341) including Oberhaibach
  • Hanzing (42)
  • Fiefdom (63)
  • Newbie (0)
  • Saming (65) including Neusaming
• Hinding cadastral community:
  • Hinding (229) including Achleiten , Breiteich, Edt, Hinding-Scattered Houses and Lochdobl
  • Anzberg (224) including Aigen, Höh and Weg
  • Freinberg (365) including Unterfreinberg
  • Kritzing (104) including Ausserhareth, Hareth and Innerhareth

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'). 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.

Population development

In 1991 the municipality had 1,581 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 1,441 inhabitants. The decline occurred despite the positive birth balance due to the high level of emigration. From 2001 to 2011 the migration balance was positive, the birth balance slightly negative, so that there was an increase in the number of people living in the municipality to 1,466.

politics

The community is located in the judicial district of Schärding .

Community representation

Distribution of seats since the municipal council election 2015:

• 8 mandates of the Austrian People's Party  (ÖVP)
• 4 mandates for the Social Democratic Party of Austria  (SPÖ)
• 3 mandates for the Freedom Party of Austria  (FPÖ)
• 4 mandates of Free Voters Freinberg (FWF)

Mayor since 1900

• 1900–1903: Josef Pretzl
• 1903–1907: Josef Mauthner
• 1907–1910: Franz Huber
• 1910–1919: Josef Pretzl
• 1919–1933: Johann Neulinger
• 1933–1939: Anton Pretzl
• 1939–1941: Georg Söllner
• 1941–1945: Georg Simmelbauer
• 1945–1946: Josef Friedl
• 1946–1961: Johann Pichler
• 1961–1985: Johann Ratzinger
• 1985–2003: Johann Schachner
• since 2007: Anton Pretzl (ÖVP)

coat of arms

Blazon : Divided by a silver wavy bar ; above in red a golden, striding, red-tongued leopard ; at the bottom a silver, narrow bow in green , at the top with a silver cross .

The heraldic leopard comes from the coat of arms of England and stands for the parish priest Willibald von Eichstätt , according to legend an English king's son. The lower part of the coat of arms represents the trademark of the former swordsmith Santler am Haibach; the brook itself is symbolized by the wavy ribbon. The Upper Austrian provincial government awarded the coat of arms in 1977.

The community colors are red-white-green.

Economy and Infrastructure

• Schwarzmüller  GmbH, manufacture of bodies, superstructures and trailers

Culture and sights

The parish church of Freinberg

See also:  List of listed objects in Freinberg

• Parish Church of St. Willibald
• Ratzingerhof : around 500 years old farm, which was built around 1600 by the ancestors of Pope Benedict XVI. (Joseph Ratzinger) and is now inhabited by the former mayor Johann Schachner.
• Koenigstein ruins

Personalities

• Wilhelm Kraus (1900–1978), historian born in Haibach, director of the war archive in Vienna
• Barbara Tausch (* 1982), local councilor in Freinberg and member of the state parliament (ÖVP)

Web links

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

• Community website
• Entry on Freinberg in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• 41410 - Freinberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
• Further information about the municipality of Freinberg can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• Freinberg on land-oberoesterreich.gv.at

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 Freinberg, population development. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . 
3. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Retrieved on April 16, 2019 . 
4. ^ State of Upper Austria, history and geography, coat of arms. Retrieved April 16, 2019 . 
5. ↑ community council. Website of the municipality of Freinberg, accessed on March 15, 2017 .