Haiger moss

Haiger moss
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Braunau am Inn
License plate :	BR
Surface:	7.44 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 3 '  N , 12 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '41 "  N , 12 ° 52' 58"  E
Height :	470  m above sea level A.
Residents :	626 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	84 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	5120
Area code :	06277
Community code :	4 04 11
Address of the municipal administration:	Haigermoos 23 5120 Haigermoos
Website:	www.haigermoos.at
politics
Mayor :	Johann Schwankner ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	8th 3 2 8th 3 2  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 8 FPÖ : 3 SPÖ : 2
Location of Haigermoos in the Braunau am Inn district
View of Haigermoos
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

The municipality of Haigermoos with 626 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) is located in the Braunau am Inn district in Upper Austria in a hilly landscape between the Holzöstersee and the Höllerersee . The responsible judicial district is the judicial district Mattighofen , until 2004 the municipality belonged to the judicial district Wildshut .

geography

Haigermoos is located in the Oberinnviertel Lake District, halfway between Salzburg and Braunau. The municipality also includes the villages of Aich, Edt, Hehermoos, Marktl, Ortholling, Pfaffing, Weyer and Witzling. Haigermoos borders on Geretsberg , Franking , St. Pantaleon and Ostermiething .

Community structure

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

• Aich (27)
• Edt (21)
• Haigermoos (192)
• Hehermoos (75)
• Marktl (2)
• Ortholling (23)
• Pfaffing (37)
• Weyer (229)
• Witch (20)

The community consists of the cadastral community Haigermoos.

coat of arms

Blazon : Split; on the right a black cattail in gold, on the left a silver heron in blue. The community colors are yellow-blue-white.

The municipal coat of arms  , awarded in 1968, symbolizes the name, which was first verifiable around 1070 and is composed of ahd.  Heigir 'heron' and mhd.  Mos  for 'moor, swamp floor'. At the same time, it refers to the location of the community in the Oberinnviertel lake and moor area.

history

middle Ages

Aribo II. , One of the founders of the Millstatt Monastery from the Aribonen family , died in 1102 as aribo comes de hegirmos - in German Aribo Graf von Haigermoos. However, this title does not include a real county.

Interwar period

As in the rest of Austria, emergency money was introduced in Haigermoos in 1919, as coins were no longer available due to the lack of metal. During the time of the corporate state , there was the Austrian Young People in Haigermoos , the youth organization of the Fatherland Front .

time of the nationalsocialism

During the Nazi era , the Haigermoos community was part of the St. Pantaleon community. During this time the work education and gypsy detention camp St. Pantaleon-Weyer existed in today's Gasthaus Spick.

Infrastructure

The place has a kindergarten and a primary school as well as two inns.

Culture and sights

Late Gothic double church

The parish church of Haigermoos is a late Gothic double church with a lower church. The upper church has a single nave, the choir with a 3/8 end is only slightly drawn in. The lower church has two aisles, the choir is also only slightly drawn in and has a 3/8 end. The church was built from exposed tuff and completed in 1466. The upper church is consecrated to Peter and Paul. The lower church is now also used as a morgue.

Haigermoos nature trail

The Haigermooser Naturweg offers a good opportunity for a hike through the forest and moorland around Haigermoos and offers beautiful views. The path is 5.5 km long and starts in front of the municipal office (parking facilities). From there it leads over the Brack (a forest north of Haigermoos), the plague cemetery, the Hehermooser Moor and the Leitenberg back to Haigermoos.

More Attractions

• Haigermoos local history museum in the Anthalerhof's Bundwerkstadel .
• Pfeili's Oldtimer Museum
• Höllerersee
• Hehermooser Moor

See also:  List of listed objects in Haigermoos

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria (2nd supplement) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Heft 1/2, 1970, p. 55, online (PDF; 1.6 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Web links

Commons : Haigermoos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality of Haigermoos
• Haigermoos, data and facts from the state of Upper Austria
• 40411 - Haigermoos. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Further information about the municipality of Haigermoos can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
• GPS hike to the Haigermoos nature trail